The Hunger Games

May 4, 2012
I think I might have been close to the last person on the planet to read The Hunger Games series.  I don't know why, but I try to avoid reading any book that Hollywood has deemed the next Titanic. I still haven't touched the Twilight series. I guess I want to feel like I'm the first person to find the next gem in the reading world.

Or the fact that I don't read for pleasure very often.

But with about 10 hours of flight time this week, I figured this might be my only chance to actually read The Hunger Games. I wanted to know what all the fuss was about. Plus, I want to see the movie and I refuse to do so until I've read the books.

I'm sold. Why didn't anyone make me read them sooner! They might be the only series I'll ever re-read! I was totally hooked, finishing the first one on the plane ride to Atlanta. Then freaked out because I couldn't find a bookstore ANYWHERE near my hotel because I was dumb enough to think I wouldn't need the next two books. Thank heavens for Target and birthday cash! I stayed up until 3 a.m. Atlanta time to finish book two (my favorite of the series) and then forced myself to keep book three closed until I got to the airport to fly home.

And not to spoil the ending for anyone but between Gale and Peeta, let's just say I think Katniss made the right decision. Oh, and the message behind the book was well worth the read too.