Remember how I once wrote that I am not an avid reader? After reading all the Twilight books I thought that I was a changed woman! I was now a reader and I was cool (because it's cool to be into books and stuff). I went directly to the store to pick up Stephenie Meyers book "The Host" only to get about half way through it before it got put up on the shelf where it still is...2 years later.
Fast forward some time and I get an email from a friend who told me about this new book series. She said that I would probably enjoy them and wanted to thank me for getting her into Twilight huh? I did?..."You can even borrow them from me" she said. Well, Ok. I was about the have knee surgery and thought that since I was going to be bed ridden for 3 weeks, I could probably start reading a new series. So I started reading these:
I had no idea what I was getting into. I hadn't heard of these books and didn't even know what they were about. I felt a little obligated to read them as I was borrowing them from my friend and they would need to be returned eventually. Regardless of being bed ridden, I didn't feel like doing ANYTHING! Not even watch TV. I just laid in my bed most days and as I moved my head from side to side (because I couldn't move my body), I would see those books sitting there....waiting....calling me....
A quick synopsis of The Hunger Games:
"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survived."
I did eventually pick up the books and read them all. Here are a few comparisons from Twilight Series and The Hunger Games series:
1. TWILIGHT: I was addicted to it. I ate, breathed and lived it (at least in my head). HUNGER GAMES: I did not. But I enjoyed both stories.
2. TWILIGHT: I let Raya read it with a little discussion about some parts in the last book. HUNGER GAMES: I will not let Raya read them due to the graphic nature of the story.
3. BOTH BOOKS are worthy of blog posting, but HUNGER GAMES is worthy of only one.
I heard that the Hunger Games is going to be made into a movie. I'm pretty excited and I did a little online picture grabbing so that you can see my Hunger Game character vision before the movie comes out. DISCLAIMER: I have no idea who these people are or weather they can even act. This is strictly based on how I pictured them as I was reading. Obviously they've been "hollywoodized" because we all know that Haymitch really isn't that cute!
Katniss Everdeen:
Peeta Mellark:
Haymitch Abernathy:
Gale Hawthorne:
Primrose Everdeen:
President Snow:
When I see that someone took note of this blog post and cast these people in the Hunger Games, I will be demanding my check...then maybe...just maybe... the Hunger Games will get a second blog post from me.
