The Hunger Games

These books are so damn good, it makes me angry that Twilight got more attention.

Almost done with book 3. I am loving it, thought instantly about Battle Royal (as some people have mentioned) which is my favorite book (and a pretty bad ass movie).

From the soundtrack:

I'm a sucker for mournful melodies and beautiful female vocals. Drat.

I just saw that series in the Teen section of my local bookstore last night, and I was wondering if it would be appropriate/ interesting for my 12 year-old niece. Not that she's shy about violence, and she's definitely not a cutesy girl, but I'm just not sure if it's what 'tweens like her are really into. She's more of a historical, outdoorsy type of person and not entirely interested in futuristic, urban environments. Still, it might grab her interest, after all, she's been making forts and weapons and running around in the forest like a crazed animal since she could read (actually, she was pretty much born with the crazy animal part).

Anyhow, I'm past due with some of my X-Mas gifts with a tighter budget this year, but I just got some gift cards that could come in handy to shop for my sister and her kids. Any opinions?

Your description of your niece sounds a lot like Katness, the protagonist. Before becoming a tribute in the games, she spends much of her time sneaking into the woods and hunting small game to help her subsistence family survive. These skills, of course, are the thing that give her a chance in the game which also takes place in an outdoor, wooded environment.

I think your niece would be very, very much into it. Like, she sounds like the target audience. I think she would identify with the protagonist (who rejects the futuristic and the urban as being silly and irrelevant) very strongly.

Yeah, it sounds perfect for her.

If it helps, FellOnEarth, When I was your niece's age, my favorite books were historical fiction and things of that like. However my absolute favorite book of all time, which I read in the 4th grade, is The Giver, which is a futuristic, urban environment. So you can definitely enjoy both!

Wow, thanks everyone! It definitely sounds like a story and characters she'd easily identify with.

I'll definitely check out the series, I almost picked it up for myself, but I need to think of others before myself right now. Luckily, my sister is coming down from Oregon for a visit in about a week, so I'll be able to send the series back up with her wrapped in a bow (and arrow).

Crimy they're putting a lot into marketing this.

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A web site devoted to Effie Trinket's fashion sense?

You can get sorted and registered in to a district on TheCapitol.pn.

So soon.

I finally read the second and third books. And wow. My relationship with the first book was love/hate, but the last two I was sold on.

Really? I liked it less the further I read. Almost didn't finish the third book.

Same here. First book was really good, second book was okay, third book I really only finished to find out what happened.

Interesting. Well the last two books were certainly different from the first.

LOVED IT!!!

Will discuss when it isn't passed my bed time.

I ♥ Katniss.

I loved the movie but I really felt as if the part where

AWESOME. I'm district 11, and a farmhand apparently.

In case you had any faith in humanity...