theoriginalavatar Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Has anyone read either of the books in The Hunger Games (eventual) trilogy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightynancy Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 My son has... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalavatar Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 My son has...LOL.....Fair enough. Perhaps I am just an old and crazy guy (and former librarian), but I have been so stirred by this series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I have not even heard of them. What are they about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orrinjelo Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I've read the first book, and am working on the second. Family has thought it was extremely good, but for me it fits right in with your typical sci-fi book, but definitely a good and easy read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semodex Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 My family has also read these books and we are looking forward to the movie coming out next year (my daughter is so obsessed she dreamed of who would be in it!). The thing that gets me about these books is the realistic fact that if the government controls the food, they can then control the people.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semodex Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 I have not even heard of them. What are they about?From the inside cover:In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrouded 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 steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoriginalavatar Posted December 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 From the inside cover:In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrouded 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 steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.The descriptions make it seem so very morbid, which it isn't really. It is such a great mix of action, love, philosophy, justice, and hope. Hard to describe really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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