The Hunger Games

Upon the recommendation of some of my virtual friends, i read this book and i have to say i really enjoyed it! It was suspenseful and exciting exactly the kind of book i wanted - nothing too complicated.

Anyone else read this book yet? What did yeh think?

Oh my goodness! I LOVED that book! I loved it so much that I got my book club to read it! It was good in so many ways. One thing I noticed that was a little intriguing was the characters names. Did anyone else notice that a lot of names from Julius Caesar were used?
It was definitely one of my favorite books!

I noticed that too Imaginary - i think it was the authors nod to the gladiator games, which was good to see. i liked that she didn't pretend that the idea of fighting to death etc. wasn't purely her idea and she showed what had influenced her

I absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED this book! It has everything I believe a book should have in it. I cannot wait until the next book comes out. I think it's supposed to be some time this year, but I'm not certain.

gobblegobble wrote:

I absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED this book! It has everything I believe a book should have in it. I cannot wait until the next book comes out. I think it's supposed to be some time this year, but I'm not certain.

It's called Catching Fire and its release date is September 1. I'm so excited!!

Last I saw, there had been no release date! YES! Something for me to do after I move! I really can't wait!

The Hunger Games...who's read it??

If you haven't, run out and pick it up! It's riveting. Amazing! Fantastic!

http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/dp/0439023483


Somebody please tell me this will be made into a movie. Pleeeeeze!

*Hand raised high* ME ME ME ME ME! I LOVE The Hunger Games! I thought we already had a thread about this though...hmmm...

Oh and the 2nd book, Catching Fire is set to be on September 1st.

It's going to be a movie!!!!!!!!! Here is a link to wikipedia which has a few sentences about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games#Film_adaptation

Also, yes there is another thread for the hunger games. Heres the link to that.
https://thewriterschronicle.forumotion.net/the-book-shelf-f14/the-hunger-games-t21.htm

Now that I know they are going to have a sequel and a movie I may actually make more of a point of picking this one up. Besides that, everyone I know has loved it!

Sorry for creating a dup thread. I just figured since it was YA it should go here, but I sould have run a search on it. Feel free to combine the threads if needed.

I am soooo STOKED that it's going to be a movie! It's one of those books that you just can't imagine it not being a movie. EEEEEEEEE!

*is so excited*

September is such a loooong time away. *whimpers*

This book was really fantastic. I think we're going to see a lot of 'like books' hit the market as a result of this one.

I hope they will be as good thoug! i'm surprised though that with the dawn of reality tv, there haven't been more books on this theme?

Ok i've merged the two topics (yay first time to do that!!!!)

Its going to be a movie??? omg!!! any rumours/facts on whose playing who?

I haven't heard any rumors on actors but I did read somewhere (I think wikipedia. Which could mean its false.) that the author herself is going to adapt the book for the movie. Which I think is great!

Wow, this one sounds like one I need to read! Thanks for the info.

By the way everyone who is a fan of the Hunger Games and Catching Fire like I am...

Here's a report from Publisher's Weekly on the third book!

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Oh YAY!!!! Thanks Gobble!

I think they could make a really really good movie (if they wanted to - not thatt it needs it)


Can't wait!!!