who's hungry?

ok.  first post.  here we go.

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins

These books were great.  I know they're meant for young readers, but after I read the first book there was no going back for me.  Collins sucked me right in with her characters and their struggles.  Looking back [and using what little I know of creative writing] the books are simple enough.  But everything holds strong through each of the books.  The third one did throw me through a loop.  I didn't really like Peeta's character being sidelined so much.  I really felt he should have had a much bigger part, probably because I fell so in love with him during the first two books.  Um, for those who haven't read these books the character relationships are a little difficult to explain simply... so I'll just say that Peeta loves Katniss and does all he can to keep her alive during the "Hunger Games." 
You know how sometimes a character can creep so deeply into your imagination that somehow you really start to feel the emotions on the page?  That's how these books made me feel.  When Katniss was scared, I was scared.  When she was furious, so was I.  At one point while reading the second book I actually got so unnerved by something [I don't want to spoil everything] that I had to put the book down and call my boyfriend to help calm me down and remind me that it was just a story and nothing horrible was really going to happen.  It was maybe a little bit pathetic.


Ok, so I'm not really sure what my general approach to this whole "book review blog" is going to be.  Until I figure everything out you can pretty much expect the posts to be like this one.  I'll try not to give very many important things away.  I'm not going to give books any sort of generalized grade either... different books are good or bad for different reasons.  I may try to develop some sort of point system for different aspects that I believe make a good book, but let's leave that for another day.

For now, keep reading  :)