Customer Review - The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins [YA Collins]

This book is amazing. What interested me in this book was that it seems like all ages are getting interested in it. She wrote it so well that I can imagine this happening in a hundred years or so. Even through all the violence she still manages to throw some romance. Which I'm sure every teenage girl loves. Katniss Everdeen is just a normal teenage girl dealing with boy problems, except she has to deal with something a normal teenage girl doesn't she had to choose between her sister fighting to the death or herself. She chooses to make herself fight to the death in the terrible arena. Also known as the Hunger Games. Set up by the Capital to make sure another war never happens. Katniss and Peeta Mellark are the ones from District 12 who have to fight int he arena. The rest you'll have to find out by reading it yourself! -- review submitted by Jetta T. - a customer of the Gere Branch Library

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Two Customer Reviews - Catching Fire

Catching Fire
by Suzanne Collins [YA Collins]

This is the second time I have read Catching Fire, yet I was holding my breath throughout the whole book. I love the plot in this book, because Katniss is torn between marrying Peeta, who loves her but she must act like she loves him also, or choosing Gale, who she is in love with and has known her whole life. Katniss has become the leader of the rebels without her knowing, ever since she had held up those berries at the end of the Hunger Games. Then, Katniss and Peeta end up in the Games again, and have to try to survive. Suzanne Collins is an amazing writer, with spectacular ideas for books. I love how in this book, opposed to The Hunger Games, Katniss becomes a rebel and shows more of her true side throughout the book. -- review submitted by Helen L. - a customer of the Gere Branch Libray


In this second book of the Hunger Games trilogy Katniss and Peeta go on their district tour as they still try to keep up their star-crossed lover status. Everyone is happy until the Quarter Quell comes up. Tributes that have won are being put in the Games once again. Haymitch can't go so Katniss and Peeta train together. When they are in the Capitol Snow keeps a close eye on them. During the interview Peeta "proposes' to Katniss to make them look like they are in love. As the Games approach they meet past winners such as, Johanna Mason and Finnick O'Dair. When they are put in the arena they discover it is like a clock. Then when Katniss blows the force field it goes dark and she is in a helicopter with Gale. He says that Peeta and some of the other tributes had been kidnapped by the Capitol because they did not have time to save them. Then Gale says something that changes Katniss foeever. What is it? Read to find out! -- review submitted by Ashley A. - a customer of the Gere Branch Library

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New Customer Review - Mockingjay

Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins [YA Collins]

I think that Mockingjay was very informing; it gave you more of a background to what happened to District 13, although, I got very bored with it. I think it was kind of a let down compared to the first two books in the Hunger Games trilogy. -- review submitted by Jadyn B. - a customer of the Gere Branch Library

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New Customer Review - The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins [YA Collins]

I love this book! It is a great combination of Action, Adventure, and Romance! I read the whole series and it is awesome! It took me 2 days to read it! It was that good! -- review submitted by Ashley A. - a customer of the Gere Branch Library

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The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion

The Hunger Games: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion
by Kate Egan [YA PB Egan]

A collection of pictures and behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and crew of The Hunger Games. Read about the casting process, the stunt work, and the special effects that went into making the film. A must-read for all die hard Hunger Games fans. [If you enjoy this, you may also wish to try "The Hunger Games" trilogy that inspired the movie by Suzanne Collins, or any of the other behind-the-scenes books about the series: The World of The Hunger Games by Kate Egan, The Hunger Games Tribute Guide by Emily Seife or The Hunger Games Companion by Lois Gresh.] -- recommended by Carrie K. - Bennett Martin Public Library


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New Booklist - If You Like...The Hunger Games!

With a movie opening at the end of this week, interest in the incredibly popular young adulttrilogy , The Hunger Games, has increased again.

If you've read the series and are looking for similar books, check out Carrie's brand-new booklist -- If You Like...The Hunger Games, now on the libraries' website.

And "May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor!"