May the Odds be Ever in your Favor

Hey Readers!

          So, as you know, we all read/are reading the Hunger Games. I just thought I'd give kind of a wrap-up post about it, since I kind of left you hanging after my almost-done-with-mockingjay post :). I'll try not to give away any spoilers, because Mary hasn't finished Mockinjay yet, and I know she'll love it! All in all, I think i'm going to stick to my opinion that the Hunger Games should have been one book on it's own, and left us wanting more. It feels almost like if a character was referenced a lot on a TV show but you never saw them, and finally you meet them, but they don't live up to the standards they were held to in your imagination. I feel like people could still be arguing about what will happen, and this would be a more powerful book all in all if it was without Catching Fire and Mockingjay. I really enjoy those two books and I love the subplots and the new characters introduced, but again, they didn't quite live up to the standards of the original Hunger Games. I have another strong opinion, but it sort of gives away the ending, so all i'm going to say is that the ending is too weak, and it seems that the author took the easy way out. There were ways to make the ending much more powerful. I'm sort of contradicting myself, because i LOVE this book, but this is also a point i feel strong about. Keep on reading!
-Alice :)
P.S. New bestseller list is up :) the usual suspects, again.
P.P.S. Gale, Peeta, and Katniss were casted in the Hunger Games movie, out 2012! Check them out here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392170/ (look forward to a post about my opinions on THAT looming in the near future!)