The Hunger Games

For Christmas, I received an inordinate amount of books. The first two I read were The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, or the first two books of The Hunger Games Trilogy. I devoured them. They are absolutely amazing books. I am holding my breath for the third and final book, Mockingjay, which comes out August 24th... or one hundred sixty-two days away. :)

This comes from the publisher's website:

Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives.

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see.

Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

It's incredibly suspenseful. And I couldn't put either book down. And, I'm sure I won't be able to put down Mockingjay either. If you get a chance, please read this series. You won't regret it.