“May the odds forever be in your favor”

So I am not normally one to jump on the bandwagon of a popular book series, but this time I did. After a conversation with my friend Jenna about the Hunger Games Series I decided I would give these books a try.

It isn’t often that I find a book that is so good that I would rather read it than participate in the daily activities of life, but these books did just that. I literally read all three of them in a matter of four days. Suzanne Collins definitely knows what she is doing, because these books are brilliant.

Despite the type of books you normally like to read, I feel like anyone who likes to read, even a little,will love these books. Set in the future, the books center around the lives of a group of teenagers in a place called Sector 12. In a time when food is hard to come by and the government rules all aspects of life, desperation and the will to live drive Katniss Everdeen and her companions to do the unthinkable. I won’t say much more about the premise of the book, because that would give the plot away, but these books are definitely a must read.

I am not exaggerating when I tell you I literally stayed up until 3am some mornings reading. It was like I couldn’t read them fast enough to find out what was going to happen next. Having said that, I will tell you that if you are going to read them, go ahead and buy the box set because once you have finished the one book, you are going to be dying to read the next one. If you click on the Hunger Games link in the first paragraph I have a link for the box set on Amazon.They are actually on sale right now, so if you have some extra cash I would recommend getting them.

Now that I am done with the books I am highly anticipating the release of the first movie based on Book 1. Often movie adaptations disappoint me, but the trailer already has me excited. Bring on March 23, 2012!