May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor

My new obsession (as of thursday) is The Hunger Games!!! With the movie coming out in just a few months I thought I would get a head start and read the series. I will say at first I did not like it. I actually started reading a few weeks ago but only got about 10 pages in and kind of gave up. Well I am glad I gave it a second go because it has only been 4 days and I am already 1/3 of the way through with the second book (and I am a slow reader and have a lot of Homework so that is a lot!) This book series is AMAZING and I recommend it to everyone. It is a high octane (whatever that means, I just hear it a lot) thriller that will not allow to you put it down. I literally showed up 30 minutes late to a friends house because I was reading, and I am a very punctual person. The story takes place in the not to far off future where North America has become the new country of Panem. As most stories about the future go this is about a dystopian society (my favorite!!!!) After a rebellion from the Districts against the Capital 74 years prior to the book, the Capital, who one the war, forces each district to select one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to compete in a Battle Royale style tournament called The Hunger Games to pay for their crimes in the rebellion (even though none of them were even born when it happened). The story is told from the point of view of Katniss Everdeen, who becomes one of the tributes after volunteering in her sisters place. It is intense and filled with action, drama and romance! I wont comment on the rest of the series yet because I am still reading but so far this series is one of my favorites. Then again i said that about Twilight a few years ago, but hey the books aren't half bad. I can't wait for the movie and to find out what happens next. Well I am off to go read but if you get the chance pick up this book because you wont regret it.