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Goodreads Synopsis: Could you survive on your own in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning? In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weight survival against humanity and life against love. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767052-the-hunger-games I can't believe I waited this long to read this book! If you have The Hunger Games on your to-be-read list, don't wait, move it to the top of the list. I was hooked right from the first chapter and did not want to put it down. I stayed up well into the night just to find out how it ends. The characters are such interesting unique individuals with their own backstories filled with challenges and secrets. I found that the style of the story reminded me alot of how I felt when reading Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series. I can't wait to see where the series goes next in Catching Fire. 5 Stars! I am very much in the habit of waiting to watch the movie until after I have read the book and I most often find that I enjoy the book better. This story was no different! I watched the movie pretty immediately following finishing the book and writing my review, and I was quite disappointed in the number of things that were left out or changed in the movie. I found myself constantly having to explain things to my husband who hasn't read the book when things happened that had been explained in the book, but not in the movie. The movie was only 2 stars for me.
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