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Quite some time ago, when the local Border's was closing down, I picked up--among other things--a copy of The Hunger Games. There are two approaches one can take with a series: 1) Buy all of the books so you can seamlessly go from one to the next, or 2) Buy the first, see if you like it and go from there. This time I went with option 2.

I finally got around to reading The Hunger Games past week. It took me approximately three pages to be completely hooked. By the one quarter point, I was realizing I should have gone ahead and gotten all three books. On Sunday, when I found book three but had to have book two ordered for me, the failure to buy all three at once took on the look of strategic error.

I flirted with the idea of slowing down my reading to try to stretch out HG until I have a copy of Catching Fire. Since I'm not constitutionally capable voluntarily leaving off a book that I've become invested in, that was a no go from the start. So here I sit, waiting for CF to arrive later this week and reminding myself that I don't want to read Mockingjay out of order.

I'm such an instant gratification person when it comes to books.

By the way, I wasn't sure if I was going to like Hunger Games. The plot description didn't quite seem like my kind of thing. But so many people that I trust loved it that I gave it a try. I thought it was utterly engrossing and I can't wait to find out what happens next.

Comments

[texaslawchick.livejournal.com]

I read Hunger Games the day I bought it in June. I bought Catching Fire in October, but I needed to finish A Clash of Kings first. I finished that on Saturday night. I picked up Catching Fire yesterday morning. I finished it at 2:00 am.

I do not own Mockingjay, and I have well over 80 books in my "to be read" pile, and A Clash of Kings slowed me down considerably. I have told myself that I will read five books before picking up Mockingjay. I'm not sure I can do it.

[gttygrl.livejournal.com]

Five books before Mockingjay?? I do not understand these words.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

I'm confident that I would not be able to hold out for five books either.

[gttygrl.livejournal.com]

You CAN'T read Mockingjay out of order!! You just CAN'T! It'll completely rob you of the OMIGODHOLYSHITDIDTHATJUSTHAPPEN?! at the end of Catching Fire.

I say go to Amazon and buy the digital copy to read on your computer while you wait. Thanksgiving could delay the delivery.

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

I've read the jacket copy, but will go no further. (This has actually whetted my appetite even more for Catching Fire.)

I love when books are so good you both can't stop thinking about them and rush to get back to them to find out what happens next.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way with books, and made the same choice with these books that you did. It was tough to wait, but I ordered the last two at the same time.

I also wasn't sure if I was going to like the books, but I loved them also. How long before #2 comes in?

[suzannemarie.livejournal.com]

She thought maybe Wednesday, but with the holiday Friday's more likely.

I hate waiting.

[tourogal.livejournal.com]

i'm sorry, i didn't like catching fire at all.

mockingjay was ok, but HG set such a high standard, there was no hope of it matching the level.

i did read HG in about 2 and a half hours, and it left me, literally, gasping for air. i had to step back from the series for an entire week before i was mentally ready to return to Panem.

that being said, i cannot wait for the movie.