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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

[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.