BOTM - SEPTEMBER 2011 - THE Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

sassenach · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:01 am

Introducing our Book of the Month for September 2011

**BOOK IS OPEN FOR DISCUSSION** BEWARE OF SPOILERS

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. But Katniss has been close to death before—and survival, for her, is second nature. The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. Welcome to the deadliest reality TV show ever...

Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Press; Reprint edition (July 3, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439023521
• ISBN-13: 978-0439023528

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Book is now OPEN for discussion - 28th September

• Why do you think The Hunger Games series is a bestseller? What about the series appeals to so many people?
• Which character in The Hunger Games do you relate to? Why?
• Does a tribute ever really win the Hunger Games? Why or why not?
• Was it wrong of Katniss to act like she was in love with Peeta if she wasn't sure of her true feelings? Why or why not?
• When is violence entertainment? When is violence just violence?
• How does our family background, our class, or our occupation change the way we see the world?

If you enjoyed this book ~ you may enjoy these: :read:

• Never let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
• Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Thistle · **Posted:** Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:09 pm

Loved this series. Can't wait for the movie!

caseyjarryn · **Joined:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 2:20 am **Posts:** 149

^ have you seen the teaser trailer? it's only 30 seconds long or something, but it got me pretty excited for the movie... I hope my expectations aren't too high, don't want to be disappointed.

Laura · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:17 am

I read The Hunger Games when was first released . . . and could not put the book down! I never did read the other 2 in the series, though.

audiobooklover · **Joined:** Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:09 pm **Posts:** 2682

Oh, Laura, you should read the other two also!

I'm on the wait list for an audio version, so I hope the timing will work out for listening just before discussion starts. It's been a while since I read it and would like to refresh myself on details.

Happiness · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:10 pm

I thought I wouldn't like Hunger Games when my Book Club read it, but it hooked me. I was downloading the next book minutes after finishing the last. Loved the series...as did my DH...who rarely likes the same books I do.

TwilightTINK · **Posted:** Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:10 pm

I downloaded it. I have a book or two ahead of it (Untying the knot for one) but then I will read it.

Pauline · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:48 am

I was just looking for this book at Borders yesterday to give to my daughter for her birthday. I couldn't put them down (or take them off my ears for the audio ones). I'll have to review it again because the books kind of run together for me (as series always do).

sassenach · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:20 am

I am completely new to this series - so am looking forward to reading it :read:

nina · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:15 pm

I'm glad you've picked this one, Sassenach. Some of my kids have read it, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Here's a good reason to do so!

Lady Ross · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:28 pm

I'm working on it right now. i want to get it done before the movie gets out.

Did anyone have difficulty with the writing? I'm not sure I really like the style. But the plot is compelling, so I just keep going.

aquagirl · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:35 pm

I'm heading for Borders now, to take advantage of the 80% off Going Out of Business sale. I've been waiting to buy the trilogy at a reduced price. Looking forward to sharing the read with this group! :bigsmile:

Pauline · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:31 pm

Good luck at Borders Aquagirl because they are really picked over. No Suzanne Collins books at all. The only D.G. book left was the OL Companion Guide and the only Paullina Simons was The Summer Garden (which I own). It was too depressing in there. I really had to leave. Too many memories of midnight book releases of Harry Potter, story hours in the children's dept, and butter beers in the cafe. My daughter and I look at each other in there and want to weep!

aquagirl · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:50 pm

I know! I had a Sunday afternoon tradition of browsing the books with a warm chocolate chip cookie and a latte in hand. My Borders is supposed to stay open another couple of weeks and they claim that they keep replenishing the shelves with books from the warehouse. What's really sad is they are selling EVERYTHING including the shelves and the light fixtures. :cry:

Pauline · **Posted:** Sat Sep 03, 2011 7:07 pm

Same here, Aquagirl. People were buying the monitors and keyboards. It's a real fire sale. It looks like another week or two tops. I'm just not a Barnes & Noble person (even though I have a Nook which was a gift and has already started having problems a year and a half later). There's some independents up near the colleges but parking is a pain.

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