My Little Corner of the World..

“Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins.

Well, this is officially the quickest book I’ve ever read. Seen as I usually win the award for the world’s slowest reader, I got all 472 pages down in less than 48 hours. Is it sad I’m actually quite proud of myself right now?

The second book in The Hunger Games trilogy is now another one added to my favourites. It follows on well after the first one, as it tells us the consequences of Katniss and Peeta winning the last Hunger Games, including the turn out of the Quarter Quell (a special version of The Hunger Games which occurs every 25 years). I found myself a lot more gripped to this one as I have a better picture in my head of what it’d be like after reading the first book and then seeing the movie. I found myself literally gasping at some bits and also laughing out loud. No crying in this one though, which I was surprised at! 

I’m really eager to find out who will be playing some of the other characters in this book when the Catching Fire movie is made, like Finnick, Beetee and Johanna. I also love that this one is left on much more of a cliffhanger too than the first book.

I do hate this whole ‘Team Peeta’ and ‘Team Gale’ thing that’s broken out amongst the fans of this series, because I’d hate for The Hunger Games to turn out like the Twilight saga, but right now I’m definitely on Peeta’s team. I know Gale is in this book a lot more than the first but I still don’t really have much of a soft spot for him at the moment. That could all change in the last book though.

Going to get onto reading Mockingjay later on tonight or tomorrow. I can’t wait to see how it all turns out…

“I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol’s plans. The symbol of the rebellion.”

So excited for this. Hope its as good as the book!

“Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares” by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan.

“You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here’s a hint- ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasn’t just the women. It’s the great male fantasy- all it takes is one dance to know that she’s the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know- this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much. And they don’t want a very long courtship. They want to know immediately.”

“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins.

Oh my god. This book is amazing. I finished reading it last night, and its definitely one of the better books I’ve read lately (apart from Johnny Cash’s autobiography, but that was different). 

I didn’t really know what to expect because I hadn’t seen the film, so I based it purely on seeing the movie trailer and what friends had been telling me about it (there’s been a LOT of people I know who have read this recently). Oh my worrrddd, I have fallen in love. I can’t quite put my finger on it as to what has drawn me in, as this usually isn’t the kind of thing I like to read, but I just love everything about it. 

Straight after I finished reading it I went and watched the film, which I thought was equally as good. There wasn’t too many changes which I really liked, because I hate it when your expectations of the movie don’t live up to the book. Like with the book, it is definitely one of the better films I’ve seen in a while and I NEED to see it again!

Think I’ve found a new thing to go crazy over. Anyone who knows me well enough will tell you that I get obsessed with stuff very easily like films, tv shows, books, singers…its one of the things I kinda don’t like about myself, because I hate feeling like I’m annoying everyone around me when I can’t stop talking about my latest love. But I guess at the end of the day I don’t care that much ;)

Now I’m too excited to start reading Catching Fire, the next book in the trilogy. I bought Mockingjay when I was out yesterday but couldn’t find Catching Fire anywhere so I ordered it when I got home. This is going to be a long wait…