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The Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins
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Peep (Pop! Pop!)
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Apr 03, 2010 08:22PM
Yes! Team Gale all the way!!! Welcome to the club Becca!
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Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun)
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I agree with you completely Becca. It's hard to take readers on a journey like this and have Katniss and Peeta not end up together. But as you say, I'm still routing for Gale!! Sheila... you need to give in. Like Heidi, I also bought both books after reading them from the library. It's definitely worth the money.
Everyone needs to go to Becca's thread about Mockingjay (FYI -it doesn't really have spoilers) to give thoughts on book 3 :)
It will though as we get into discussing what's happened that will foreshadow what will happen next *evil laugh* I can't wait.
OK i love The Hunger Games despite the fact that im not very far. But i need an opinion. If books like Go Ask Alice, The Chocolate War, the Three Musketeers, Winnie the Pooh, and Charrlotte's Web are considered to be college bound books, do you think The Hunger Games should be as well? I dont know about you but Im pretty sure there's deeper meaning in The Hunger Games than in Winnie the Pooh. Please respond.
I need to know if you guys would consider this a college bound book if Winnie the Pooh and Charlottes Web are. Thanks.
I can't say that I knew Winnie the Pooh and Charlotte's Web were considered college bound or what exactly that means but I would give this book to a kid going off to college.
I'd say Hunger Games is in the late teens/early twenties category. The writing is a reflection on where society is going in a deeper sense, but you can also look at it just for the story. My 11 year old brother loved the books, I love the books, and my mother who is in her fifties loves the books. I don't know that you can limit it to just one age group as to who it is written for. It appeals to a large audience. Some people get more out of it than others and some just read it for the story. Why are you asking? Are you trying to organize it for a bookshelf or recommending it to someone?
Mariah wrote: "OK i love The Hunger Games despite the fact that im not very far. But i need an opinion. If books like Go Ask Alice, The Chocolate War, the Three Musketeers, Winnie the Pooh, and Charrlotte's Web a..." It seems to me that any book will give you something in return, it is just what you are willing to take from it. I think that that Hunger Games is great way to open ideas towards the future we make for ourselves, and Charlotte's Web is an interesting opportunity to discuss how we treat things that some consider "less important". Not sure what to tell you about Winnie the Pooh- except the new version on TV bugs the crap out of me. The girl is really annoying, what happened to Christopher Robbin?
I think it's Christopher Robin's little sister or something. I have no idea where she came from, but I do like seeing more tigger. He always was my favorite character.
My t-shirt pics have been posted. I know you gave up on me but I said I'd have them tonight and I do!!
It actually looks 60% better in real life.
Awesome shirt, Peep (even though it says Team Gale)! Good job!
Wow, you guys are fast! Team Gale 4 eva!! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please no autographs. Thank you.
Awesome shirt! I'd love to have one.
I think the graphics are amazing. I seriously want one, maybe on navy blue.
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Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun)
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LOVE the shirt Peep! Team Gale endures. I also wouldn't mind having that shirt.
Hey!!! I nagged him a lot, so that means I did most of the work. Also, I painted the Mockingjay pin, which is also 50% percent of the work. By my calculations that equals roughly 89% of the work done by me, give or take a few percentages.
Peep--Your shirt looks great. You should wear it when you go see the movie!
Tell your hubby he did a great job. p.s. Your trinkets will never make me lose my love for Peeta. Love is stronger than cotton (or a cotton poly blend).
Heidi wrote: "Tell your hubby he did a great job. p.s. Your trinkets will never make me lose my love for Peeta. Love is stronger than cotton (or a cotton poly blend)."100% cotton!!
Also, you guys would only laugh if you saw my attempt to complete it. My husband asked if I was serious! And I had worked really hard on it!
Hey Peeta lovers go over and vote for him on Peep's very unscientific and probably rigged poll!
New rule! Team Peeta propaganda is not allowed within 100 threads.
New rule, Peep can't make rules. Also, what happens on goodreads stays on goodreads.
Ack! Who voted on that rule?!?!
As the queen of snark (you named me, not me) I command it!
lol! there are no rules online really, except the ones that everyone agrees to. Heidi, why don't you do a poll? Should Peep be allowed to make rules? hehehe!
Thank you Becca :) I'd like to point out that my rules are all totally and completely impartial.
I guess you all still think this is a democracy.
Would it be you that is the dictator Heidi? Watch out Team Gale and Team Twilight, we may all be kicked out of the group! Run for cover. LOLOLOLOL!!
Pretty soon she'll be requiring a minimum of twenty posts a month!
Well Peep... I was inspired by the info yesterday that someone could get kicked out of a group for not posting enough - jk :) You know I love you all, even if you are Team What's His Name.
Okay, I just got done with the first one (I know, I know, how could I wait this long?) and as a budding writer, I have some questions for you guys and gals.What did you think of the fact that it's present tense? Is that something you like or doesn't bother you? The reason I ask is that it felt forced in many places, like the scene should have been written in past tense, but Collins chose present and had to stick with it. It's probably just me, but it really jarred me out of the experience many times and made the read much less enjoyable.
I also found it very predictable until the mutts at the end which seemed very odd to me. I'll have to read the second one I guess to see what, if any, significance they had.
Anyway, just trying to process my thoughts on this still. Please tell me how you feel about it. : )
The mutts were weird. In fact, I think I said that in my review. I liked the present tense, it made me feel like I was right there and increased the sense of urgency.
I think most people are used to reading books in past tense which is why present tense would jar you out of the experience a bit. The first book I read in present was really difficult for me to get into, but since I've started reading it more and more it doesn't phase me in the least. It's just another writing style. If you don't like reading in present tense, I wouldn't recommend writing in it. You'll only be frustrated because it can be really difficult to keep to the tense if you're not used to it (spoken from another writer :).
I agree wholeheartedly Becca. I have no intention of writing in present, but I was curious to see if anyone else had trouble with it in this book. It just didn't seem to fit to me in many places. But that's probably just my lack of familiarity showing through : )
Alan wrote: "Okay, I just got done with the first one (I know, I know, how could I wait this long?) and as a budding writer, I have some questions for you guys and gals.What did you think of the fact that it'..."
How funny! So many writers here. The tense didn't bother me at all. I kind of like it, it makes it feel like it's a story whose ending truly hasn't been decided. The mutts were wierd. I think they were supposed to be, pretty much everything about the capitol is wierd and after so many years, they would have to be struggling to keep up the "ratings." I wouldn't say I found it predictable, but it's one book I didn't read critically at all. I read it at a time when I really needed to get my mind off of more depressing things.
As a writer, it's uncomfortable for me to write in present tense. Everything I have tried to write from that perspective has felt forced to me.
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Brittany (finally graduated and can once again read for fun)
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Note: This is coming from someone who is as far away from a writer as you can get (I'm a science person)I have to say I didn't mind the story being written in present tense. I understand what you're saying about it being awkward at times. I guess I was so enthralled with the book I didn't mind though.
The thing with present tense and what it has the potential to do so well is it can make you feel like you are literally in the moment. The narrator doesn't know what's going to happen anymore than you are, so it can add to the suspense, kinda like a play-by-play in a sports game. Where it falls flat is during the exposition of the story, that makes things more difficult.
I liked the book being in present tense for many of the same reasons already listed-it added to the suspense and made it easier to get wrapped up in the story.As far as the mutts go, I saw them as a measure to show you how far the Captial was willing to go to mess with the minds of the attributes. Before the mutts, I knew the Capital was evil, but the mutts just proved they were down right sadistic!
Jaimie wrote:I am waiting for the last book to be the decision maker for me but Peeta is kind of a whiner. I'm also waiting on the last book to decide. I'm leaning towards Peeta, but I don't think Gale has been given an adequate amount of book time.
Lani wrote: "I liked the book being in present tense for many of the same reasons already listed-it added to the suspense and made it easier to get wrapped up in the story.As far as the mutts go, I saw them..."
Ooooo. Well said.
All interesting comments. I was afraid I'd be booted from the boards for not loving the book like most seem to ; ) It was an enjoyable read, just not my style I guess.As far as Gale vs. Peeta goes, I'll just stay on the fence and proclaim myself Team Kat : D.
Don't be afraid here Alan! As long as you ask a genuine question I would hope everyone would answer you respectfully. p.s. There can never be 100% consensus on books - that is what makes this site so great.
Yeah Alan, I dislike a bunch of books that other people liked. I may even have liked 1 or 2 that most people disliked. I'd be worried if we all liked the same books. I'd likely resort to lying and said I hated a book just to keep the discussion flowing. You know, that old chestnut.
Agreed. As I've said before elsewhere, if everyone liked all the same things, the world would be a very boring place.
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