Okay, maybe around 24 hours ago, I started to read this book after a long wait. I borrowed it from the library on Monday, but didn't have time to open it until Tuesday night. So, I started to read, and the higher the page numbers, the more interesting this book got, and the later I stayed up. Before I knew it, it was 11:30 and I was half way through the book. I couldn't help it, it was so damn interesting. I don't know what I liked about it. Maybe it was the sci-fi eerie theme about it that seemed to appear throughout the book. I mean who wouldn't want to read a book about a weird society that likes to watch kids die on a reality show? In addition, this reality show has crazy stuff like mutated people-wolves, hovercrafts, and so much more.
Of course, there's that part of the book dedicated to the romance between the two protagonists, Katniss and Peeta. HAHA Everytime I say her name, Katniss, I think of Cat Piss. It just ruins the character. Cat Piss. Hahaha.
Anyways, I woke up at 7 a.m. and read until 9:30 (Just because ICP started). To my luck, ICP was cancelled, so I resided to the library, where I read until 10:30 (because I had to go to Assembly). I read throughout assembly. I eventually had to put the book down and go to the cafeteria with my friends. Once we were sitting down again, the book flew open to the 50 pages I had left. Fortunately, ICP Large was cancelled to (Due to Ron's absence), and I returned to the library to finish the last pages of the book. I had read the entire book by 12:30 p.m. I sound obsessed, I know. And that's because I am. I'm obsessed, and it's kind of unhealthy. I checked in the book and continued on my search for the sequel, Catching Fire. But of course, every copy that the library held was checked out. :'(
Thank goodness I didn't see the trailer for the movie. Actually, I don't think they even have a trailer for this movie. But if they did, I didn't even try to find it. I don't WANT to try to find it. The thing is, I like to imagine my own characters and setting. Seeing someone else's perspective and interpretation of a book before reading it alters your own, so instead of coming up with your own imagery, you adopt their portrayal of the book, and it kind of just ruins it. While reading the book, I just imagined Catpiss. Oh.. wait. That awkward moment when you just mistakened the protagonist's name for the bodily function of a cat. Let's try this again...
While reading the book, I just imagined Katniss (you can't blame me!) as being a pretty brunette. I imagined her as one of those girls that aren't thought of as pretty, but once you get to know her and see the real her, she's absolutely beautiful. To me, her personality seemed a bit familiar. In other words, I feel like many other books' female protagonist personality strongly resembled Katniss's personality.
For Peetah, however, I thought of him as that guy from Glee. You know, the blonde, trouty-mouth, Justin Bieber wanna-be, Macaulay Culkin look-a-like, Chord Overstreet. Now, don't get me wrong, I have nothing against him, but he's what I imagined to be Peetah. I don't know why, but the more I became attracted to the charming Peetah, the more I started to like Chord Overstreet.
...Okay, I imagined him to be more like the first picture, but I just wanted to the second picture in there just because I thought if was kind of really super attractive...
Darn Peetah, making me attracted to Chord Overstreet.
I don't know if any of you have read this book, but if you didn't... get the hell off your lazy butt, get yourself to a nearby (OR FARAWAY, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER) bookstore, bookshop, library, book sale, whatever and find yourself this book and read it. Trust me, this will be the best decision you have ever made.
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