After all my ravings to Harry Potter series, here comes the next or close competitor to the magical story of HP. It was introduce to me by a friend, let's call her Audrey. Audrey bought the set and excitedly announce it that it was sooooo good. However since it was highly broadcasted, I was left in a long queue to have my turn in reading the book.

Patience is a virtue... As they say it's worth the wait! (especially when you're broke! LOL)

The story takes place in Panem, a place once known as North America, where the Capitol is surrounded by 12 outlying districts. Every year, each district must send 2 tributes - one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve to eighteen to take part in the Hunger Games where each tribute must fight each other until one only survives. Katniss, who lives her life hunting and supporting her family together with his best firend, volunteers to join the Hunger Games i place of her sister. As she enters the Hunger Games, she will meet new people, she will encounter problems, and whe will have to sort out her feelings. If she wants to win in the Hunger Games, she needs to survive. She needs to kill and show her skills in hunting and survival. she needs to hide her emotions and she needs to lie - all these she needs to do in order for her to survive.

Uhmmm to tell you the truth the title of this novel doesn't gave me an impact... The Hunger Games... The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games! THE HUNGER GAMES!!!

NADA! None! Nothing!

For a chic-flick book buff like me, uhmmm really naaahh aahh! I guess I made my point huh, so enough of the nothing-ness! Well it sounds violent, and yes it is violent however... I realize that "I FOUND LOVE IN A HOPELESS PLACE" Nyahahha!

When I heard that there will be a movie adaptation of the book that will be shown this coming March, I somehow force my way to finally have the book on my hands. (uhhmm still trying to reach my target to be a movie addict!!) This book is like a Pringles, "Once you pop, You can't stop!

All throughout, the book was written in Katniss perspective. When I read the first few chapters it's kind of gloomy to me, hunger, poverty, violence, death are stuff that are not based to my liking. On the other hand from this gloomy factors an unrequited love surface that capture my attention. Yes, ladies and gentleman as you all know, I'm a sucker of such! LOL Love conquers all anyway huh?!

However even some scenes gave a fuzzy feeling, we can't deny the fact that they still have a game to play. Not a game for the kids but survival of the fittest, the game of last man standing. This is kind of disturbing especially when a tribute was slowly eaten alive by some mutated wolves all night long, and Katniss had to shoot him to end his misery.

I think that the funny lines, what-will-happen-next?!, innocence of Katniss and especially the unrequited love kept me going that gave me a zombie-looking-face for my next working day. (Luckily plants are nowhere of sight! LOL)

Overall it's definitely a good book! Two thumbs if I may say!!!