Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, in which you post on a Wednesday about a pre-publication book you're excited about. There's a lot coming out soon that I'm excited about, so I thought I'd join in.

Description from Goodreads: (highlight to read - spoilers!)
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collins's groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.


Maybe I'm a bit behind the times with this one - we've all been waiting for Mockingjay for months and months - but I couldn't get the widget to load yesterday and so this is my way of saying "YES! I WANT TO READ THIS!"


Mockingjay is the third and final novel in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy, an excellent dystopian YA about Katniss Everdeen's will to survive. Each year, the government holds the Hunger Games, in which each of the 12 districts must send two children to the arena. The twenty-four selected children must fight to the death to earn their district extra food - and to remind the people that the government has total control over them. 


But Katniss doesn't want to play by the rules. And the government can't take it. From the very first page, The Hunger Games sucked me in. I could not put it down. Whether it's the characters or the action or something else entirely, something about the book is absolutely amazing. And the sequel, Catching Fire, was just as good. So this Wednesday, I'm waiting for Mockingjay, the conclusion to the series. 


It releases on August 24. I can't wait. 

1 comment:

  1. Welcome to book blogging...I think you'll find this community to be so friendly! So glad you're participating in WoW!

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