Bogart loved/hated Mockingjay, too

The more I think about it...And I've been thinking about it a lot, I can't seem to get Mockingjay off of my mind...That book could very well be my favorite in the series. It wasn't at first, because I was so depressed by the end of it and I was disappointed that Peeta wasn't really...Peeta anymore. But thinking about it...That book got the most intense reaction out of me. The Hunger Games and Catching Fire were amazing, but I've never read a book and felt so awful and broken down afterwards. The fact that it could draw such strong emotions out of me speaks volumes about the subject matter in Mockingjay. I hate it for having no boundaries and making me feel so horrible after reading it, but I also love it for those very same reasons.

Bogart was wearing Junpei's hat

Either you know what it is or you don't. (And no, I have never and will never wear that.)

Asagi Prinny

So adorable. I think it may be my new favorite.

I really didn't want to give spoilers for Mockingjay, but...

...I can't help it anymore. So close your eyes if you haven't read it yet.

Mockingjay - A Non-Review (Review)

You should know there are spoilers for The Hunger Games, Catching Fire andMockingjay in this post. However, I will not be spoiling who dies, who lives, who falls in love or the ending of Mockingjay. I'm leaving it up to you to read the novel.

Mockingjay

I'll probably do a full review at some point, but I'm only on page 83 at the moment.

And it's good...But I'm disappointed that Peeta hasn't played a bigger part in the book so far. Of course he wouldn't. The Capitol has him, and the story follows Katniss. So he wouldn't show up much, would he? Still, I hope they rescue him soon. Before the last one hundred pages. I want him to be a large part of the final chapter of The Hunger Games, or I'll be left very unsatisfied, regardless of how it all turns out.

I tried to see it from both perspectives...My own, which is that Katniss loves Peeta, and the other group of people who believe she's in love with Gale. I still don't get it. Even after re-reading the first two books. It's going to take a lot of convincing at this point to get me to buy into that, if that's how Suzanne Collins decided to end it.

As for District 13, I have mixed feelings there. But that will be saved for if/when I do a complete review.

One last thing, every time Cinna's name is mentioned, I get a little more depressed. His fate has not yet been confirmed, but considering what happened in Catching Fire, and what's been said so far in Mockingjay, it's not looking very good.

One book down

Finished re-reading The Hunger Games this afternoon. Now I just have to finish Catching Fire before Mockingjay gets here (apparently, on the 26th according to Amazon). That shouldn't be difficult.

That's the issue. I could probably finish that book by tomorrow afternoon if I wanted to. And that would leave me with those four John Green novels. Tempting. Do I really want to start reading them before Mockingjay gets here? What if it gets here early and I'm in the middle of reading another book? It may seem ridiculous, but I'm honestly perplexed by this situation. I can't explain just how excited I actually am that Mockingjay is almost here.

I've spent a significant amount of time debating the pros and cons of Battle Royale and The Hunger Games, trying to determine which I prefer. Because even though they're so different, you can't ignore the similarities between them. I love Battle Royale. It left such an impression on me that I had nightmares about it after I read it. (Didn't love that part very much.) I realize now that I can't really choose one over the other until I read Mockingjay. And what's the point anyway? They ARE different. There's no reason to choose one over the other. It's so easy to compare them, but why bother when the similarities end with kids being forced to kill eachother in order to ensure their own survival?

(I'd still like to do a movie/book comparison of Battle Royale once I have the attention span to devote enough time to it. I already know it would be lengthy, since I started one several months ago before realizing I would have at least twenty pages of notes from the first few chapters alone.)

And because I'm all over the place, let me point out that the comparisons between The Hunger Games and Twilight confuse me to no end. Look, I haven't read any of those Twilight books. I watched the first movie and I just didn't get the appeal of it at all. As I understand it, that series is about vampires and werewolves. How does that have anything to do with The Hunger Games? It doesn't. Just because there's a love triangle in both series, people seem to feel this need for comparison between them.

Let's think about this. Casablanca. Gilda. The Roaring Twenties. Etc. They all had love triangles. Is anyone comparing Twilight to Casablanca? No. And do you know why? Because it's ridiculous. So I really wish I didn't see "Team Edward/Team Jacob" every time I read something about who Katniss should end up with at the end of Mockingjay.