I have finally reached the end of “The Hunger Games” trilogy.  The Hunger Games and Catching Fire were revelatory in the richness of the stories compared to the movies and Mockingjay was no exception.  The movie adaptation of Mockingjay left so little impression that I had forgotten it was split into two movies.  Having read the entire series I find myself a little surprised that it was ever adapted for the screen.  Much of the books are dark and depressing as we watch Katniss deal with PTSD and in the final volume […]

When setting out to read The Hunger Games, I remembered the first movie fairly well and the book unfolded the way I expected it to go.  When picking up book two, it occurred to me that I didn’t really remember the second movie other than Katniss and Peeta going back into the Games and all hell breaking loose in the arena at the end, which pleasantly meant more of the events in the book were a surprise. Now I’m not sure if it’s due to my […]