The.Hunger.Games.

I finished.  I read all three books cover to cover {hmm, digital page to digital page?  That definitely doesn't have a ring to it...}.   If you don't know what the phenomenon of the Hunger Games trilogy is, you can read the wiki page here.  Or, if you're more of a movie trailer person, this gives you a glimpse of what the first book is about.

After finishing this trilogy, I realized that I don't like series to end.  I have a problem actually finishing the last book (this happened when I read Harry Potter too).  On Sunday morning, I woke up and finished reading Catching Fire {book 2} in an hour.  As soon as I finished the second book, I picked up Mockingjay {book 3} and couldn't put it down until I was 50% of the way done {or 3 hours later}.  

Then, I stopped reading it cold turkey. 

I picked the final book up again last night (Monday night) and read until one am when I was 87% done.  One of the meds I took yesterday must have made me not sleepy because I couldn't fall asleep even though I was quite tired.  I feel like most people would have picked up the book and finished it then and there.  But, I didn't want it to end!  Maybe I was scared to know who Katniss would pick in the end.  Whatever my reasoning, I lay in bed, determined to finish the book this morning.

I don't think I've picked up a book in quite some time that had me hooked from the first or second page like Suzanne Collins does with The Hunger Games.  I didn't even know what the trilogy was about, other than it was set in the future.  This genre of books {futuristic} doesn't usually fall in my go-to pile of 'chick lit,' but I kept hearing talk of the books and decided I wanted to see what it was all about.  

Overall, I think my favorite books were the first and last.  However, I'd like to go back and reread the books at a slower pace now that I know how they all end.  Collins knows how to create a page-turner, and I found myself skipping details to read the next paragraph because I knew she would give away important info.  Then, I had to go back and reread the paragraph{s} I skimmed because I wanted to soak it all in.  

I have been wanting to see a movie in the Ukrainian theater, but all movies in Ukraine are shown in Ukrainian...and since I learned Russian, I probably wouldn't be able to understand most of it.  When Harry Potter 7, part 2, came out last summer, I wanted to see it at the theaters here but never got a chance to.  My thought process of seeing a movie in Ukrainian: preferably see an action-packed movie with minimal {important} speaking lines.  Extra bonus if I've read the book.  So, I think The Hunger Games will be perfect.  Just gotta wait now... :)

I feel pretty crappy today.  My head feels so fuzzy and heavy that I may give in to a nap right now.  I did enjoy some Cheez Its from home though for a treat for feeling so lousy.  Glad I can still eat with this bout of sickness :)  Off to zzz land now...night night.