The Good Place (TV Series)

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Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay - Collins, Suzanne
Series Title: The Hunger Games
Summary: 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 wants revenge ... and President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe!

Series: The Hunger Games

Staff Review:
Third installment of "The Hunger Games" does not disappoint. Fantastic , nail-biting stunner of a story all the way to the end.

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The hunger games - Suzanne Collins

 The hunger games - Collins, Suzanne

Series: The Hunger Games 

Summary: In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Staff Review

Brutal, exciting, vivid.  The Hunger Games is set in a future where young adults must compete in deathly games to secure food for their community.  Author Suzanne Collins does an amazing job of creating very real characters put in unthinkable situations, and making us really feel for them.  My workmate has already recommended the second in the trilogy, "Catching Fire" to you, and I do as well.  (Third in the trilogy, "Mockingjay" is due out August 24th.)

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Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire - Collins, Suzanne

Series Title: The Hunger Games

Summary: By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

Booklist Reviews
*Starred Review* At the end of The Hunger Games (2008), breathless readers were left in the lurch with any number of questions. Will Katniss lead an uprising against the Capitol? Does she fancy Peeta or Gale? Both? Neither? And perhaps most importantly, how in the world is Collins going to live up to the (well-deserved) hype? Without divulging too much, don't sweat it. The book opens with Katniss and Peeta reluctantly embarking on their victory tour through the 12 oppressed districts of Panem, where they witness more than a few surprising things. And right when it seems as if the plot might be going into a holding pattern between the first and third acts of the trilogy, a blindsiding development hurtles the story along and matches, if not exceeds, the unfiltered adrenaline rush of the first book. Again, Collins' crystalline, unadorned prose provides an open window to perfect pacing and electrifying world building, but what's even more remarkable is that aside from being tremendously action-packed science-fiction thrillers, these books are also brimming with potent themes of morality, obedience, sacrifice, redemption, love, law, and, above all, survival. Honestly, this book only needs to be good enough to satisfy its legions of fans. Fortunately, it's great. And if you were dying to find out what happens after the last book, get ready for pure torture awaiting the next. Copyright 2009 Booklist Reviews.
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