Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (AUDIO LOVE!)

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)

I am hoping that you all have experienced this fictional GREATNESS by now so my telling you about it would be a total waste of my time and yours…

but…

in the event that you have just entered to the planet earth after orbiting for the last few years I give you this:

Welcome to the Nation of Panem, the world after the final world war and now what is left is a world broke into twelve districts.  Panem is a hard place to live, food is minimum, and each year a teenage boy and a teenage girl from each district is chosen to enter the Hunger Games… a televised arena (think Super bowl audience) of a fight to the death. Only one may stand as winner of the Hunger Games.

16-year-old Katniss Everdeen is the sole provider for her mother and young sister Primrose.  They live in district 12 and this years Hunger Games are about to be announced.  As district Twelve gathers to hear who will be chosen this year, the girl’s name is announced: “Primrose Everdeen.”  Katniss feels her mind go blank as she watches her little sister, first year to have her name in the Games, and does what she knows she must do…

steps in place of her sister.

I read this book two years ago, even thought the synopsis freaked me out a bit.  Kids fighting to the death?  But the blogs were raving and I went in to the read cautiously… and never looked back. 

Now, this coming March 2012 The Hunger Games will be a movie!  (Insert SSSQQQUUUEEEEEE here 😛 )  and in honor of that, I thought it was time to explore Panem again, but this time around in audio.  narrated by a fantastic Carolyn McCormick, it did not take me long to get back into the rhythm of the Hunger Games.  In fact, while baking most of the afternoon and evening on Tuesday I listened to almost the whole audio in one listen!  (It really was a lot of baking…)

It was nice to revisit this book and if you have not experienced this yet I recommend you take some time before the movie release and do so!  Here is a little movie clip to get you motivated:

I purchased this audio from audible.com

19 thoughts on “Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (AUDIO LOVE!)”

  2. Glad to hear it Sheila. I loved reading the book, but really never considered going back and listening to the audio. I am on the last book and I have that in audio, so it will be interesting to see what the expereince is in compasrion to reading the other books!

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  3. Ooh I actually have this particular audio that I downloaded a few years ago during some special promotion. I hadn’t listened to it yet because I didn’t know what the narrator would be like, but it sounds great! Maybe I’ll give it a listen before the movie comes out.

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  4. Okay, I’m glad that I’m not going crazy here…because I thought you’d read it already.

    Good to know that I wasn’t wrong about that!

    I’m not sure it’s my cup of tea, even now. I do enjoy dystopian, but the idea of kids fighting to the death…I’m not sure about that.

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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  5. Sheila,

    Must have been a lot of baking.
    The Hunger Games read actually this past month after passing on reading it. Didn’t think the books will be good but the trailer on a book blog I frequented mentioned it had the first full trailer out.
    Saw it and thought looked amazing!
    The books fantastic.

    So glad I finally read!

    Fun post.

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  6. Ok, I’m convinced. I want to read this and I’ll get it on audio. But I have a few audio review books to listen to first. And I suppose I should join the Dystopia 2012 Challenge too. I read a lot of scifi and dystopia slips into that category real easy. 🙂

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  7. I must be the only person in the world that hasnt read this, but its on my christmas wishlist!

    there is something under the tree that feels like a box set, so im hoping that its that!

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