Holy moly... I'm just a little obsessed with the Hunger Games! In previous blog posts I've been writing about my current read, The Hunger Games, and in one of them I said that my goal was to finish the book before I saw the movie. Sadly, I failed and wasn't able to finish. On thursday, I was at my track meet waiting for my event to start, when my cousin called me and said "hey do you wanna go see the Hunger Games tonight?" and I just couldn't turn it down! I mean, its the midnight premier, who would turn that down! So throughout the rest of my track meet, I tried as hard as I could to finish the book but I didn't. Even though I didn't finish, I was thrilled to go see the movie because I always think its so interesting to compare a book to a movie. For the part of the book that I have read so far, I can honestly say that the book is WAY better and way more interesting than the movie. Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie but as most people say, the book is just a lot more detailed and interesting. As of right now, I am about halfway to three fourths of the way through the novel but I think I might finish it within the next couple of days.
For all you Hunger Games fans, you will probably recognize where I am once I describe it to you. I am right at the part where Katniss is sleeping in a tree when she is suddenly woken up by a blazing fire coming right at her. I am so thrilled right now! Like, all these questions are running through my head. What's going to happen next? Will she die? Will Petta save her? Will she get injured? As I said earlier, the book and the movie are very different from each other in my opinion. This is an example right now. In the book she describes how she follows the animals because she trusts their sense of direction. She says "All I can do is follow the others, the rabbits and deer, and I even spot a wild dog pack shooting through the woods. I trust their sense of direction because their instincts are sharper than mine." This little snippet just gets me going and It was very difficult for me to go run an 800 meter race when a awe thrilling novel was putting me under a spell of interest. However, in the movie they didn't really depict this scene like I interpreted it from the book. They did not show Katniss chasing that many animals which was disappointing because to me, that really shows her connection that she holds with nature. I really have enjoyed this book and today once I finish all of my homework I plan to read as much of the book as possible because I am sure that I won't have a problem with getting bored with it. For any of you who have not had the chance to read this great novel yet, I really recommend you put it on your list of books to read because it truly is a good and extremely fascinating story.
Reading Log: The Hunger Games 150 minutes-55 pages
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