Hungry for more? How about we start Catching Fire?

     So last night my little sister,Cassie, kept texting me asking me a million questions about the The Hunger Games trilogy, mind you she has only read the first one and of course like I told you all before is itching to get to the second one. I am telling you this series is that good, so anyways she goes on to inform me that she is in love with Peeta Mellark and will be marrying him but I have news for her I claimed that boy long before she did. Yea I know you're probably saying OMG Tarah aren't you two a little old to be thinking that!!?? It's a joke people, don't you ever read a book and become so engrossed with a story line and character you sit around and think and hope that they are walking the streets tirelessly looking for you?? No? Anyone? Ok well it looks like Cassie and I are the only nerdy desperate ones! HaHa! So a little while back I gave you the first of the three books to this trilogy The Hunger Games so now I will give you Catching Fire!


PS: For you Hunger Games tributes (this is what most fanatics are called) the movie comes out soon in fact as of right now it comes out in 44 day 10 hours and 14 minutes, eeeekkkk so can't wait!

Catching Fire: Book 2

By Suzanne Collins

     After winning the 74th Hunger Games in the previous novel, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark return home to District 12, the poorest sector in the fictional country of Panem. On the day that Katniss and Peeta are to start a "Victory Tour" of the country, she is visited by President Snow. President Snow explains that he is angry with her for threatening to commit suicide with Peeta at the end of the last Hunger Games, which permitted them both to win. President Snow tells Katniss that when she defied the Capitol, she created talk of rebellion in the districts. He threatens to kill her family and friends if she cannot prove to everyone in Panem that her act was not one of defiance, but that she was instead driven by an intense love for Peeta.
     The first stop on the Victory Tour is District 11, the home of Katniss' friend and ally in the Hunger Games, Rue, before she died. During the ceremony, Katniss delivers a quick speech to the people of District 11, thanking them for their tributes. When she is done, an old man whistles a tune that Rue used in the arena to tell Katniss that she was safe. The song acts as a signal and everyone salutes Katniss using the same gesture that she used to say farewell to Rue. Katniss is taken away, but not before she sees Peacekeepers shoot the whistling man in the head. Katniss and Peeta then proceed to travel to all of the twelve districts and the Capitol. During an interview, Peeta proposes to Katniss publicly, hoping to settle the dispute between Katniss and President Snow. Despite this, Katniss learns that their attempts of subduing rebellion in the districts have failed. Shortly after returning to District 12, Katniss encounters two runaways from District 8. They explain a theory that District 13 was not wiped out by the Capitol, due to its residents going underground, and that stock footage of  District 13 is played instead of new film on television. Later, it is announced that, for the 75th Hunger Games, 24 victors from previous years will be forced to compete once again. This is in honor of the "Quarter Quell": an event that occurs every 25th year of the Games and allows the Capitol to introduce a twist. Knowing that she and Peeta will both be competing in the Games a second time, Katniss decides that she will devote herself to protecting Peeta.
     During the Games, Katniss and Peeta join up with two other previous victors, Finnick Odair: a 24-year-old man who successfully survived the Games at the age of 14 and Mags: Finnick's 80-year-old mentor, both from District 4. After Mags' death, Katniss, Peeta and Finnick join forces with Johanna Mason, a sarcastic and often cruel victor from District 7, and Beetee and Wiress, an older couple from District 3 who are said to be "exceptionally smart". Wiress soon proves her genius by revealing to Katniss that the arena is arranged like a clock, with all of the arena's disasters occurring on a timed chart. After Wiress is killed, Katniss learns of Beetee's plan to harness lightning in order to supposedly electrocute two other contenders. In the final chapters, Katniss directs the lightning at the force field that contains the arena, thereby destroying the arena and resulting in her temporary paralysis. When she wakes up, she is being transported to District 13: a place that is widely thought to no longer exist. She is joined by Finnick, Beetee, Gale and Haymitch but learns that Peeta, Johanna and Enobaria (a tribute from District 2) have been captured by the Capitol. Katniss is informed that there had been a plan between most of the contestants to break out of the arena and that Beetee had been attempting to destroy the force field in the same way that she did. The book ends with Katniss' best friend, Gale, informing her that, though he got her family out in time, District 12 has been bombed and destroyed.


     Now I know the movie is only going to cover book one, but I had to include some pictures of the characters. Come on they just are so yummy and cute!!

Peeta Mellark played by Josh Hutcherson



Katniss Everdeen played by Jennifer Lawrence

Gale Hawthorne played by Liam Hemsworth

Cinna played by Lenny Kravitz and Haymitch Abernathy played by Woody Harrelson

Effie Trinket played by Elizabeth Banks

     By time the movie comes out I promise you will know about book 3, so I urge you all to go read them. Go!! I swear to you I was swept off my feet by the story line and the whole series itself, I never once thought I would get caught up in a Sci-Fi novels.

Happy Reading!

Take a Seat...and in the words of Effie Trinket...May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor.

Tarah