Hunger Games

I am so excited for this weekend.  I bought tickets online today for Hunger Games and I cannot wait to see it.  I never go to the movies (the last thing I saw was Cars 2 last June with Nate and before that I don't even know) because Love hates the movie theatre.  I love watching movies so I get new releases on DVD from the library or wait until it hits HBO or Starz.  I kept hearing about Hunger Games and I wondered what all of the hype was about so I finally downloaded the first book to my Nook.  Six days later I had read the first and second book and started in on the third.  It's a YA series so the books are short and very easy reads.  I was hooked from page one.

Suzanne Collins is a gifted writer and the popularity of this series is a testament to that.  The books are filled with characters who come and go throughout and she always re-introduces people and things that happened to give you a reminder.  I happen to love that because over the course of reading a book you sometimes forget small details.  I also am a fan of the more violent nature of her writing.  Harry Potter skews a little too young for me and I have not even thought about getting into the Twilight series (my mother LOVES them).  I'm hoping the movie is as great as I imagine it will be so I won't be disappointed.  Then again it's a date night for me and Love and my parents are taking Nate overnight so we will get some much needed alone time (just the two of us at dinner - we can have an actual CONVERSATION!) and sleep without the boy between us.  It's going to be a good time even if the movie sucks!

Woo Hoo!!!