I liked the third book up until about 2/3 of the way through. Then it just completely ran out of steam for me. I blame the insistance on having exactly 27 chapters divided into three nine-chapter "acts" for that. It really felt to me like "well, let's just hurry up and tie this all up." Only for me, it wasn't tied up, and it didn't fit with the rest of the trilogy. It felt to me like "Oh, another character we (and Katniss) care about dead. Oh well, too bad, move along, we have a schedule to keep."

Can you tell I was really disappointed in the end? :o

It was very abrupt and I was slightly disappointed in it. I loved the books but the third one really took more to get into especially once they got past their hiding place.

So I am late to this party... but I loved the first 2 books. Not as thrilled about the last one, don't like the fact that they were just killing people off left and right.

Although I am really excited to see the movie. I hope they do the book some justice.

Although it makes me nuts sometimes, there's definitely perks to my job: swag from media reps.

One of our magazine reps sent a note to us asking us to reply with "Team Gale" or "Team Peeta". I got my Team Peeta* shirt in the mail along with a $20 AMC gift card for the movie. WOO!

*I'm hoping I still like Peeta by the end of the series. I'm almost done with book two. I feel like I should like Gale, but I can't help but like Peeta.

I want one! :)

Has anyone else had a hard time finding copies of "Catching Fire?" I don't have a Kindle so I am still a paper book gal...can't find a copy anywhere!

It can go either way, for me.

Only after I finished the books could I choose one over the other.

I just finished Hunger Games this morning and was ready to jump to Catching Fire immediately. Then I read a wiki synopsis and lost interest in the rest of the books, but with everyone in this thread raving about it, I'm going to take a short walk to Barnes & Noble (oh how I miss Borders) right now. I'm still on the fence about Mocking Jay though.

I saw a trailer when I went to the movies a couple of weeks ago but paid it no attention as I wasn't familiar with the series. I checked out a couple of the links in this thread and one had a trailer to watch and it kind of fell flat for me. It might be that I'm too close after having recently finished the book. As for casting, I haven't seen Winter's Bone so I can't comment on her acting chops, but I'm very underwhelmed by the choice of Jennifer Lawrence. I just don't see Katniss in her. I think the casting for Rue and Haymitch are spot on, and I can see Lenny as Cinna.

Personally, I think Jennifer Lawrence is PERFECT for Katniss. She seems to be a solid actress and I believe she embodies the spirit of Katniss (yeah, that was kind of cheesy). Looking at the other actresses they were considering for the part, such as Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld, and Shailene Woodley, I think Jennifer is the best choice. However, I do agree with you on the casting of Rue, Haymitch and Cinna, the actors all seem to fit the parts very well. Overall, I think the casting was done beautifully and I can't wait to see the movie! Anyone else going to go to a midnight premiere?

Just finished book 2! OMG!

I'm hoping I can! I will actually be visiting my fiance that weekend. Depending on whether or not he can get Friday off determines if we can go to the midnight show. If he can we'll go, if not, we'll see it Friday night.

I just finished reading the first book. Loved it! Now I am ordering the 2nd and 3rd books. Thank goodness for.an Amazon prime membership on my Kindle Fire.

Anybody see the movie at midnight??

I was supposed to go see an advanced screening last night, but I'm out of town visiting the boy (probably for the best anyways, he's the one that introduced me to the series, so I'm excited to see it with him!)

I am going to go see it on Saturday. My sister saw it at midnight and said it did the books justice and a must see. So I am very excited to go out and watch it.

I'm not going until next weekend bc of a family event. But I did just start re-reading the trilogy since it's been awhile. I can not wait!