The Hunger Games

        I started listening to the hunger games only two days ago and I just can't put it away. Whenever I have time I sit down, put my ear buds in and turn it on. In the moment I press play it launches me into the future, to a world where Panom is the name of North America, and the states is divided into twelve instead of 50, and called districts. The book takes you into a future after a devastating war. Panom is lead by the capitol, the "superior" district, and after a civil war with one of the districts they decide to show the people of Panom that they don't stand a chance against their superiority. Therefore they arrange a game called "the hunger games", which claims two tributes, a boy and a girl, between the age of 12 and 18, to fight to their deaths as puppets, on the command of the capitol.

        Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old girl volunteers to be tribute instead of her 12 year old sister. The unthinkable has happened and she is one of the two tributes from her district, district twelve. After more than seventy games total, there had only been two winners from district twelve, and the expectations were not high for this year either as she walked up to the stage. As it turns out, things does not seem to go as bad as she expected, she gets both the game makers, the audience and the capitol on her side, and she is the favorite after a presentation of her skill to the game makers. Katniss is also troubled by the male tribute from district twelve, a bakers son, the same age as her, that once saved her life by giving her bread, even though it would cause him a beating. They are being presented as a couple to the audience, and after Peter declares his love to Katniss, she gets furious and ends up pushing him over a pot, which breaks and cuts up his hand.

        I am almost half way into the book and the games is about to start. As I am writing this I can't wait to get back to the book because I can't seem to forget about the world of the future. Panom is constantly spinning around my head and I think about possible outcomes of the games, and how the book will evolve. The only thing I can say is that it is the most exciting and thrilling book I have ever read, and I can't help but being mesmerized by how capturing it is. 

Peace out! - Chris Krohn