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     So I finished Columbine by Dave Cullen, but I haven't had the time to go out and really look for a book. Even though Columbine is full of super intense action, it didn't make me want to read a more soothing book. Just the opposite. I wanted to fall into another book full of suspense and stuff. Maybe because I suck at getting into other kinds of books. I decided to pick up The Hunger Games. I have seen the movies but have never read any of the books. I felt sort of lame as I opened it up to read because I feel like everybody has read it, but I thought what the heck!
     So far, the book seems just as depressing as the movie. Reading it actually makes me want to bundle up and scarf down my entire pantry. I really wish that I had read the books before seeing the movies, because now I have all the actors in my head instead of letting my imagination paint the picture. Also, at the beginning of the book, Katniss talks a lot about the reaping as if the readers know what she's talking about. But I actually did. Because I saw the movies. So there's a lot of missing suspense. But it's also interesting to discover the little things that Hollywood left out specifically.
     To be honest, I am not a huge fan of Katniss. She's so bland and sassy. I guess I can't blame her since her life does seem to suck, but I find it hard sometimes that she's the narrator. Everything she describes seems to be through a dull, sad, gray lense. Maybe things will shake up a bit when she's in full survival mode.
     I find the plot to be pretty scary. Not just because children are killing each other during the hunger games, but it seems to highlight the gap between the rich and the poor, which is something that exists in real life. It actually kind of reminds me of Nazi Germany. I guess the 2nd book does. Not that I've read the 2nd one..... I saw the movie.... But it's creepy! Silencing the people. And no one knows what's actually going on. Everyone living in their own cluster of oblivion.