The Hunger Games

I read much of this out loud to Jacob while he was driving us from Zion National Park back to SLC. Credit to Collins where it's due for coming up with a pretty gripping plot, we then took turns polishing off the rest of the book over the next two days so we could find out what happened to Katniss. My one gripe is that the book is so clearly part of a series. I think movie franchises have ruined me for serial novels. I mean, yes, I did go see Johnny Depp's second turn as the delightful Captain Jack Sparrow, but then I felt exceptionally annoyed when the end of the movie unashamedly prepped audiences for a third, and have avoided subsequent installments. That said, novels aren't movies, and I like both Katniss and the idea of supporting entertainment of any variety that features kick-ass girls. So I'll be buying the second book soon.