I Hear a Buzz

There seems to be quite a buzz going on out there. A buzz about a book. The Hunger Games Trilogy is everywhere I look. Take my daughter to ballet, someone is reading it. Checking Facebook, someone is asking if they have read it or if they have a copy to lend. Checking the library, no copies available until who knows when. Talking to friends they are also reading it. This all stands to reason I should be reading these books as well. Am I though? Not yet. I have gotten myself caught up in the Song of Ice and Fire series and am a little over half way through book 5. I am not really a fan of reading more than one book at a time. When I do that I tend to get caught up in one more strongly than the other and don't end up enjoying either as much as I could. I would say that I would try and quickly finish up the one I'm reading but that is not so simple a task. This book is well over 1,000 pages and I am not the fastest reader. I have been spending almost every spare minute reading since Christmas and all I have been reading is this series. With the hype surounding the Hunger Games books though there is a danger that someone will give away the endings or some big plot spoilers. I hear the movie is on it's way as well and with movies some movie trailers with spoilers galore. All this leads me to believe I better read these book and read them fast.

We will see what I end up doing. Most likely I will need to finish A Dance With Dragons before I move on. Hopefully I will be able to do so fast enough to finish Hunger Games before it's spoiled for me. I also hope that after all this hype it isn't a let down. I haven't heard so many people talking about a book since.... well, Harry Potter. I know this is a different sort of book altogether but it's exciting when a book comes along that captures the attention of so many people. A woman I spoke with the other day says this is the first book she has read in about 10 years and she can't seem to put it down. It really is exciting when so many are sharing the same experience. I can't wait to share with them!

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