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crafty1mjw@comcast.net
Seriously Hooked
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 Posted - 04/11/2012 : 11:02:46 AM
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Greetings, knitters! Has anybody read the Hunger Games? Recently bought it & was curious what you thought of it.
craftmjw
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azblueskies
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 12:19:10 PM
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I liked it. I'm reading the second right now. Saw the movie last weekend and it was pretty good - stayed fairly true to the book (more than most do, IMHO). It's a very easy/quick read. Hope you enjoy it.
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Ditzy Girl
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USA
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 1:39:52 PM
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I read all 3 of the books and saw the movie on the first
day. I enjoyed the books and the movie. Look forward to movie 2 & 3.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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kbshee
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USA
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 3:07:09 PM
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Loved Book 1. Liked book 2. Struggled to get through Book 3. May the odds be ever in your favor!
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slaggyc
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USA
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 3:07:22 PM
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I also read all the books and loved them! Couldn't put them down! I thought the movie was okay, but definitely liked the books better.
Slaggyc
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One Stitch at a Time
Chatty Knitter
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Posted - 04/12/2012 : 06:48:06 AM
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| Loved the first book. Great beach or plane read. Will read the other two over the summer. |
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llmcguire
Warming Up
USA
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Posted - 04/12/2012 : 1:26:32 PM
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| I listened to all three audiobooks. The first was good, the second was 'ok', the third was not so good. I felt the 3rd book was rushed and would have benefitted from more quality time in plot/story development. It's a Young Adult book series, so there are few "big words" and the sentence structures are average/predictable. I also found the reader's voice/performance to be whiney, overly dramatic and thus very annoying at times. This series is not a soap opera and I feel it needs not to be read like one. (Katniss is not a 'Drama Queen', you know?) I did struggle to finish the last book. There was a time that I said, "OK, I've had enough already," to look and noticed that there was only about 20 minutes left in the book. I figured I had toughed it out through 2+ books, I can finish the last 20 minutes. I don't regret listening to all three books, I wanted to finish the series; I'm just dissappointed. I did see the movie this past weekend. I thought it did follow the book pretty well, but I, too, liked the book better. |
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emmyc
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 04/13/2012 : 05:03:44 AM
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I'm on the second and enjoying them. My son(13) read all the books and really wanted me to read them.
I think I'm enjoying the conversations with my son the more than the books! His whole 7th grade class went to see the movie las week and he really loved it.
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crafty1mjw@comcast.net
Seriously Hooked
USA
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Posted - 04/14/2012 : 5:31:22 PM
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Thanks for all the info, knitters!
craftymjw
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PBELKNAP
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Posted - 04/15/2012 : 11:54:27 AM
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I read all three and absolutely adored them!
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Hunger Games.
