Hunger Games .. bloody marvellous

The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins is genius.

I read this book last year on my trip to NZ not really thinking anything of it. I was surprised at how quickly it had sucked me in.
This is the type of book that makes me ponder, momentarily, on what I would do if I was faced with a life or death situation. I like to think I'm pretty bad ass, I've imagined smashing a zombie in the face with a sledge hammer if it tried to chase after me to eat me, but I could not fathom being in this situation. What is the situation you ask ? Well, that would require me explaining what this book is about, so read on ...

The jist of the story is that kids have to kill kids, on a reality show.
Katniss, our heroine, is the shiz, really she is. She's a bit broken, a bit twisted and bloody awesome. She's had to hunt and gather to feed her sister, her mother and herself, in a world where self reliance is criminal.
When her younger sister is chosen to go into murderous child killing sport, she volunteers to be proxy for her sister.
It's a gnarly story, with insane situations, I'm definitely going to write about these books more, however, this is more about my intense like for some of my favourite characters in the books.

Jennifer Lawrence has been cast in the movie as Katniss, the promo pics look really good, I'm pretty happy with the choice (because my opinion matters).

Cinna, Katniss Games clothing designer, one of my favs, is being played by Lenny Kravitz. PERFECT! This casting  I am STOKED about.

♫♪ Don't go, and put a bullet in your head, just turn your life around instead ♪♫ Sing it Lenny, sing it!

Donald Sutherland is going to be President Snow. Nice, I'm going to love hating you, feel the venom.

Read this book!
RATING: A whole cake.