Update

[milotic17]

So, I haven’t updated this thing in, like, an eternity. I’ve continued to read it every day, and have occasionally commented here and there, but I haven’t actually written anything in a really, really long time. I decided a while ago that I would start posting regularly again, and I guess I’m finally taking the first step tonight. I’m hoping I

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[juno_chan]

I'm about halfway done the third book, and I'm about the same - I like it, I find it an interesting read, but I'm not really COMMITTED, the way I am with the Game of Thrones books or like I was with the Harry Potter books. I like some of the characters (Katniss, Rue, etc.) but I'm not super committed. But they're easy, quick reads, which is kind of nice because I read the Game of the Thrones books first and they took me awhile to get through. The plus is that you get to know the characters extremely well and therefore are much more engaged/attached to them than I found I was to any of the Hunger Games characters.

However, George RR Martin does have a tendency to ramble needlessly and you may skim a bit, which works at times and then other times you have to go back and reread because WAIT WHAT JUST HAPPENED I MISSED IT UH OH. XD But it's also the first time since Harry Potter that I've been SUPER into a fandom, and I've written a ton of fic and made new lj friends, and basically try and get everyone I know to try and read the books and also like the characters I like because y'know, I'M BIASED. But one of the best aspects of the series is there really are very few true villians - it isn't good vs. evil but need vs. need vs. need vs. need.

And again, ALL THE AWESOME LADIES. <3 I definitely hope you read them soon!

[milotic17]

I think I will read them soon. I know of several people who have read them and enjoyed them. I just finished the first Hunger Games book and feel similarly to the way you do, although, of course, I still have two books left. I went into the series thinking all three books were about the actual Hunger Games (I didn't know much about it, clearly), and as I was reading through it I kept thinking, "OMG, how are they possibly going to drag this whole thing out for another two books? Like, two-thirds of the kids are already dead!" LOL.

Thank you for your recommendation. I suppose I won't be reading the books immediately because I have to finish the Hunger Games and have a couple of other things lined up to read, but I think you've definitely sold me. :)