Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay (#3 of Hunger Games Trilogy)
Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Pages: 390
Goodreads synopsis:
Young Katniss Everdeen has survived the dreaded Hunger Games not once, but twice, but even now she can find no relief. In fact, the dangers seem to be escalating: President Snow has declared an all-out war on Katniss, her family, her friends, and all the oppressed people of District 12. 

First of all I have to give props to the first two books! The second, Catching Fire, was my favorite of the three. It had romance, suspense, sadness, and action. 

Mockingjay takes place in district thirteen after 

****SPOILER******district twelve had been destroyed. ******** END OF SPOILER**********

Katniss along with her family, Gale and his family, and a few others from the past now live there. She is pretty much in full blown depression and honestly the book just kind of drags which frustrated me. I had such high hopes for this book and it did nothing but anger me. Yes there is still some positives but Katniss's attitude and the whole "poor me poor me" thing is aggravating. Again I loved this series and would never take back the time I spent on it but I don't know it just kind of let me down. 

Katniss is now the leading face for the rebellion and Snow has got it out for her. Peeta is captured and being tortured, Finnick is in small depression, and many more problems have erupted. Their only hope is to slowly take each district on their side and away froma capitol allegience. Once this is done they can inflict war. There are so many deaths and honestly the ones who diserved a proper hero's death didn't get the honor they deserved. The ending was kind of rushed but I guess I liked it. I got what I wanted from the ending. There was so many questions left un-answered though. And I'm just going to leave this review like that..... not much more to really say. It was good just dragged on for awhile, kind of depressing, and just left an O.K. feeling with me

Ugh this review was hard. I so wanted to give a great nothing but positive review but I just couldn't. I pledged to give nothing but honesty in my reviews so that is what I had to do. All in all I enjoyed this series even with the ruff ending. I would recommend this series to anyone who wants an action packed dystopian read. Again I would never take back reading this series and who knows you might find you have a different experience and feeling about this last book! :) 

Now for my favorite quotes:
***Warning content may be spoilery!!

" ....'If you die, and I live, there's no life for me at all back at District Twelve. Your my whole life,' he says. 'I would never be happy again.'" ~The boy with the bread

"So after, when he whispers, 'You love me. Real or not real?'" 

"I tell him, 'Real.'"~ Katniss and the loving Peeta

Hunger Games Movie watch#2

So I have given you the main characters and the Sneek Peak Teaser Trailer and now I present you with....... *music starts playing*
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...........The Hunger Games District Tributes!! These have been out for awhile but they are still essential to the whole movie and I haven't gotten to share them myself. So behold 74th Annual Hunger Games District Tributes!! :D

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(*Squeals*....sorry Peeta Mellark is just one of my many fictional loves and having Josh Hutcherson play him is unbelievable!! I love them both, so put the two together and vualla! a perfect master piece! :D )

And there you have it folks!! The tributes for the 74th Hunger Games!! I sooo can't wait till this comes out!! I'm excited beyond belief to see what they end up doing with this amazing series!! Stay tuned for more info on the movie! Don't forget the movie is released on March 23, 2012!! :D

~May the odds ever be in your favor~ ;)

Hunger Games Movie watch#1

So my brother originally started to read the Hunger Games first but when he started telling me a little more about it I got curious and had to see for myself. I was in the middle of the Hush, Hush book when he started the first one. We were on vacation and were reading the for a car ride enjoyment. We both finished our books and went on to the next in the series. He was still reading Catching Fire (book #2) when I finished Crescendo (book #2 of the Hush, Hush series), which by the way was amazing! I absolutely loved it and can't wait for the third (and final) installment: Silence. 
I had nothing else to read at the moment so I started the Hunger Games. After reaching the part of the actual hunger games I couldn't put it down and from that moment on I knew I was addicted. Then i heard that they were making this wonderful series into a movie!!! I was soo excited and now have been stalking the IMDb page to keep up with it all. So now I decided I might as well share my insight with the blogging world incase any other Hunger Games fans want to see all that's happening!  
The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross
Author: Suzanne Collins
Release Date: March 23, 2012

Cast:

Katniss Everdeen: Jennifer Lawrence

Peeta Mellark: Josh Hutcherson 

Gale Hawthorne: Liam Hemsworth

Haymitch Abernathy: Woody Harrison

Primrose Everdeen: Willow Shields

That is just some of the main characters but the full cast and crew has been announced and you can get it here: Hunger Games IMDb. 
Here are some cool pictures from the movie:

Peeta, Katniss, & Gale

Katniss Everdeen & Gale Hawthorne in the forest

Peeta Mellark @ the bakery

Katniss Everdeen

Peeta Mellark in battle scene :O

Gale Hawthorne @ the reapings

And last but definitely not least..... The newly released official sneak peek trailer of The Hunger Games Movie!!! :D