Nerd Alert

So I changed the background of my blog because, yes I will admit it, I am a huge Hunger Games fan. At first I felt a little embarrassed to be SO extremely caught up in a book series targeted for young adults. But in my defense, my sister-in-law introduced me to them and she is a few years older than me! :) I read the first two books in such a short amount of time, I'm surprised anything else got done. And really, I would have finished them sooner but these two kids that call me mom kept asking me to feed them and stuff. So, yeah, sometimes I had to put the books down. It took me a little longer to read the third book because we left on vacation before I was done with it and it was hard to find time to read since we were so busy. I wish I could read in the car without puking but, alas, I cannot.

I got to see the movie a couple weekends ago with my husband, sister, brother-in-law, brother, and future sister-in-law. My future sil is also an avid Games fan and she had just seen the movie the night before. In case you haven't seen the movie or read the books, I won't give any juicy details away. I thought the movie was fairly well done. I thought they did a pretty good job with taking an intense nearly 400 page book and transforming it into a 2 1/2 hour film. I did feel slightly disappointed, I'll admit, because as always, the book is waaaaay better than the movie. Those who saw the movie with me but hadn't read the book said they didn't feel emotionally connected to a lot of the characters and I totally get that. I wish more time had been spent on certain character's developments (i.e. Rue).

I say all this to tell you that if you have not read these books yet, you must! They are phenomenal and I seriously don't remember ever being so drawn in to a story. I must admit, though, that as I read that last sentence in the final book, I felt such a sadness. Not necessarily because of how it ended but simply because it ended. I invested so much of my time, energy, and emotions into these characters and now their story is done. But at least I can look forward to the next movie! And I am seriously worried that I may not make it. ;)