So I finally caved and I read the Hunger Games.

I have been holding out on the series because the biggest advocate of the books that I know is also a huge Twilight fan, as in a t-shirt-making, midnight-show-attending, probably-buying-the-Bella Diamond-from-Rogers-&-Hollands-as-we-speak, fan.  Naturally I have little faith in her taste. 

Imagine my surprise when I found that people I actually respect were reading the latest craze in juvenile fiction.  Not just reading it, but LOVING it.

After watching the trailer, curiosity got the best of me. I wandered over to the Young Adult section at Schuler's and, with reticence, selected the first book off of the shelf.  Naturally the woman at the check-out lit up when she saw my choice.  "You have to come back and talk to me about this one!" she commanded.  She then went on to drop a few other titles into our conversation before handing me the sales slip to sign (apparently I need to read The War Horse too).

Long story short, I finished the book in a matter of three days.  Book two took me four days.  Book three took me two. 

I could not put down book three.  Holy smokes.  I am a skeptic when it comes to books and I don't like to be the last one to join when it comes to trends, but seriously.  Read these books.

But... you don't have to take my word for it.