The Hunger Games

Spolier alert.
I'll be kind of jumping around on topics, just so you know.
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Suzanne Collins. First Hunger Games book published on September 14th 2008. Second on September 9th 2009. Final book on August 24th 2010.
Hunger Games movie: March 2012. Catching Fire movie: November 2013. Mockingjay Part 1: November 2014. Mockingjay Part 2: November 2015. 

Hunger Games is three part book series by Suzanne Collins. The series is liked by many people, probably worldwide but I don't know that for sure.
The setting is in a dystopian world with strange rules, problems and a corrupt government.
Hunger Games is an adventure. It's a romance. It's a life changer if you know how to recognize it.

Reading the book I remember thinking about all the events and wondering what it would be like to actually live there. And I'm pretty sure I would be the first to die if I was ever picked as a tribute.
And thinking about that, can you imagine how messed up the government was? They were practically sending kids to their deaths. How wrong is that?
But then you have to remember that everyone was used to it (scary thought). I mean, they grew up doing that.
And nobody really thought otherwise.
Think about that; you've grown up seeing people getting killed. you're really not very well off (especially if you're in District 12).

I put Panem into Google Translate, Latin into English, and it means bread or the bread. That name is probably significant but I don't know in what way.

At the end of the series I find it super interesting that Katniss votes in flavor for more Hunger Games. Peta votes against it. It seems that Peta better understood what harm the games did and he seemed to have forgiven the Capital. Not an easy thing to do.
Katniss chooses for the Games to continue. Not because she's evil or unfeeling. Because she's hurt and lost friends, family, good people, innocent people died. That would be a pretty tough decision to make.
What would you have chosen? Or, I guess a better way to say that is, what would want to choose? We never really know until it happens. (Of course, something like this will never happen. Or should happen.) Would you have chosen to continue having annual Games?
I can't say I would blame you too much if you did. I mean, talk about sorrow, pain and loss. War brings all of that. But it also brings love, compassion and friendship.

The Hunger Games is a series that you really has you thinking and I wouldn't recommend reading it unless you're 12 at least. It's a great series but there's a lot to think about and take in.