The Hunger for a Good Book
Some authors come up with an idea, then they run with it, do what they can to publish it and if luck or perfect timing is on their side, it can become a roller coaster ride of mass proportions.
Not since the Twilight series have I heard and seen so much hype about a book series. The Hunger Games has been a hot topic in our household for quite some time now. Ever since The Hunger Games became available to read and my youngest read the first book in the series, he was hooked. He has read all three books in the series at least three times and I have no doubt he’ll read them again.
That, as an author, is what we strive for…we can only hope that readers will not only enjoy the story and how it is written but even more, that they will become close to the characters and really care for them. It is the characters, when it comes to a book series, which will keep readers coming back for more again and again.
As everyone knows, opening weekend was this weekend. The theater where we saw the movie had showings every half hour and it would appear to have been a good decision, based on the amount of people we saw during the first showings of the day. Not having read the books yet (believe me, my son is beggingme to read them so I will eventually take the time), I will say I thought the movie was pretty good. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me hope that somehow these kids did not have to perish…it also made me wish one of the characters in the movie would tell Effie Trinket her makeup looked ridiculous (but for her character, it was completely perfect).
When Suzanne Collins first came up with the idea for The Hunger Games series, I doubt she had any idea what a phenomenon she was going to create. I read that she is the first children’s or young adult author to sell over one million Kindle ebooks, making her the sixth author to join the “Kindle Million Club.” On top of the traditional book sales, that’s a huge accomplishment!
Reading should not be a chore but rather an enjoyable diversion we try to sneak in whenever we have the time. In my opinion, when an author causes such a stir so that even those who may not read often decide they should check out a book to see what all the fuss is about, that result is true success when it comes to a writer’s accomplishments.