Catching Fire

Linking up today with Heather from Blonde... Undercover Blonde for Friday's Book Club. (Side note: I am definitely on my way to reading 12 books a year, a great start anyway)

The book I read this week:





Catching Fire takes place in the country of Panem There are a total of 12 Districts, but there once was a 13th which was destroyed in a rebellion against the Capitol. The Hunger Games take place annually in a stadium specially built for the event in an unidentified location.

After winning the 74th Hunger Games in the previous novel, Katniss and Peeta return home to District 12, the poorest sector. On the day that Katniss and Peeta are to start a "victory tour" of the country, she is visited by President Snow. President Snow explains that he is angry at her for threatening to commit suicide with Peeta at the end of the Hunger Games, which permitted them both to win. She must now prove that this was for her love of Peeta.

For the 75th Hunger Games, 24 victors from previous years will be forced to compete once again. This is in honor of the "Quarter Quell": an event that occurs every 25th year of the Games and allows the Capitol to introduce a twist.

This 2nd book of the trilogy has many twists that keep you in suspense the whole time. The book is all about survival, as well as learning to take orders that may cause your own life, so that those you love will love on. Definitely in love with this trilogy. I read this book in just a few short days, staying up way past my 'bed time' because I simply couldn't put it down.