Hungry for Hunger Games
It’s not often that I find myself engrossed in a book where young adults are being killed right and left in ways you couldn’t possibly imagine. But I have mentioned before what a compelling read Hunger Games was; a surprise not just because there’s enough violence in its pages to shock my socks off but because it’s a YA novel – written for Young Adults. I am an adult but I’m not young. And I am not the only Not Young Adult who read it and was moved by it. I’ve got boatloads of friends my age who also read it and came away wide-eyed with strange delight. The thing is, the story is not about violence, blood and the chase. It’s really about sacrificial love, the most beautiful thing there is. Here is the trailer for the movie, which debuts in the spring. I can’t wait to see it… Listen to how Katniss says “I volunteer. I volunteer as tribute.” That kind of love is what makes this story great. It is the bit of the divine that smolders in us and makes us stand back in awe. . .