More Hunger Games?

 So I finished book one of The Hunger Games.It's an easy YA (young adult) read. That's not to say only the YA folks readit--just that the target audience is for the YA crowd.

My friend Kelley boughtme the book. And my other friend Kelli has read the entire series. When I told the latter that I hesitatedto keep reading the series as I have a lot of other non-dissertation books I'd like to devour, she wrote me this:

“If you found the firstbook a reasonably good read, which I did, I recommend finishing the series.It's the only dystopian story I've read lately (including [Kelli reads a lot] Brave New World, TheGiver by Lois Lowry, Margaret Atwood's The Year of the Flood, and “The Books ofEmber” series by Jeanne DuPrau) that ends with (possible spoiler alert:) itslens pointing to hope and real redemption. A friend warned me thatshe didn't like the ending, but I thought the ending completed the characterarcs well.  Also, as a bestseller andupcoming movie, the whole series lends itself as a discussion-starter on theethics and habits of war."  

I love it when people make me feel as if I'm contributing to society by reading a good story.