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Book: “The Hunger Games” Trilogy Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic AU Opinion: I was raved to about this series for weeks, by a girl friend. Admittedly, at first glance, I wasn’t too sure I’d actually like it – my sister had a similar reaction to the first few pages. The same day I bought the fist volume, I wached the cult Japanese film “Battle Royale” at a friend’s, which incidentally, has a mutual component. We’re introduced to one Katniss Everdeen, a resourceful and strong-headed young woman. From a very young age, Katniss has had to shoulder the burden of her family’s survival, upon her father’s death. Her post-apocalyptic North America, now known as Panem is ruled by a fascist regime where twelve districts are forced to serve the Capitol, the city. Every year, each district has to give up two children, a male and female, to compete in the extremely cruel, televised event known as the Hunger Games. Each ‘tribute’ must fight for survival by killing all the other trib

I've discovered the following covers for the new Orbit reprints of Kelley's Otherworld series. I'm wondering why they haven't shown up at the shops yet. I guessed; perhaps it has to do with selling the old stock first, before they order more copies of the reprints. Bummer... Might have to resort to A & R ordering them in for me. I'm loving the covers as well. Still understated and simple, like their previous, but much more mature and non-fantastical. I'm kind of glad they did away with the cliche icons like demon masks and pentacles and the like. Loving it! :)