This was on sale for $5 dollars in the Amazon Kindle store, and I finished it in a single weekend, the last half or so in about a day. For some, that's nothing, but it's a bit of a big deal to me.
2) The Hunger Games
by Suzanne CollinsThere's something to be said about coming into any kind of story with absolutely no preconceptions. While I knew the title and had heard that the director of Pleasantville
was picked to helm the movie version, that about sums up all I knew going into this book. In fact, I had to look up the main character after the first chapter to double check that she was a girl since the name wasn't the best indicator. If at all possible, it's a joy to experience any kind of media this way, which is increasingly tougher the more information savvy society becomes. With so many films getting the adaptation treatment and spoilers for things I enjoy sometimes being difficult to ignore, I really appreciate that I experienced this first book cold and encourage everyone to do so if they can help it...which means that your own reading should probably stop here. I don't really spoil anything below this cut, but keep in mind that I didn't even know the PREMISE of the book prior to reading it.
