YOU GUYS! They’ve announced the release date for the third and final (sniff!) installment of The Hunger Games’ series!!!
Brace yourselves; start stocking up on non-perishable food items, tissue, booze and your Team Peeta tshirt, cause the third book is dropping AUGUST 24TH! That’s, like, less than a year away! How am I ever going to get my bow-hunting skills up to par by then??
There’s just one tiny little problem . . . what’s it going to be called??
Well, Suzanne Collins, maybe you still don’t have a title yet. Maybe you’re still wondering if you can end the series with the words “his scar.” I dunno, but we at FYA are here to help! And we’ll do it for free! (or early prints. You know, if you feel so inclined.)
How about: “Roasted Snow!” Or is that giving away too much of what I really hope happens in the third book?
Um, okay, let’s see . . . ooh! “Hunger Games 3: Seducing Peeta”
Too on the nose?
Maybe we should crib from movie series! “Hunger Games With a Vengence.” “Hunger Games: Salvation.” “Hunger Games: Nation” (this could be later adapted for the screen and directed by Joss Whedon, since he doesn’t have anything better to do these days.)
Okay, I admit it, I’ve got nothing! My lack of imagination when it comes to writing titles is what keeps me out of a job at a publishing agency.
Hey, maybe I should ask this guy I went to high school with, who titled his term paper: “Sperm Whales and Seamen: Moby Dick.”
Perhaps not.
So, it’s over to you, FYA readers. Help us out, here. What should Book Three be titled?
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Hunger Games 3: The Revenge
AHH I haven’t even finished Catching Fire yet to I DON’T KNOW!!!
How about “The 13th District”, or “The Mocking Jay”?
i was thinking something like “district 13″ too, jenny. man, this is HARD — no wonder suzanne collins doesn’t have a title yet!
and AAAAAHHHHH i can’t wait for the book to come out! and i’m SO there if joss whedon directs hunger games: nation. with my team peeta shirt.
I think it should be called Hunger Games: Why the Heck hasn’t Jessica Read the First Two Yet!?
:] I keep seeing so much about this series, but I haven’t picked up the first two yet. I really need to get on that, it looks soooo good.
ok, so i’ve been thinking about this all day, obvs. how about something like “tributes”? also, my team peeta shirt might have to say team gale on the back.
Hunger Games: The Hungriest Game.
That’s terrible, Meredith
LORDY LORD LORD WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH OURSELVES UNTIL AUGUST 24TH?!! i mean, besides what we usually do, i.e. read YA, drink cocktails and dream about peeta and gale?
meredith, i have to say, yr title amazed me. with laughter.
hmm what about… KATNISS THE DESTROYER? or… Flaming Love? too cheesy? hrm. Arrows of Revolution? um.
i hope suzanne collins is reading this right and cackling with gleeful power.
I hope Suzanne Collins is reading this right now and remembering what I said about advance copies. Come on, Suzanne! We’re on your side here!
yay! this is my first comment ever on fya!
so i’ve got this small problem. it’s called “i’m dying to start reading the hunger games but i have another more boring book that i have to read first-itis” or something like that. i find myself attempting to read this “more boring book,” but in the middle of every other page, i find myself yearning to crack open that beautiful, menacing-looking black cover. knowing i can’t allow myself the time to get caught up in katniss and peeta, i come to fya and read every. single. entry that mentions anything hunger games (EXCEPT the nostradamus one. don’t want to completely ruin everything). this whole thing is quite inconvenient, but i know that when i do finally get to give in, it’s gonna be amazing, it’s gonna be delicious, and it’s gonna be totally worth the wait. so thanks ladies for feeding my itch.
nicky, if i was with you right now, i’d throw some glitter confetti over you then give you a big hug (and then pass you a glass of champers. after checking yr id OF COURSE). yay first FYA comment!
i am amazed by yr will power. seriously. i think you could give katniss a run for her money, and she freaking sleeps strapped to a tree! i don’t really know what that has to do with will power, but i DO know that you’re both awesome.
Nicky! Welcome! ALSO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Actually, can I inquire as to what the Boring Book is? I so have that problem too. It’s not that books I read are boring! Anything but! But sometimes I see a fresh new book (usually a sequel) sitting there, all lovely and beautiful, and I know I have to finish reading 5 Sweet Valley High books before I can even look at it (not that I am in anyway referring to my current life and the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, of course).
aww, thanks for the warm welcome! and don’t worry, posh, it’s totes legal if this were real life and you passed me a nice glass of champagne. which brings me to something: THANK YOU ladies, for providing a great blog for adult readers of ya lit. it’s totally what i need when my friends sometimes talk about reading stuff like “crime and punishment” and the wall street journal and all i really want to do is escape into some good old fashioned teen angst. i have a couple of friends that also enjoy reading ya lit (i’ve totally turned them onto fya, btw, holla), which is great, but it’s also super nice having all these places online for adults that i kind of didn’t even know existed until pretty recently. fya is definitely my favorite nook in that world!
so katniss SLEEPS STRAPPED TO A TREE? seriously? this girl is badass. i can’t even imagine what scenario, besides, like, being kidnapped and strapped to a tree against your will, would lead someone to SLEEPING STRAPPED TO A TREE, but i’m excited!
and the Boring Book is…and i hate to say this, but…the lovely bones. i’ve heard so many amazing things about it: “it changed my life,” “reading that book is like a spiritual experience,” or “it’s awesome!” it is good, and there have been moments when i’ve been totally engrossed and moved to tears, but i’m having a really hard time reading it. it could be that it’s winter and the story is so downright depressing, but mostly it’s just because i’d rather be reading the hunger games.
oooh, erin, i’ve been thinking about reading the girl with the dragon tattoo. the cover gets me every time i see it at the bookstore. i’m like, ooooh, WHAT IS THIS GEM? and then i realize i’ve read the flap a million times but for some reason never buy it. did you like it? let me know how the sequel goes. or don’t, since you, um, may or may not be reading it.
oh LORD, the lovely bones. Do not feel bad. I wanted to like that book. I REALLY TRIED to like that book. But in the end, it was just maudlin, treacly, and I think the narrative completely fell apart. Hunger Games is WAY better. (also no rape and murder, so)
Yeah, I HIGHLY recommend The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It is amazing. I was kinda turned off by it in the book stores and then my boyfriend told me how amazing it was and IT IS. I can’t wait to read the sequel but at the same time I’m glad I’m giving myself a little breathing room! (It is also not a happy tale but, unlike The Lovely Bones, it’s a more organic unhappiness. Or just more believable, i dunno.) you should definitely read it!
AFTER you read Hunger Games, cause you don’t want Katniss to come bowhunt you down!
Nicky! I, too, sloughed through The Lovely Bones, and though many people I love and respect think so highly of it, this us what I thought: “Really?!!!! I mean, really?!!!! You put uscthrough ALL that, and…. REALLY?!!!!”
I’d much rather grab a G&T and sit back with Katniss and Peeta… And GALE!!!
nicky! welcome! enjoy the complimentary champers! and PUT THE LOVELY BONES DOWN! pick up the hunger games. you won’t regret it AT ALL. trust us.
erin, i LOVE the girl with the dragon tattoo! and the sequel. i can’t wait for the 3rd to come out. you’re right — the unhappiness seems way more believable. i read somewhere about swedish angst books and how it’s in all the books that get translated to english, but whatevs — i loved it. it and its angst.
okay, THANK YOU guys. i seriously felt like there was something i was missing while reading the lovely bones. and you’re so right about the narrative, erin. there are so many times when i think the story is going to go somewhere really great, and then it totally fizzes out. there’s a constant lack of fulfillment. i’m supposed to read it for a book club, so i just gave in and decided to google the rest of the plot. and for real, jenny, REALLY? was my thought exactly. plus, i keep imagining marky mark as the dad, and that’s just weird, straight up.
i will definitely have to check out the girl with the dragon tattoo, because i totally trust my literary choices in your guys’ hands.
okay, enough of this adult lit talk! i’m starting the hunger games asap, and i will report back.
oh, and jenny? gin and tonic? a woman after my own heart! that is precisely my drink of choice while reading!
nicky, i’m so glad you found a home here for all of yr teen angst fulfillment! and i gotta throw in some pants for “girl with the dragon tattoo” as well… super intense and intriguing, plus there’s a kickass punk nancy drew!
FINALLY got the time to start HG. I’M IN LOVE. i have 100 pages left and i’m torn–do i read it really quickly and get that instant satisfaction, or do i savor it? all i can say is, thank god for catching fire.