Ravenous

It's been a really long time since an author has left me hanging this badly and I just have to whine about it. I just finished the second book in The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins and I just looked up the publication date for the next title and it looks to be in August of 2010. This is completely unfair! How will I ever wait until then? If you're not familiar with this series, it begins with The Hunger Games and is followed by Catching Fire. The story takes place in a future in which the citizens of Panem (formerly called North America) are living under strict government rule following the uprising that took place nearly 75 years ago. The country is divided into 12 Districts (the 13th was obliterated in the uprising...or so the government claims...) and each district is responsible for producing a specialized commodity to feed the Capitol. Each year, in order to remind the citizens of Panem that they will never escape the rulership of the government and can never attempt to challenge it, The Capitol holds The Hunger Games. Two children between the ages of 12 and 18 (one boy and one girl) are chosen at random from each district to be tributes to the The Hunger Games...24 children in total. The object of the Games is to fight to the death until only one tribute is left.

I could not put down these books because I had to know what was going to happen and now at the end of the 2nd book, I am left with a huge cliffhanger and a heart that is hungry to know what will happen next. These are must reads for sci-fi and/or adventure fans. They are truly ravenous reads!