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The Hunger Games

(Book - 2009)
Average Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5.

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr

"There's 24 of us, Gale. Only one comes out."

Feb 23, 2013
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  • erynrg rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.

Feb 23, 2013
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  • erynrg rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favour.

Feb 15, 2013
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  • caro_woz rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

"Katniss Everdeen, the girl who was on fire."

Jan 06, 2013
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  • KSED2001 rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

"Let the seventy-fourth annual Hunger Games begin!"

Dec 19, 2012
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  • AMITYgirl1 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"A warning bell goes off in my head. Don't be so stupid. Peeta is planning on how to kill you, i remind myself. he is luring you in to make you easy prey. the more likable he is, the more deadly he is. "

Nov 08, 2012
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  • ayat123 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Prim rose everdeen" :(' '' I volunteer as tribute''

Aug 29, 2012
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  • Seraxoxo rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"May the odds be ever in your favor" ♥

Aug 15, 2012
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  • RONROSARIO rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"It's your district token, right?" I nod and he fastens it on my shirt. "It barely cleared the review board. Some thought the pin could be used as a weapon, giving you an unfair advantage. But eventually, they let it through," says Cinna. I'd have used it as such.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

Aug 12, 2012
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  • Maymuuna rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"I VOLUNTEER! I VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE"

Aug 04, 2012
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  • May23 rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

“Peeta, you said at the interview you’d had a crush on me forever. When did forever start? "Oh, let’s see. I guess the first day of school. We were five. You had on a red plaid dress and your hair...it was in two braids instead of one. My father pointed you out when we were waiting to line up." "Your father? Why?" "He said, ‘See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner.'" "What? You’re making that up!" "No, true story. And I said, 'A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could’ve had you?' And he said, 'Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen."

Aug 04, 2012
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  • May23 rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. "Because...because...she came here with me.” XD

Aug 01, 2012
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  • Cerisano rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

happy hunger games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Jul 25, 2012
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  • PamelaI rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"This book is out of this world!!!"

Jul 24, 2012
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  • DaisyCosh rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

"'I volunteer!' I gasp. 'I volunteer as tribute!'"

"May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor"

Jul 09, 2012
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  • blue_bee_311 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor"

Jun 30, 2012
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  • ghazal101 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced."

Jun 30, 2012
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  • ghazal101 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"I was so obsessed with this book.... The Hunger Games is amazing."

Jun 30, 2012
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  • ghazal101 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"A violent,jarring,speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense .... I couldn't stop reading."

Jun 27, 2012
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  • Black_Dog_35 rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

"Katniss Everdeen

Jun 16, 2012
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  • NSFRA rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

Staying strong and confident is what everybody needs to achieveanything

Jun 13, 2012
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  • Blue_Rat_1 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Katniss Everdeen"

Jun 10, 2012
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  • kadiboo579 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor." -Effie Trinket

Jun 10, 2012
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  • Callie13 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Peeta!! Thats Nightlock!!! " ~ (from the movie)

Jun 09, 2012
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  • RainbowDuck rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"May the Odds be ever in your favor."

Jun 08, 2012
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  • BieberFever108 rated this: 4 stars out of 5.

"May the Odds be ever in your favor."

"May the Odds be Ever in Your Favour"

Jun 04, 2012
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  • hhrgrock rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Ladies and Gentlemen may the 74th Hunger Games Begin, and may the odds be in your favour!"

Jun 03, 2012
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  • loveneverlies1 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"No, Katniss! No! You can't go!" "Prim. let go

Jun 02, 2012
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  • lyskia rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Stupid people are dangerous." "Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor!"

Jun 01, 2012
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  • AlbanianPrincess24 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Let the games begin"

"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favour!" -Effie Trinket

"No, Katniss! No! You can't go!" "Prim. let go"

"No, Katniss! No! You can't go!" "Prim. let go"

"Ladies and gentlemen let the 74 annul Hunger Games begin! and may the odds be ever in your favor."

the boy with the bread

Katniss everdeen the girl who was on fire!

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun.”

“I'm coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home. Peeta hesitates, then gives an unconvincing shake of his head. Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what’s her name?" says Caesar. Peeta sighs. "Well, there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t know I was alive until the reaping." Sounds of sympathy from the crowd. Unrequited love they can relate to. She have another fellow?" asks Caesar. I don’t know, but a lot of boys like her," says Peeta. So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn you down then, eh?" says Caesar encouraging-ly. I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning...won’t help in my case," says Peeta. Why ever not?" says Caesar, mystified. Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. "Because...because...she came here with me.”

you have as much charm as a dead slug. -haymitch abernathy

"Here is safe,here is warm.Here the daisies guard you from every harm.Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true.Here is the place where I love you" - Katniss Everdeen

Apr 30, 2012
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  • jabumafu rated this: 4 stars out of 5.

May the odds be ever in your favour

Apr 26, 2012
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  • bambi13 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Here you dreams are true,here is the place where I love you"

Apr 13, 2012
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  • BraidenKalke rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"She has no idea. The effect she can have." -Peeta

Apr 08, 2012
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  • alicia2000 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

" there is 24 of us in there Gale only one of us comes out alive" - Katnis

Happy hunger games and my the odds be ever in your favor Effie trinket

Mar 30, 2012
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  • 26angel rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute..." - Katniss "Entrails... No hissing... This is closest we come to love."- Katniss thinking about Buttercup

Mar 30, 2012
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"I just want to think of a way to show them they don't own me." -Peeta "Just try to win." -Prim "I told her I would try to win for her." -Katniss "Winning won't help, because she came here with me..." -Peeta "We could do it you know, run off, live in the woods. They wouldn't catch us..." -Gale

You here to finish me off, sweetheart?~ Peeta

Mar 27, 2012
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  • Finnick_Odair rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

you dont forget the face of the person who was your last hope... ( i think it was book 1, remind me if not.. ive read the series 4 times :P)

"i've seen you throw 100 pound sacks at the bakery. You are strong!" says katniss "yeah at the arena there will be sacks of flour to chuck at people." says peeta

Mar 23, 2012
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  • erougeau rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Don't go" - Rue

stay alive -haymicth

Mar 16, 2012
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  • sashaak rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Yes, this is my first year in the games," says Cinna. "So they gave you District 12," I say. "I asked for District 12."

Mar 16, 2012
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"You go back to sleep and dream of home. And you'll be there for real before you know it." - Peeta Mellark

Mar 07, 2012
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  • Farifroggy rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"May the odds be ever in your favor!" - Effie Trinket

Mar 02, 2012
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  • Siliverien rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

Mar 02, 2012
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  • Siliverien rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

Katniss, the girl who was on fire!

Feb 27, 2012
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  • TheSonofNeptune rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

You don't have competition anywhere. - Katniss Everdeen

Here's some advice. Stay Alive. ~Haymitch

Feb 08, 2012
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  • singingmockingjay rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

“I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun”. -Katniss Everdeen

Feb 08, 2012
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  • singingmockingjay rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

“Because…because…she came here with me.” -Peeta Mellark

"Deep in the meadow, under the willowA bed of grass, a soft green pillowLay down your head, and close your sleepy eyesAnd when again they open, the sun will rise.Here its safe, here its warmHere the daisies guard you from every harmHere your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them trueHere is the place where I love you.Rues eyes have fluttered shut. Her chest moves but only slightly. My throat releases the tears and they slide down my cheeks. But I have to finish the song for her." -Katniss sings to Rue when Rue dies.

Feb 05, 2012
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  • KathleenZ rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

I hate that cat. ~ Katniss, about her sister's cat Buttercup.

Jan 20, 2012
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  • KentaYuki rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"May the odds," he tosses a cherry in the air, "be ever in your favor!" -Gale Hawthorne, The Hunger Games

Jan 19, 2012
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  • FuNkYbOoKwOrM rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

It's going to be a big, big, big day!- Effie Trinket

Jan 02, 2012
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  • 1palmersar rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

I can't cause she came here with me-Peeta omg i love that it is so sweet!!!

Dec 31, 2011
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  • graceisnumber4 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

Welcome to the 74th hunger games and may the odds be ever in your favor. - Effie Trinket

Dec 28, 2011
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  • fearlessforever rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

I don't want them to change me into some kind of monster I'm not.-Peeta

tuck your tail in little duck-katniss-quack quack-prim

welcome to the 74th hunger games and may the odds be...ever in your favour!!!!

Dec 17, 2011
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  • SimplyAbbey rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope." - Katniss

"Because...Because...She came here with me." - Peeta, The Hunger Games.

Oct 23, 2011
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  • Mina7 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"Well then I suppose the apples ate the cheese!" Katniss.

Aug 28, 2011
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  • Yeldah rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

"Katniss, the girl who was on fire!" — Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

Aug 28, 2011
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  • matteen rated this: 4 stars out of 5.

"Deep in the meadow, hidden far away A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray Forget your woes and let your troubles lay And when it's morning again, they'll wash away Here it's safe, here it's warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true Here is the place where I love you." — Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

Jul 09, 2011
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  • Mina7 rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug." --Haymitch “I don’t know what ate the cheese.” says peeta, obviously trying to remain calm :D loved that part! i have more but let's leave it at this

Jun 25, 2011
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  • LisaLRC rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what’s her name?" says Caesar.  Peeta sighs. "Well, there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t know I was alive until the reaping."  Sounds of sympathy from the crowd. Unrequited love they can relate to.  She have another fellow?" asks Caesar.  I don’t know, but a lot of boys like her," says Peeta.  So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn you down then, eh?" says Caesar encouraging-ly.  I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning...won’t help in my case," says Peeta.  Why ever not?" says Caesar, mystified.  Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. "Because...because...she came here with me." 

Jun 15, 2011
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  • Iridollae rated this: 3.5 stars out of 5.

"And may the odds be ever in your favor."

May 17, 2010
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  • LibraryPhantom rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

"Eleven!" Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Aug 29, 2009
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  • Hermione rated this: 5 stars out of 5.

"They do surgery in the Capitol, to make people appear younger and thinner. In District 12, looking old is something of an achievement since so many people die early. You see an elderly person you want congratulate then on their longevity... A plump person is envied because they aren't scraping by like the majority of us. But here it is different. Wrinkles aren't desirable. A round belly isn't a sign if success." - Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

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