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Slags, time-traveling husbands and 'Hunger Games'
Published: 3/23/2012 4:36 PM
Last Modified: 3/23/2012 4:36 PM

Catnip Evergreen's really good with a bow and arrow.

I am, apparently, the last man on Earth who hasn't read "Hunger Games."

One of my closest friends is devouring all three books in Suzanne Collins' young-adult series set in a post-apocalyptic society -- the same series that's probably set to be one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) blockbuster film of the year, having opened Friday.

But I'm starting to feel like the final, semi-literate human who hasn't read a single sentence in the trilogy. I made the mistake of guessing the main heroine's name recently and called her "Catnip Evergreen" in front of a fan, who looked as if she was about to slap me.

"It's Katniss Everdeen, idiot!" she hissed.

"Get a life, slag!" I retorted. Not really, but I thought it after going, "Oh! I'm SOOOO sorry!" Like she wrote the dang novel.

Anyway, I still haven't read the freakin' "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," even though I have all three books -- in hardback, no less -- sitting on my desk at home. Have for a year now.

Now, I'm debating on going to see the "Hunger Games" film, THEN reading the books. But I feel as if I should read them, THEN see them. The books are almost always better than the movie -- which is why I'm waffling between the two options. I mean, I don't want to read the book, like I did with my beloved "The Time Traveler's Wife" and be disappointed with the movie.

However, if I do one, I'm already familiar with the story and won't enjoy the second -- right?

So what do you do -- book first, then movie? Vice versa? Or only one of the above?

Peace, love and catnip ... XOXO

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stacey4gop (11 months ago)

I am a purest and always read the books first. Most movies disappoint me. This one sure did! The only movies that don't are the ones taken from Larry McMurtry books. So close in my mind to the books!

ozarkokie (11 months ago)

The movies are usually worse.
I read about 15-20 pages of the "Dragon Tattoo" book and just couldn't get into it. And I usually don't put a book down, but have done so with a few in the past couple of years. Some of them were bad. Some of them weren't necessarily bad, just something that didn't catch my interest.

123689 (11 months ago)

I read the books and I liked the movie. And it's OK to call her "Catnip" because her best friend in the book, Gale, calls her that (and he does so in the movie, too.)

tdlrenault (11 months ago)

I generally read the novels, then see the movies. After I read the Twilight Saga, I put off seeing any of the movies for quite a long time, because I had heard they were nowhere near as good. I prefer the visuals I've cooked up in my imagination most of the time, but I am definitely looking forward to seeing The Hunger Games movie.

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