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
