Random Hunger Games thoughts

This morning I finished reading "Catching Fire", the second book of the Hunger Games trilogy. As with the first book I had a very hard time putting it down and ended up reading the entire book the day I got my hands on it.

When "Mockingjay" , the last book in the trilogy, came out toward the end of last year my interest was piqued and I resolved to read the series someday. I guiltily admit that news of the film adaptation motivated me to read the books sooner, rather than later. I regret that my reading list has gotten increasingly influenced by movie releases, but I'm glad that this has gotten me to read books that I otherwise would've left toward the bottom of my ever-growing reading list.

I can't help but try to imagine which actors will be cast for the leads. I read somewhere that Chord Overstreet (left), one of the newest cast members on the tv show "Glee", might make a good Peeta Mellark. What he has going for him is that 1) he's roughly the right age, and 2) he's blond (blonde?). He's an adequate actor, I guess, and I found myself imagining him as this character as I read "Catching Fire." I feel like Logan Lerman would do well with this character, having seen him in a few films, seen what he's capable of. But he doesn't have the right hair color and I don't think that he'd look good with blond hair. It might seem like a trivial detail, the color of an actors hair, but I think it plays a big role in the story because it contrasts with other characters' features.

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