I'm about two-thirds of the way through The Hunger Games, a book that's packed full of action and poverty and serious psychological trauma. It's good stuff.
I have Catching Fire, the sequel, sitting on my couch waiting for me. I'm probably going to finish Hunger Games tonight and take Catching Fire with me tomorrow.
I ordered them both from Amazon at the same time as I pre-ordered Mockingjay, the last book in the trilogy. It came out yesterday.
According to Amazon it's slated to ship on 30 August, which means it's unlikely to be waiting for me when I get back from Key West. Or even to arrive before I head off to Seattle. And they won't let me cancel the order, either, as "This portion of your order is being prepared for shipment and cannot be canceled or changed."
Screw you, Amazon.
At this point I am on the verge of going to Borders and picking it up this afternoon anyway, since they've kindly provided me with a coupon for half off the cover price, and figuring out what to do with a spare copy later. Probably trying to return it to Amazon, because nngh this makes me so mad. Who takes a week to ship out pre-orders of something that doesn't start with "Harry Potter And The" ?
("First world problems? You bet, but that's where I live." -MJH)
I have Catching Fire, the sequel, sitting on my couch waiting for me. I'm probably going to finish Hunger Games tonight and take Catching Fire with me tomorrow.
I ordered them both from Amazon at the same time as I pre-ordered Mockingjay, the last book in the trilogy. It came out yesterday.
According to Amazon it's slated to ship on 30 August, which means it's unlikely to be waiting for me when I get back from Key West. Or even to arrive before I head off to Seattle. And they won't let me cancel the order, either, as "This portion of your order is being prepared for shipment and cannot be canceled or changed."
Screw you, Amazon.
At this point I am on the verge of going to Borders and picking it up this afternoon anyway, since they've kindly provided me with a coupon for half off the cover price, and figuring out what to do with a spare copy later. Probably trying to return it to Amazon, because nngh this makes me so mad. Who takes a week to ship out pre-orders of something that doesn't start with "Harry Potter And The" ?
("First world problems? You bet, but that's where I live." -MJH)
