argh

[jazzfish]

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)

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[jazzfish]

I may end up holding off 'til I get back, on the off chance that they ship it sooner than they claim. The coupon's good through next Monday anyway.

GRR ARGH AMAZON WHY MUST YOU SUCK SO MUCH.

[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

This is why I canceled my Amazon order and I now have the last book. I'd say there might be some advantages to spacing the books out a little, because it's a world you can get lost in, but you might not want to, but I'm saying that as someone who is planning to reread the entire series pretty much as soon as I'm done with the last book.

These are books I characterize as summer reading- not because they are light, but because you really need to be able to go outside for a while afterwards.

[jazzfish]

Yeah, if I'd been thinking I would have cancelled it last night, but "forward planning" is rarely one of my strong points after midnight. (That's when I get really good at backwards planning, though, the kind where I constantly rehash what I /should/ have said or done. Ahem. Anyway.)

Hunger Games is definitely hitting me pretty hard. I didn't get sniffly until "I thank the people of District 11 for their gift," but only because Collins is so very very good at getting me inside Katniss's head and thus inside her defenses as well. It's bleak and raw and intense and adrenaline-fueled, and I probably /ought/ to take a break between each one but I want to keep going, to drown myself in them.

[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

I know I've said it before, but the heart of what makes these books work for me is that Katniss really does have defenses to get inside. So many stories tell you that the character is tough or damaged or smart, but it's mostly just a few lines here and there, and all it really takes is a kind word or true love (tm) to crumble them. Katniss truly IS tough and damages and defensive, in the reflexive way you'd expect from someone who has internalized the requirements for survival in her world.

So yeah, I'm glad you're liking the books and I'll happily gush with you about them as you read.