Hunger Games and Maze Runner

Hey, this week I am going to write about some of my favorite books. I love to read books that have been turned in to movies. I’m sure you have all heard about The Hunger Games but a series that you might not have heard about is the Maze Runner. They are very similar in that the main plot is that children are fighting to survive in a utopian world.

If you haven’t read, seen or heard about The Hunger Games I am going to give you a little preview of what it is about. Like I already said, it takes place in a future utopian world. It is after there has been a tragedy in North America, so they come up with something called districts. Everyone is divided up in to 12 districts except for those fortunate enough to live in the capital. Every year there is a competition called the Hunger Games where all of the districts have to send a boy and a girl that is 12 and 18 years old. The whole goal of the games is to be the last one living. That is just a very brief description of what it is about. I prefer the book rather than the movie but they did an amazing job with creating the movie. I think that this is one of the best books turned to movies. The movie is one that will make you laugh, cry and jump.

The Maze Runner is a lot like the Hunger Games so if you enjoyed that then I highly recommend this series. I have heard rumors that this series will also be turned in to movies and I hope that is true. This book takes place in a utopian world where there is a group of boys that live in a place called the glade. It is sort of like campsites surrounded by enormous doors that open and close around a maze. There are monsters that live in the maze so it is bad news if you get locked out of the glade. When the boys wake up for the first time all they can remember from their other life is their name. They have no idea how they got to the glade or who their family is. This book is full of mystery and surprises. The question that is a main part of this book is why? If you have read this series you know what I’m talking about.

I’m sorry if these descriptions are confusing but I don’t want to give away too much. These books are also hard to explain. Anyway if you like to read series and books that are turned in to movies I would highly recommend these books. I know that when I read them it was hard to stop. I made my Mom read the Hunger Games even though she only reads romance books and she was surprised at how much she enjoyed it. She has yet to see the movie but I think that she will really like it. This is a good example that you don’t have to be a certain age to get in to these books even though the characters are younger. I know that after my Mom read it she noticed that a lot of her friends were also reading it. So don’t be intimidated if you don’t read these types of books or you think that you are too old because it is about teenagers.  So, thanks for readingJ