Mockingjay

Who's excited about the release of the 3rd book?

I CAN'T WAIT! IT comes out on August 24th I have a countdown!

Me too!!!

The wait is driving me crazy! I've got a countdown as well.

I tried to put the countdown clock here but in vain.

119 days to go.

Can you, by any chance, upload pictures in here? If yes, then how?

Ha! I put a picture up on the group homepage.

I am so excited for the book. I am going crazy waiting for it, so in the meantime I just have to re-read HG and CF.

Mockingjay is definitely my "most looking forward to"
book of this year. My public library system allows patrons to place holds on books that are in "On Order" status in its catalog system. I check just about every day to see if Mockingjay has been placed on order. No such luck yet, but one day soon I'm going to be so pleasantly surprised...

thats awsome I think Im gonna preorder it from amazon so it comes the same day it comes out

I can't wait to read that book!

I have a countdown on my Google homepage! 119 Days!! That seems so far!

Funny how it's on Aug 4th. That's a couple of days after my birthday, so I like to imagine that Mockingjay is Collins's late birthday gift to me.

lol

That's a few days before my birthday! lol early birthday gift lol

The first 2 books were SOOOO good that I am definitely going to read the book:)

>13 Puppydogluver:
lol.

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Ok. Question for all of you:

Let's pretend that Katnissand Peeta and everyone are still in the 'Game'. Who would you rather have win?
You must remember though, all the others will die...

i know right! I wish it was sooner. Unrealated but has anyone read Found by Margerat Peterson Haddix?

Katniss easy

yeah

just wondering does anyone know if this is gonna be the last book in the series or will there be more?

No,sadly, this is going to be the last book apparantly. Lets hope Suzanne Collins changes her mind though, and continues the series.

Yeah well i think it makes sense 4 it to be the final 1 tho. I am still sad tho.

bummer i wish she would make it a longer series

I Know! I wish that she would make it at least a 5-book series, like her previous series.
And yet, if it were a longer series, we would have to wait for the fourth book...then the next book..

Although it would be worth it.

yea that is something to think about. Still worth it though your right

it totally would b worth it. sorry i just joined so.... i am totally psyched about the third book its like evry day i think of it no joke. i also think they should both just eat the berries again lol jk i dont know who i want to win, i guess katniss since shes the narrator in the book so.......

yea i agree with the berries i couldnt stand to see how katniss would feel if peeta died

Hmm...no, pls no death berries. What would Prim think??

But I randomly remember and tell my classmates 109 days only!! and they ask: for what?? and so I tell them....

yea in la we were talking about it and i shouted out how many days people lok at me crazy

I know how you feel!
And Its agonising to wait!

babbe2, a lot of people must look at u crazy huh? lolol jk yeah i cant wait!!

totally

lol haha

tee hee

yep =D

When I tell people "1.." days left, they stare at me like i'm crazy.

how many days left now?? yeah the question is not "who's excited for the 3rd hunger games?" its "who's NOT excited about the hunger games?" lolol that would b few people

yea its 108 days

OMG!!! it comes out august 24th right??

Yup.
Days after my birthday and before Puppydogluver's, if I'm not mistaken.

coolio.

Isn't it?

ur bdays or mockjay being august 24th?

Mockingjay on 24th. My b'day 4 days earlier.

yeah the 24th

mm hmm.

ugh i cant wait sigh!!! (idk why i put exclamation points on sigh, im just weird like that)

yes yes u r

All humans are wierd.

true but we are the weirdest if u met us u would know right bananak?

We are definitely the wierdest. If I met any of you, I would probably know it would be you because you (we) are so wierd. After all, we're bibliophiles or at the very least, bookworms.

But imagine if I met someone and asked them " Are you Babbe2?"or "Are you bananak?" and they wern't? How awkward.
How will I know if it is you two?

we will wear signs. we r just that weird. yeah i do firmly believ babbe2 and i r the two weirdest ppl in the school if not the world lol

Hmm. you forgot me. Are you telling me i'm not wierd? Tsk, tsk

lol sorry we r very....special.... so to speak lololol jk

oh um ...
40. > um no my b-days before 2. its the 8th

u know fantasygirl2? coolio ik babbe2

uh no y?

cuz she knew ur birthday (approximately lol)

I know her b'day because is up there in this thread. No 13.
I dunno any of you. Although I wish I did. U all are such wierd/nice/cool ppl.

o nvm sorry lol thank you, u too!!

> 60. Its fine. And you're welcome,and thanks.

Hmm... but I was thinking. If I did meet you, how would I know? What do you guys look like? Yes, you could all wear badges, but I doubt you will wear them every waking moment of your lives.

i hav red/brown/blonde (specific, right? its like a mixture lol) blu eyes and lots of freckles. we liv in illinois btw i will let babbe2 speak 4 herself lol

I can imagine your hair. I seems pretty. Is it natural or died?

I have natural long straight black hair that goes down past my waist, but you can't tell me by it becaue I wear a head scarf. Yes, I'm a muslim.
I wear long-distance glasses almost all the time.
I'm going to turn 14, but I look like i'm 16, everyone says. Something about the look in my face.
Brown/black eyes.
Usually dress in the cultural dress of Pakistan (Kameez Shalwar) or in skirts.
Live in Nothern NJ.
Oh, and I refuse to wear makeup. Any bit of it.
Now if we ever meet, you might be able to recognise me. I don't know why I told you about my hair,since it will be of no use to you, but still.

How about you other 2? Babbe2 and Puppydoglover?

coolio. we probably will nevr meet, but coolio just the same lol

I know. But ur're right, its cool all the same

lol its so cool, we can talk about the books. (i am easily amused) i didnt know u cud talk on librarything until a week ago lol no joke

oops sorry 63. natural

U didn't know u could talk? Meaning?

like talking about a book. what we r doing right now

>69 bananak:. ohhh.
>67 bananak:. Nice...

LOL thanks

welcome

i am not feeling well :( congested i think

73>feel better!

63>i have blu eyes and dirty blond hair(sorta brownish), short!!!, apparently i look like im in 3rd/4th grade... im in 6th, usually dress in jeans and a life is good t-shirt

73> feel better soon
63> hmm. look young? too young? glases will do wonders...lol

i hav glasses, but they dont work anymore. i still hav to move up at times to see the board lol

~to chat~

ug gonna take a while to move everything there

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sorry!
um well I CANT WAIT
i guess?
no like i cant wait its just like forced enthusiam

forced enthusiasm?? yeah im totally excited didnt u think it was so mean when pres. snow had the other hunger games thingy just so katniss or peeta wud die?? i was so mad lol

yes, i was too......arrrrrr

i was like SERIOUSLY!!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

oh at the end of 1 i wuz like "wats in the 2nd 1, all the past canidates do it again?"
then they did!

you jinxed it?! ha!

yeah then i got the 2nd 1 and im like "phsycic much?"

:D

B-)

84: oober COOL!!
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:)

=D

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oh, sorry bout that. i was reading, and the edge of the book 'typed' random letters, then pressed enter. SO I just deleated it.

o i see

mm hmm

uh huh

anyway..

i say that so much!

i know!!

yeah in a comment 1 time i said it 10 times

haha

hehe

=D

lol u ppl r weird, but rnt we all?

Ha! Well said

lol thx

welcome

I have blue eyes and blondish hair

Ahhhh like Peeta. That's why u like him better??
jk

tehe i have blue eyes and dirty blond hair

ahhh...but u support Gale, if i remember rightly....don't u???

whatevr lol

lol

lets not get into our personal lives here........ so 98 days, 5 hours, 31 minutes, and 23 seconds

A very facinating way of changing the subject....andit worked...

98 days, 3 hrs, 37 min, 45 sec

CANT WAIT!!! I tell my friends on the bus everyday

96 days.

96 days, 2 hours, 9 min, 45 sec

Waiting for Catching Fire...

Why for catching fire? It came out ages ago!
Or do you mean you're waiting for it to be delivered or something? On hold in the library?

(Yeah, I got it for my birthday)
Anyways, I think that Mockingjay WON'T be about Katniss. It will be about the two District 12 tributes in the qaurter quell! Maybe the "special thing" in the qaurter quell will be that the coaches(Katniss and Peeta) have to particpate in The Hunger Games AGAIN.

Wait, now I'm confused.
Have you read catching fire?

(Not really...oh wait, qaurter quell is in CF, right? Sorry, I just got bored of it. It had NOTHING to do with the games)

yes...

My public library system ordered 120 copies of Mockingjay hooray! They are well prepared for the popularity of this final part of the series. With diligent checking of the catalog, I was able to place a hold on it this week and I'm number 60 in the queue. Hopefully this translates to picking up my library copy on the release date or very close to it.

120 copies!!
My library got only 2.
But still, that's quite nice, considering their budget has just been cut down, by that despicable Chris Christie the governor. Horrid man.
My library only gets 2 or more copies if a lot of people request it, simply cause they're low on funds, as I said before.
But guess what??!! On Aug 25, HG fans can get together to celebrate the release of the 3rd book. That's really rare, and only happens for books that a LOT of ppl like.
Only prob is that is in Ramadan, the month of fasting, and its in the evening, when I'm supposed to be at home, preparing for the breaking of my fast :(
Hope something works out for me.

Sorry if 120 copies in my public library system seems a bit excessive:-) But it is a county-wide system with 20 libraries in our county. It is nice for sharing books between the libraries in the county.
Sorry about the budget cuts: our libraries are affected by state budget cuts here as well, in other ways (staff, hours, programs).

Nice about the HG program at your library in
honor of the launch!
Sorry they couldn't have planned it for non-evening hours. Maybe a bookstore will have something earlier in the day. I don't think our library has anything planned as of now.

Oh I get it. You were talking about the whole county.
The same goes here. Our county together has 25 copies. We all "share", cause it inter-related. The other libraries who don't have copies as yet will prob get them later.
Nah, 120 copies doesn't seem excessive if it is for the whole county. The more, the merrier!
Hope they do something where u live too.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4944050/1/Mocking_Jay

I don't exactly get how or even if this is the real thing but I thought you guys mite be interested.

I kinda think that it mite be catching fire. idk. i don't own the book so i couldn't tell you.

Those aren't real. These are fan-made stories

The following is the post from the http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/05/28/hunger-games-movie-moves-forward-and-we... thing, for those with bad connection and/or for whom it may be blocked.

"'Hunger Games' Movie Moves Forward And We Get A 'Mockingjay' Sneak Peek

Posted 5/28/10 11:00 am ET by Sabrina Rojas Weiss in Movie News, Page Turners

I was among the crowd of grown-up, professional but unabashed fans of the young-adult novel "The Hunger Games" gathered for cocktails at Scholastic headquarters on Wednesday night. And as excited as I was to meet author Suzanne Collins and congratulate her on being named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People, I'd sort of gotten my hopes up that an advance copy of the third book, "Mockingjay," would be slipped into my gift bag too. Ha. Scholastic publishes "Harry Potter" — they're like the Capital with their secrets. I may just have to wait until August 24 like the rest of you.

But, I got the next best thing. After being mobbed by enthusiastic fans, booksellers and bloggers, Collins made her way to a stool in the center of the room. She pulled out a copy of the second book in the trilogy, "Catching Fire," and read the last few, heartbreaking pages that conclude Katniss' second thrilling escape from the Hunger Games arena. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet (why not, already???), but it was a very moving moment: In a pleasing Southern twang, Collins added just the perfect amount of despair and defiance to convey the thoughts of a 17-year-old girl who's had the fate of her whole country resting on her shoulders and truly believes that she's let them all down.

It seemed at first that we'd be left with that same tease, right where we've been hanging since the book came out last year. But wait! Collins smiled slyly as she pulled out a handful of galley pages and, yes, read the opening passage of "Mockingjay." Even though the scene was even sadder than the conclusion of "Catching Fire," and I fought back tears as she read, I was also fighting back the urge to jump up and down with excitement at getting that tiny sneak peek. (SPOILER: It begins with Katniss looking at the ashes of her home in District 12.)

I got another special treat that I can actually share with the rest of you: I spoke to two producers from Lionsgate who are making the "Hunger Games" movie. They said Suzanne had given them her draft of the script, which is now being revised by another screenwriter. They hope to be able to announce a director this summer, and go into production in January to release the film later in 2011. Can't. Freaking. Wait."

I totally agree. I can't freaking wait.

Yay to the story. Good job "Katniss" for choosing "Gale"
I hope in the real Mockingjay story she actually choses Gale.

we are just a tag team! haha.
I hope so too!

So, there are (at the moment) 3 for Gale, and 1 for Peeta Among the ones who actually regularly post anyway.

Am I the only one for Peeta!

And remember I said that I would pick Peeta for Myself. Not sure which one I would pick for Katniss...its sad either way.

I like both. I can't make myself choose. I like Peeta because he is sweet and genuine. But I like gale because he is an exact fit for Katniss. Gale would be the natural path for Katniss to take if the whole "Hunger Games" hadn't happened. So I remain undecided.

139> oops, that slipped my mind
140> ahh.Like my friend Jess

So we all decide that Gale is right for Katniss? And Peeta should find someone better!

:D
Totally agreed. Absolutely, positively, disputatiously agreed. At least among the few of us that actually REGULARLY post.

Right?

Right.

Right.

:D

So now that we have that all cleared up....what should we discuss now?

Beats me.
ho hum

OOH! Did u guys notice the covers? In the first two, the mockingjay is inside circles. In Mockingjay, they it flies free.
i wonder what that means...

That the people are going to go crazy on the capitol! =)

148> It's because the mockingjay(Katniss) might finaly fly free from the capitol! She'll be able to be with Gale. YAY!!!!!!!!

Or all the districts become free from the capitol and Katniss and Gale get to be together as rulers. hahahahaha. justtt kiddin.

151>That actually would not be bad......
cause they know how horrible life is....the way the capitol ran it.

Gale and Katniss... ahhh they would be so good together... dang bomb..

Gale and Katniss.
In the first book, I would have agreed with you. And in the second. But in the third? No. Gale changed. He wasn't the Gale I knew and fell in love with, he certainly wasn't the one for Katniss anymore. I can't say I blame him- war changes people. But.... *sad sigh*

Yes I agree, but he used to be just right!

i vote peeta, sorry everyone.