After a brief holiday break, it's time to get the Bucks Happening Book Club back on track with the 1st official book club pick in 2012.  After much deliberation, the first book in Suzanne's Collin's hit series The Hunger Games has been chosen for January 2012.

We know what some of you are thinking, “The Hunger Games– isn't that book for teens?”  While the book may be found in the young adult section of your book store, the books have gathered devout fans of all ages, both men and women, around the world. So if you've considered reading this book but secretly feared judgment for buying the latest “teen-craze” series, this is your chance to blame it on us!

In addition to being a fantastic book, The Hunger Games was also chosen due to the timely release of the Lionsgate film, which will hit theaters on March 23, 2012.  Curl up with a blanket this winter to escape into the games, and before you know it, you'll be lining up at the box office this spring.

BOOK SYNPOSIS, courtesy of Scholastic.com:

Twenty-four are forced to enter. Only the winner survives.

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see.

Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

HAPPY READING!

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