I have been impressed at how quickly I've been able to make my way through this book. Like I said in an earlier post, I haven't seen the movies let alone read the book so it has been a nice read so far. I have been more focused on picking up on the plot of the whole story and trying to figure out the point behind all of the twists and turns within so I haven't focused on comparing the story to modern day issues. The chapter discussing the training in which the tributes had to go through was interesting to me. Each tribute has a different set of skills that will come in handy once the games start so reading up on the different things they had to do during the training sessions was cool. The most exciting part of the story was obviously the start of the Hungar Games. As I started the book I didn't expect to read about kids killing one another right from the start but that's what happened. Katniss was noticeably anxious about the start of the games but I also thought part of her was calm knowing that Peeta was on her side. As the games went on I was impressed at the poise in which Katniss carried herself especially when she realized the career tributes had teamed up. She seems to have a strong survival instinct in tough situations and I predict that to come in handy as the story unfolds!