Suzanne Collins Borders Interview part 2

[Sbeth85]

I never understood- if Rue and Finnick are already learning their craft from such a young age, why do the District 12 kids only start at 18? It's not like the Capitol cares about their welfare... You'd think- smaller kids can get into smaller coal mines!

[emhart12]

Yeah but with three and the mines it could have been a good thing AND a bad thing.

[madisonlovesyoutoo]

If I Went Into The Hunger Games I Would Just Jump Off Before The Gong sounds to die!!

[kizzy75]

Lol I failed at the game. I know I'd die if I went into the hunger games. I'd hide. But when the Capitol forced me to fight... I'd have no skills. I couldn't kill.

[JBluva100]

I got a 98%. I didn't win.

[000skitch]

tryed the game...I WON YAAAAAAAAAAY  (after dieinging like 50 times ;) )

[iheartpeetamellark]

I agree! The ending is genius!

Katniss, there is no district 12.

(;

In mockingjay I wanted Katniss and Gale to be together ;'(

[ForeverPlainJade]

No way, the ending in Catching Fire was genius!

[COURTTOTHEKNEE89]

i just finished them today and i cant stop thinking about them! i really want to re-read them! they were all sooo goood!

[rans55555]

I can't find the game they taik about.

is it in the link in the description?

[sourflower1]

i loved all three books just finished reading mocking jay yesterday my teacher recommended it the the hunger games catching fire and mocking jay all great so fantastic i could stop reading now that i finished i want there to be more its all so fanatic

[stormblade341]

lol 1 dislike :)

[TheIridescentDreamer]

My sister's never read the hunger games and she got a 95 in the game on scholastic. I'm obsessed with it and I got a 94! Life is so unfair!

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer Once I got a 99 and I just sat there staring at my computer screen and I was just like"screw you stupid computer".Grrrr,I was so freaking close!

[TheIridescentDreamer]

@Krissylovescarter27 Haha, I'm still mad about my score too!

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer lol,yeah I was pretty pissed off.I was just like"Oh my fricken god,just 1 one more percent and I would have had a 100."So I just kept retaking it and all I kept getting was and 85 or 75 or something really low. :(

[TheIridescentDreamer]

@Krissylovescarter27 It's weird because you're taking the test again because you want to get a better score, yet when you actually take it again, you get a lower score!

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer Lol,I know right?It sucked because every time I would retake it my score just kept dropping.

[TheIridescentDreamer]

@Krissylovescarter27 Haha, life....are you excited for the movie???

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer Oh yeah...Im not really pleased with who they cast though.I think they picked Thresh,Rue,Effie,and Mrs.Everdeen really well...but the rest kinda suck.Lol,thats just my thoughts on the cast though.Have you seen the cast?If you have,please tell me what you think. :)

[TheIridescentDreamer]

@Krissylovescarter27 I've actually warmed up to all the casting news after seeing some of Jen's and Josh' interviews and I really think they're really trying to make a great movie! Have you heard about a book called Divergent by Veronica Roth! It reminds me of The Hunger Games, but a bit more romantic and a little better.Though I still, of course, love The Hunger Games!

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer Well,its not that I dislike the actors they chose...I guess it just wasnt what I was expecting but I will warm up to them.I really like Josh and Jennifer.I honestly think they can pull it off with a little hairdye and stuff.And no,I havent heard of that book but I will look it up.It sounds good(Im a sucker for romance novels) :) Thanks!

[TheIridescentDreamer]

@Krissylovescarter27 It's kind of a romance, but just like in The Hunger Games, the romance is always second and get this, Divergent does NOT have a love triangle!! Thank God! I was getting extremely aggravated by love triangles! Did you hear about District 2?! I am now too overly beyond excited!

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer Cool!Ah,love triangles dont really bug me but when it comes to Twilight,God dont even get me started on that fail of a series(sorry if your a fan).And sorry,Im kind of confused about the District 2 thing.Would you mind telling me?

[TheIridescentDreamer]

@Krissylovescarter27 I was just saying that Alexander Ludwig and Isabelle Fuhrman are officially Cato and Clove and I couldn't be more excited! I read Twilight and actually loved it, but I quickly moved on because in all honesty, it wasn't that memorable. Original, definitely, but I found Bella to be too weak, impulsive and unfeministic.

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer Oh,right.Sorry,I had a stupid moment.I will go look that up in a minute.But thanks for telling me!Yeah,I read Twilight and I was so obsessed with it but then I just started losing interest in it.And I agree with all your thoughts on Bella.I found her to be so weak and she always needed help on the tiniest things.I can understand her near death moments though.

[TheIridescentDreamer]

@Krissylovescarter27 Me too. I would have admired Bella is she picked up her life after he left but in the first book, she was pining for him. In the second book, she was crying for him. In the third book, well, that one was actually good. Bella wasn't horrible, but she just was the complete opposite of me and I found it hard to connect to. That's why I connected with Katniss so much more and I have to ask. Are you reading Divergent yet??!! It is so amazing!!

[Krissylovescarter27]

@TheIridescentDreamer Yeah,I would have liked it if she actually did something instead of sit there and cry all the time after he left her.And I have to say,the third book is probably my favorite one out of all of them.The fourth book kind of dissapointed me because the ending just kinda sucked.I also found it difficult to connect to her.I feel I can relate to Katniss more because she seems like a very developed character.Bella didnt.And sorry,I still have to get my hands on Divergent. :)

[sensen772]

Can somebody PLEAAASE give me the link to the online game she was talking about? I couldn't find it.

[sukisyo7]

I was really disappointed by the 3rd book. Grrrr.

[GamerRaid]

lol i'd probibly make friends with someone at a young age and use him as a practice partner for hand to hand combat and try to keep in shape in case i ever got called. you could get greedy to, with that, and tell people ud take their kid's place if they were ever called in exchange for food or money. Im not cut throat but ya do watcha gotta do to survive. then when i got in, (yea, id probibly get killed, but im at least taking someone with me.) lock down a area to patrol and kill all trespassers

[KungFuKid1015]

Ok, this is my rant on young people today who are around the ages of these one here......why is it that all these boys are so femanine? Are they Gay? If so then fine, that explains it, but if not...why?

[redfishie289]

does anyone have the link to that game, i would love to play it!

[MrJero85]

I would so die but hay the shaw most go on....right...

[FFX2ME]

"I'm the GAMEMAKER! I lost?" that's so funny! i played that game too and I lost hahaha

[TheSurvival15]

I would totally run. XDDD Unless you're a Career you'd probably die at the Cornucopia bloodbath. XD

[NOLAdbagz]

pussies i would run to the cornucopia

[SamueLPowerS88]

@NOLAdbagz XD

[feminist1876]

i love the name Katniss.

[morgiethibvids]

i finished the books todayy!! :D

[drdantepereirea]

@reesemakespeace YEA JOANNA RULES

[YoungWitch]

How can I get the necklace she's wearing??? :D

[RibbonTears]

I CAN'T FIND THAT GAME THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT! D=

[Slant47]

@RibbonTears same i was looking for it too!

[urmommaisfattt]

I love this book and I think Suzanne Collins is a genius but those kids are complete and utter nerds.

[siltahmatari]

@urmommaisfattt These kinds of nerds are the best though (:

[taydance1]

dear suzanne collins. i love you. thank you for creating katniss and peeta <3

[Katiedora122]

I would totally hide. But I would totally be the one to climb a tre for safety, then fall out and break my neck.

[urmommaisfattt]

@Katiedora122 ROFL

[MrsLoriKLoPresti]

How do you get to the game?!!

[crystal39157]

how do u get 2 the game

[Msjjangful]

i would be from district 12..... i wouldnt know what to do when im in that arena.... so scary!!

[Lenasirena95]

i would hide and when someone showed up i would kill them, i guess...

[willsmithlovesme]

I won that game!! YAY!!

[Slant47]

@willsmithlovesme cool cud u send me the link please? :D

[jobrogirl98]

@willsmithlovesme where did you find it.. can you send a link?

[willsmithlovesme]

@jobrogirl98 its on the offical website. yano, the hunger games one? im not sure if they have it where you are, but they have it here in australia.

[jobrogirl98]

@willsmithlovesme ookay thanks :)

[HeyyimPatricia]

kso ive read book three..

if she doesnt make a new series.. i might cry

[TaylorSwiftFan101234]

Thanks for the warning that there are spoilers! I wanna read these books sooooooooo bad and I would have been devastated if anything would have been spoiled! Thanks again:D

[StickDragon1]

ID trident and net like finnick! district 4 ftw lol expect i wouldnt be a man whore

[drdantepereirea]

I'd be from 7 so I'd chop people down with axes

[reesemakespeace]

@drdantepereirea TEAM JOHANNAH BITCHESS!

[ForestHuntress]

Lol I would so go to the cornipia casue I'm fasstttt. Then its pretty much improvisation from there. Its either you take a risk or die. In the end only one would live. So who cares?



[silverbow335]

I got Mockingjay today! Aah! I'm resisting the urge to read it tonight becaise I won't be able to stop and that, clearly, means: No sleep. Aah!!

[elise12231]

Mockingjay cmes out tuesday

[elise12231]

Mockingjay comes out tuesday

[kizzy75]

oooo 1 more day and mockingjay is out!!!! xD

[EeyoreLve]

Katniss and Peeta!!!! PLEASE <333

[CCKittyGdawg]

who are these people and how did they get to be talking to suzanne collins?

[Kawatayou]

Hahah! :)

I can't believe Suzanne played the game and lost! That's hilarious!

She would know best how to survive the Hunger Games. XD

[steelstrings87]

I had to stop watching this because I just started Catching Fire yesterday and I don't want any spoilers. But I'm going to try and zip through it today and finish watching this tonight.

I love the Hunger Games.

[DemiLovatoRox54]

I want to meet her. !

[bigboys1199]

i love these books

[loveangel4410]

i am going crazee! i need the 3rd book NNOW!

oh and i wouldd've hidden...

[madmaya11]

what is that website they talk about at the start called?

By the way, LOVE THE BOOKS!!!!!!!

[IluvCaptainHitsugaya]

I would of used my Pimp hand and b slapped anyone who got in my way. (I prolly wouldn't last long, but god gave me a pimp hand for a reason and it'd be a waste if I didn't).

[Ellenaonly1]

Suzanne Collins your a Genius. I cant wait for the 3rd book

[lilbluehersheykiss]

@Ellenaonly1 rofl don't hold your breath.

[spookyfat]

@Ellenaonly1 the third book was amazing i loved it TEAM PEETA!

[jess3336677]

i would be like rue and petta camo and in the trees and i would have a bow with me, man i wish they made this into a videogame or somin (not the internet one) uh it needs to be a movie! i think it would be fun to be in it if no one died in it merly lost

[malibubeauchamp]

Suzanne Collins, I just want to say, you are pretty dang smart!!

[mixpixgrl]

I'd do what Peeta did and cover myself and shoot people with an arrow. I want to do what Rue does too.

[Honeycoast]

anyone that know the website they say in the interview?

[TheHungerGames]

Wow, this book is just simply amazing. There are so many things to talk about, so much thought put into the plot.

[Ceimbellina]

i just got catching fire today!!! CRAZY good