It’s Two-Sided Tuesday time!  I love Tuesdays so much and am having a blast figuring out what two books to talk about each week.  Last week I spoke about the re-imagining of Peter Pan in Brom’s The Child Thief (Click for my review) so I thought I’d do something geared a bit more toward the Young Adult genre then Brom’s work can be.

I think you have to be living under a rock if you haven’t heard of Suzanne Collins’  The Hunger Games series.  This is the first book of a trilogy, the second being Catching Fire and the third, Mockingjay, is due out August 24, 2010.  These are fantastic, nail-biting, edge of the seat books that will have you devouring them in one sitting – or wishing you could.  There are teams out there (much like the Team Edward and Team Jacob folk) speaking for Team Peeta and Team Gale (I’m a Team Peeta girl).  If you haven’t heard of these novels – the story is basically that of Katniss and her battle for survival through the “Games” put on by a pretty horrifying Capitol.  I don’t like to talk too much about the story – because I knew nothing about it and experienced a massive shock while reading it as a result.  It was an experience I love to pass on (and have to some friends and neighbors!).  By the way, if you have not read Suzanne Collins’ first series, The Underland Chronicles, I highly recommend you do so, as soon as possible.  I loved these books so much I immediately purchased them and cannot wait to have my nephew read them.  They aren’t quite as brutal as The Hunger Games books are – but they are packed with the same action, adventure and suspense that I’ve come to expect from this author.

I haven’t seen this book on many lists.  Sheila from One Person’s Journey through a World of Books hosts the weekly Monday meme, “It’s Monday, What are you reading?” and I keep my eyes open for it on people’s lists.  I’ve been disappointed by not seeing it much because, although it is different from The Hunger Games in many ways, in other ways it’s very similar.  I will tell you this – I had a harder time getting into The Maze Runner at first because the world was so confusing.  Don’t give up – it’s meant to be that way.  And when you reach the end you will find yourselves, like me, anxiously awaiting the next book, which, by the way, is The Scorch Trials and due out October 12, 2010.

So what about you? Feel free to leave a link if you have a Two-Sided Tuesday you’d like to share!