"En Llamas", ¡ya en cines!

¡Chic@s!

Lo siento en el alma.
Pretendía haber publicado esta entrada allá por finales de Noviembre, que es cuando se estrenó en el cine, pero no fue el caso. Así que, bueno... ¡mejor tarde que nunca! :)

Por fin ha llegado la esperada secuela a "Los Juegos del Hambre" de Suzanne Collins a la gran pantalla, ¡y de qué manera!

La opinión general (en la cual me incluyo) es que se han tocado la liga con esta entrega, ¡menuda adaptación!
Han conseguido reflejar el libro -prácticamente- a la perfección. Por ello, mis felicitaciones al equipo. :)

Y, como de costumbre, os cuento un "poquillo" de qué va.
Katniss Everdeen. Tributo del distrito 12 de Panem (que ahora que estudio latín me he enterado que significa "PAN"; ¡ja, ja!) para los 74º Juegos del Hambre.
Junto con Peeta Mellark, su compañero, ganan los Juegos. Por primera vez dos personas ganan unos juegos en los que la lucha entre los concursantes es a muerte y sólo sobrevive uno. Esto causa una revolución, pues ellos fuerzan al Capitolio a darles el podio a ambos tras una serie de circunstancias. Se convierten en el símbolo de revueltas en los distritos, pues la gente ve en ellos la esperanza de que, si unen sus fuerzas, pueden ser libres de nuevo y salir de la opresión del Capitolio.
"En llamas" es la segunda entrega en la que, contra todo pronóstico, los tributos para los 75º Juegos del Hambre son elegidos del conjunto de tributos ganadores de cada distrito, por ser el tercer "Quarter Quell". La traducción sería "Cuarto de apaciguamiento" o algo parecido... No sé cómo lo pondrán en la versión en castellano.
Esta evasiva busca eliminarlos del mapa pero... ¿podrá el Capitolio con ellos?

Es una gran película y todavía está en cines, ¡a ver si podéis verla!
La traducción del título no me convence... "Catching Fire" sería "prendiendo", ¿no? Guarda más relación con la evolución de la historia... Pero bueno, también es verdad que "En llamas" es un título más agradable. :)

Os dejo el tráiler y el póster,

¡un beso!

Miriam

English books: "Mockingjay"

Guys! Two days ago I finished reading "Mockingjay"!

As a teacher of mine would say, .... I don't remember what I was about to tell you. That's because my mother forced me to take a shower before continuing!! It's her fault, don't blame me ;) Ah! I just remembered.

As a teacher of mine would say, "Amaaaaaaaaaazing" ;) Weird, eh?

Well, to the point. This last amaaaaaaaaaazing, astonishing and incredible novel to finish "The Hunger Games trilogy" tells us how Katniss Everdeen is saved from the arena by the rebels, leaving Peeta behind to the Capitol. She misses him so badly she agrees to be the revolution's face just for the rebels to save him.

This novel tells us about the hard times Katniss spends trying to decide between Gale and Peeta, trying to be strong and secure to give hopes to people living in Panem, trying to destroy the Capitol, trying to find out who really tries to help the people suffering the injustices of their leaders... Trying to be a superhero. But as she's not she will have quite a few problems resolving everything.

In the middle, president Snow seems to want to try to hurt her in anyway as possible, by hurting the people she loves and so hurting her at the same time.

Although we all know Katniss is strong, will she survive this? How many people she will lose? Will she ever be able to regain what she loses?

You'll find out soon enough if you just do... read the book ;)

Hope you found it interesting, I'm leaving you its information:

Title: Mockingjay

Printer: Scholastic Press

Author: Suzanne Collins

Cover design: Phil Falco

Collection design: Scholastic Press

Parts of the book: 388

Well, as I do not have the praise for this book I suppose that's all. Hope you read it soon, it's really amazing, ASTONISHING!

Hey, for you to know: I've been writing this post for two or three days in a row, I didn't have time to finish it. So I finished the book... about four days ago =)

 

Yours,

Miriam.

English books: Catching Fire

Hey, guys! Here I am again, just writing for you to read my posts. Well, about two days ago I finished... "Catching Fire"! This is the second book of THE HUNGER GAMES, in the one Suzanne Collins achieves to retrieve our attention towards a fantastic experience once more.

In this new tome, Katniss Everdeen has just returned from the Hunger Games to district twelve with Peeta Mellark . Their "supposed romance" finishes from the moment in the one the cameras leave them alone. They're distant, although Peeta's love towards our "Girl on Fire" is real.

What will happen? When they're about to start the Victory Tour through all the districts in Panem, Katniss "welcomes" President Snow, the head of the Capitol, to her house. He will advice her on what is to come, a really dangerous fact.

Katniss will try to protect everyone she loves from the rebellion act she started while the end of the last Hunger Games, in the one she decided to dye with Peeta rather than kill him and return home, which meant the Hunger Games wouldn't have a victor that year.

The Capitol stopped them and now people in the districts have discovered they (supposedly) can win their government and so they're starting to start revolutions  from themselves towards the Capitol.

But this year the fiftieth anniversary of the Hunger Games takes place, and the Capitol has prepared something especial to commemorate the occasion. Wanna learn what it is?

So sorry, read "Catching Fire"!

I leave you the praise for "The Hunger Games", so you'll see how much potential it has:

"The Hunger Games is a violent, jarring speed-rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense... I couldn't stop reading."

- Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly

 "I was so obsessed with this book I had to take it with me out to dinner and hide it under the edge of the table so I wouldn't have to stop reading. The story kept me up for several nights in a row, because even after I was finished, I just lay in bed wide awake thinking about it... The Hunger Games is amazing."

- Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga

"Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced... Engrossing."

- John Green, New York Times Book Review

"A plot-driven blend of suspense, science fiction, and romance."

-USA Today

Now the praise for "Catching Fire"...:

"Whereas Katniss kills with finesse, Collins writes with raw power."

- Time magazine

"Collins has done that rare thing. She has written a sequel that improves upon the first book."

- The New York Times Book Review

Well, now the information on the paperback...:

Title: Catching Fire

Printer: Scholastic Press

Author: Suzanne Collins

Cover design: Phil Falco

Collection design: Scholastic Press

Parts of the book: 3 (and there's a book before this and another one after)

Pages of the story: 391

See you and hope you enjoy it!

Miriam

English books: The Hunger Games

Guys! I've been waiting to write about this book the whole afternoon! (Since I finished the book at mid-day ;).

Well, let's talk about it!

"The Hunger Games", a novel by Suzanne Collins, New York Times Bestselling Author.

I don't know where to start! Let's see, perhaps from the beginning?

This novel is about Katniss Everdeen, a girl who lives in District 12 in the nation of Panem.

Panem is ruled by a Capitol, the one rules over twelve different districts.

The Capitol (as the book well says) is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them to send each year a boy and a girl between twelve and eighteen to be the tributes representing their district in the Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games are a fight to death between the twenty four tributes (each player from the districts) in the ones there can be just one winner. Furthermore it's a TV program, televised to every people in the districts.

The Hunger Games are always feared by people, as the parents fear that their children will be selected in the reaping and leaded to the bloodiest fight to death.

In district twelve, the poorest of them all, Katniss Everdeen, a girl of sixteen which takes care of Prim (his sister of twelve) and his mother, presents herself as volunteer for tribute in an attempt to save her sister Prim who's been selected at their reaping.

She will go to the Capitol with Peeta Mellark, the boy tribute from her district and she will get prepared for the games. What will happen with them? Will she survive and be the one winner of these Seventy-fourth Hunger Games?

Discover it by reading this amazing and astonishing book!

It reads like this:

Once I'm on my feet, I realize escape might not be so simple.

Panic begins to set in. I can't stay here. Flight is essential.

But I can't let my fear show.

WINNING MEANS FAME AND FORTUNE. LOSING MEANS CERTAIN DEATH. THE HUNGER GAMES HAVE BEGUN...

I leave you it's information for you to find it:

Title: The Hunger Games

Printer: Scholastic Press

Author: Suzanne Collins

Cover design: Phil Falco

Collection design: Scholastic Press

Parts of the book: 3 (and there are two books more)

Pages of the story: 374

I read one part of the book per day, it was so interesting I couldn't stop myself!

You may feel the same, enjoy it!

Miriam