The Hunger Games Movie

Excellent cast!  I especially loved Woody Harrelson as Haymitch.  Stanley Tucci was excellent as Caesar Flickerman.  Great young cast as well.  I had my doubts about Jennifer Lawrence, but was unexpectedly pleased with her performance as Katniss.  As ever, Josh Hutcherson (one of my favorite young actors) played his role superbly.

I loved that the movie stayed mostly true to the book.  This is definitely one I'll buy on DVD!

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

A science fiction twist on the Cinderella fairy tale.  In the future, over a hundred years after the Fourth World War, Cinder is a cyborg living with the adoptive mother who never wanted her.  Cinder works as a mechanic in a world that distrusts and looks down on cyborgs, a world that is battling a disease called Letumosis, a world that is struggling to maintain a fragile peace with the Lunar queen Levana. 

I loved this book and had a hard time putting it down.  Three more books are planned.