Hunger Games 6-18

While reading chapter 6 through 18 of the Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins I thought it was very intense and suspenseful. I never have read this book before, so it was something new to me. Well....I do enjoy the book a lot, but it is not something I would usually read just for fun. One of my favorite chapters is chapter 16. In chapter 16 Katniss begins to try to figure out how to destroy the Careers' items while Rue sleeps. In the morning Rue is woken up to the sound of a cannon going off, which then leads to another tribute that has died. Then Katniss gets all the information possible from Rue about the Carreers' camp that she possibly can. During this whole process Katniss learns a lot about Rue, which is that she is the oldest of six children. When reading through this chapter and this point in the book I found it to be very interesting because I only have one younger sibling and having to live with 5 more would be a lot. Let alone so much action and activities is going on that having all these other siblings running around just seems like a lot of confusion. Rue and Katniss then figure out how to get rid of all the Careers' items by building some campfires to redirect the Careers. I found this to be much more intense while reading it, but it just does not seem real at all and that it is another reason why I am not a huge fan of the book. I will continue to read the rest of the book....maybe I will end up really loving it!