I have three teenage sons. I work full time as a freelance writer. I cook and clean and take care of my family. I am always hungry… and I deserve Mockingjay so that I can keep myself in Katniss-like shape to continue keeping up with my crazy life!

My plan to "get hungry" includes waiting outside Books of Wonder on 8/23 and be first in line to get stamped by Suzanne Collins!

sithereandread (at) gmail (dot) com

I'll skip lunch for a month! milou2ster(at)gmail.com

I get hungry for Mockingjay… I diet and take exercise to make myself fit for the next Hunger Games instalment. Plus, I read plenty of other books. Mainly dystopias, to keep with the theme. (But I'd much rather read Mockingjay, if it were available already).

Alessandra
outofblue1(at)gmail(dot)com

I've reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire 4 times, and have been writing unit lessons to present this to a class of high school students from the side of the Capitol or the Districts (student choice to illicit good class discussions!) I'd love a copy to share with my class!! gdcribbs at aol dot com

Ever since I read "Hunger Games" I was hungry for more. Then I read "Catching Fire" and still was not sated. I guess what I'm saying is that I've been starving for "Mockingjay" since I finished the first two books; and the hunger never goes away since I re-read them every so often while I wait for August 24, 2010.

WOW – Book 3! Coming out just in time for school to start and the approximately 900 middle school students in my school will run into our library and drive me crazy asking about "Mockingjay" and I'll have to tell them they have to wait 'till we get money in September, then order it, and wait for it to arrive! I am already H.U.N.G.R.Y. for "Mockingjay" just thinking about the wait for the kids!

ive been hungry for mockingjay since i finished catching fire!!!

purplebookworm02(at)aim(dot)com

These books brought my teenage son, my tweenie daughter and me together. After my son read the books, he begged his sister to read them because he wanted someone to talk to about them. Then in turn she and he requested I read them. I am so thankful I listened. These books can be read on such different levels and what I took from the books compared to what my children did was fascinating. We hunger for that deep level discussion that only a great book can provide. I am just worried about what mini hunger games we might have to have to see who gets to read "MockingJay" first. .

I'm already "hungry" for this book The hunger started months ago. I am getting anyone who hasn't read the first two to read them and then I have more people to talk to about them. I even loan out my books, which is hard because I am very picky about the care of my books. Counting the days and filling my time reading.

I plan to get hungry by re-reading the first two books! I'll be starved for Mockingjay!

jpetroroy at gmail dot com

I've been hungry for this third book ever since I closed the last page on the first book! I've been getting hungrier by re-reading the series, reading the Scholastic blogs and articles online, having very serious and heated "team Peeta vs. team Gale" discussions with friends, and of course, training like a Career.

I plan on re-reading the first two books and I'm also giving a way a copy of the first two books on my blog so I can get another reader "hungry" for Mockingjay!
I'm so psyched for this book, it's unbelieveable!

Thanks SO much for the giveaway!

Food Strike until Mockingjay is in my hands!!!!!

onceupontwilight(at)live.com

To get hungry for Mockingjay, I am going to re-read "Hunger Games" and "Catching Fire" on August 23rd and then go stand in line at Barnes and Noble at midnight, salivating for a copy of "Mockingjay."

I am so hungry for Mockingjay!!! I am in training for the Hunger Games or to fight in the revolution. 3 miles a day and just added riding a bike. My training also gets me ready for the long line on Aug 23, if I don't win.

Amy_Deatherage@yahoo.com

I cannot wait for Mockingjay! I have already reread the books. I tried to read them slowly but of course i couldnt stop once I had started! Now Im sharing the book with my sister so we can talk about it! :]

Katniss,
I can't wait until you visit my house again!

I've worked myself into a salivating stage by telling friends just enough about The Hunger Games and Catching Fire to make them hungry for Mockingjay too…!!

I've been hungry for Mockingjay since The Hunger Games. I love the series and have made my friend's son read them.

I am hungry to find out what happens next and to continue finding books that motivate my struggling and reluctant reader students.

I am always hungry! I workout like crazy with the insanity program.. I have three kiddos, and a husband. I am also a full time film student..

I plan to get "hungry" for Mockingjay by going to the Books of Wonder midnight release, having intense Gale vs Peeta discussions, and by rereading HG/CF.

Cool video though!! The archery was awesome. Maybe I should get myself a set as welll….

I've been Hungry for Mockingjay since I finished Catching Fire! I can't wait to see what happens next, and I'm excited to be able to offer the entire series to my students!!

Let's see . . . to read CATCHING FIRE, I flew to Germany and borrowed Lenore's ARC.

Therefore, to get hungry for MOCKINGJAY, I must circumnavigate the globe, sharing the gospel of YA lit wherever I have layovers.

inbedwithbooks AT yahoo DOT com

I get hungry everytime I try guessing what's going to happen in Mockingjay! I'll be busy theorizing all the way up to the release.
aab003(@)lvc(.)edu

I'm getting hungry by reading all these great updates and reviews on your blog! HSlater351@aol.com

I'm getting hungry by rereading the first two books and entering online giveaways!

ashadilip2000(at)gmail(dot)com

I have been waiting to reread again Hunger Games and Catching Fire (I starved myself of them all summer!) so I am good and hungry for Mockingjay when it comes!

I'm getting hungry by going on every book blog website I can find and reading reviews on Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and sometimes even Mockingjay.

I have already insisted that my planned roadtrip — during which the book comes out — must include a stop at the bookstore on that day, and I just may not see much scenery for the next day until I've read it.

I will have my copy reserved, my travel mug cleaned and ready, and my glasses all shiny and spot-free. My calendar and my husband's calendar both have "Shh – Alison's Reading" on it for the release day!

I'm planning a hunger games release party for the teens (and me) at our public library. It is a perfect excuse to spend many hours thinking of HG at work. Also, my husband and I have started fighting over who will get to read Mockingjay first, might have to buy extra copies.

I've been gobbling up Hunger Games Fanfiction and hosted a fanfic contest called, Countdown to Mockingjay!

i have re and reread The Hunger Games and Catching fire 8 times, i have joined at least 6 different hunger games books, NOT including all the pages on Facebook, I have put myself in the mind of every character (and have climbed trees, ate berry's of a bush for a day) I have numerous heated discussions in forums over how the books will end and the actions of certain characters, i have been in their minds, I am hungry for Mockingjay as hungry as I am for revenge for the Capitol.

I may be one of the only book bloggers that hasn't read the first two books, so I'm planning to "get hungry" by devouring the other books and by trying to figure out what all this talk about districts and teams really means before the Mockingjay release.

I'll make a sandwich!

My daughter and I have been hungry for Mockingjay since we finished the last book. My daughter is a cross country and track runner and she gets hungry by thinking of ways Katniss can survive in the arena as she herself trains to run. I am getting hungry by thinking of the possible ways that Suzanne Collins can take the characters and therefore us as readers on this wonderful aned exciting journey with Katniss and everyone in all of the districts.

I'm so hungry I misqoute cartoons!
"Just what I always wanted – my very own Mockingjay – I will name it, George and I will hug it and pet it and squeeze it!"

It boggles my mind just looking at them. I will patiently bide my time while creating posters for the Hunger Games. I am a horrible graphics designer so I draw by hand. I have finished the 74th Games Arena map and am starting on the 75th. It's so fun deciding what the other hours on the clock are….

My son and I are already so hungry for the new book. We're planning on re-reading them together starting tomorrow. Can't wait for the new one.

I'm getting hungry for the next book by entering every Hunger Games related giveaway that I can find! And I'm totally going to be at that store the first day to buy it, too.

Thank you for the giveaway!

anthy_stl [ATT] yahoo [DOTT] com

I'm getting hungry waiting for the final installment. I've tried putting my name on the wait list at my local library and I would have been about #2,000. I decided I would have to "starve" a little longer. I plan to end my starvation when I get my hands on a copy hopefully in Oct.

Carol
carol dot marchi at att dot net

My plan to "get hungry" is keeping up with all of the book stops and pre-ordering the Mockingjay!

I plan to get hungry by reading the first two books in the series so I'll be ready for Mockingjay.

dlodden at frontiernet dot net

I plan to pore over every detail in the previous books, especially Catching Fire, so I can be prepared for the third book. I'll also be talking about with all of my family members and friends who've read the series so far and recommend it to anyone who hasn't.

truthfully4 at hotmail dot com

Well, I'll be on a diet for August, so I'll naturally be hungry. Ugh.

I will be re-reading THE HUNGER GAMES and CATCHING FIRE before MOCKINGJAY is released, so that should get me good and hungry!

I plan to get "hungry" by rereading the first and second book. And going to the New York Midnight Release party at book of wonders.

Carorada07@yahoo.com

I can't wait for Mockingjay! My sister was telling me about Hunger Games and I put my name on a waiting list at the library. I kept hearing more about it and decided I'd better buy the book. I finished it the next day, rushed to get Catching Fire before the store closed and read it the next day. I'm hungry for more!!

obviously, i'm also re-reading 'the hunger games' and 'catching fire' and picking up more details and nuances along the way since i already know how they end. i'm still enjoying them as if i were reading them for the first time!
i want to read 'mockingjay' so badly RIGHT NOW! >< this hunger is quite unbearable…so antsy…

hkkimx3@gmail.com

I'm busy teaching a class of 28 third graders. That takes a lot of energy so I am always hungry. Would love to able to read Mockingjay in my "free time"

My plan is to re-read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire and hope there is a midnight release!

bacchus76 at myself dot com

Mockingjay coming out the week of my birthday seemed like the best present ever. Then I scored tickets to meet Suzanne Collins at Oblong Books the day before I my birthday (the last day of my twenties). Now the decision: do I read it before I meet her or wait for that sweet stamped copy? I'm hungry for it!

I've been hungry to read Mockingjay ever since the day I read Hunger Games and Catching Fire! If I could go to US (that day I'll be studying abroad in Japan) I'd be the first one in the closest bookstore to get the book!!!

I get "hungry" by reading a lot of books! I look forward to be even more "hungry" when I get a chance to read Mockingjay.

I'm getting hungry for Mockingjay by rereading all the books in great anticipation!

Well, I'll be fasting for Ramadan, so getting hungry? Won't be a problem

I've been hungry for Mockingjay since finishing CF. I can't wait to read it!

for months I've been telling people I'm preparing for a marathon, but really, I'm getting ready for the games. Give me a hammer, a parachute, and a backpack with Mockingjay inside and I'm good to go.

I'm going to "fast" and not read the books again until Aug 22nd then I will end my Hunger Games Fast by devouring books one and two right before the release of Mockingjay. So excited!!

i'm going to be getting hungry for it by rereading hunger games and catching fire over and over again until i have both books basically memorized

pinktooth2(at)yahoo(dot)com

I want to make sure that the release of Mockingjay will be as epic-ally awesome as it deserves to be. To stay hungry for the third book, I'm going to make sure that the week before the release is as miserable as I can make it. 1.)I'm going to hire my friends to constantly bring up the series, so that I have no time to forget how excited I am. 2.) I'm going to read "The Hunger Games" and "Catching Fire", then I'm going to read the last chapter of "Catching Fire" every morning and every night before I go to bed, so I'm constantly reliving that "OMG, that is NOT a full ending" feeling. 3.) I'm going to fill my cupboards with foods that will remind me of the series. For example: Cinna-stix, "Peeta" bread – and even Catnip. As far as physically wearing myself out? That week is marching band camp here at USU… That's sure to take care of me.

I'm working on my archery skills – taking down five moving targets like Katniss did is REALLY hard! I'm afraid if I had to rely on my hunting skills I would be "getting real hungry"!
Luckily I'm just hungry for Mockingjay!

Crafting! I'm rereading and joining a HG-themed swap on Craftster. TEAM CINNA!!

My Plan to get "hungry" for the new book Mockingjay in the Hunger games series is to 1)Keep rereading the Hunger Games books over and over until I get my hands on Mockingjay 2)Physically train my body in preperation for Mockingjay 3) Get a bow and arrows and learn how to shoot them so I can be just like Katniss!!! Totally AWESOMENESS!!!

I'll fast for 9 days!

I'm headed out of the country on a mission trip with my church, working with the poorest of the poor – I'm thinking that will definitely work up my appetite for Mockingjay!

Well I've been hosting a read-a-long in a small LiveJournal community aptly named OurDistrict13. I've also taken part in the Hunger Games discussion posts on Scholastic's Book Talk read-a-long. AND I've participated in many twitter discussions over the books and characters. Yet, after all of that…I AM STILL HUNGRY!!! In fact, I think I'm just more worked up!

Unfortunately, my first day of class is on the morning of the 24th. As soon as I can escape, I'm running to Barnes and Nobles or the nearest bookstore to pick up a copy of Mockingjay. I hope they don't sell out! (but if they do, I pre-ordered a copy from amazon )

Me and my friends are sitting here doing nothing.

We arent dieting, we arent planning for mockingjay.

We are just waiting patiently

We honestly are shocked that its almost August 24.

And that is all that is making us hungry

Ari
teensactuallyread@gmail.com

How am I getting hungry?
Oh, I'll tell ya how.
I'm practicing the art of staying up all night, ignoring people all day, and the most important ignore all school work.
And when I succeed at this, I will be able to spend one night up late to buy the book, read it all up to 6 am, then go to school, while thinking about the book the whole time. (When I should be learning spelling and grammer, which I suck at) Then come home spend the rest of the time finishing the book!
I AM SO HUNGRY! RAWR!!

Ever since I finished Catching Fire, I've been starving for Mockingjay! I'll be even more "hungry" after sitting through my first week of college classes.

Personally, I've been hungry for Mockingjay since I read the last word of Catching Fire, but if i needed to get hungrier, i'd starve myself of bread and cake so I can fully appreciate Peeta while I'm reading his fate. I'm a die-hard fan who happens to be a librarian and have spread The Hunger Games around my school and the library community…spreading the hunger, for the last two years. TEAM PEETA FOREVER!!!

I'll be heading down south to college so I'll be looking for all the nearest bookstores to buy my copy when it opens.

I've been hungry since I finished the last book. I'll get hungry by starting a revolution!

I've got a fever, and the only cure is MOCKINGJAY!

I bought myself a bow a few weeks ago and I plan on beating the heat by getting out in the woods for some target practice. All in good fashion for starting a rebellion.

And maybe making some delicious lamb stew on the side.

I've got dozens and dozens of students already hooked — and I know what they will want to be doing on the 24th — reading Mocking Jay!

I did not sleep for 24 hours so I could continue to read the first 2 books. For Mockingjay I plan on reading them together!! I am so hungry for Mockingjay!!

I'm so hungry for Mockingjay I have not been able to pick up and read another book outside the series since I put Catching Fire down. That's saying something considering how long the 2nd book has been out. Nothing compares! Feed me Mockingjay!

I admit, I borrowed a friend's copy of The Hunger Games on a lark. When I finally put it down, I was so amazed that I immediately ran to the nearest bookstore and bought both it and Catching Fire. Needless to say, I am already 'hungry' enough for Mockingjay. Not only am I ready to find out what happens, but it's a great way to kick off the new semester!

I got the audiobooks for Hunger Games and Catching Fire from the library, finished both in a week! Love the series and cannot wait to see Suzanne Collins when she comes to Chicago in October! What a great b-day gift

Some of my 8th grade students told me I HAD to read Hunger Games. So this summer I did, then I read Catching Fire almost right after it. When I finished Catching Fire I quickly logged onto my library's website to put Mockingjay on hold and was astonished to find out it was not yet published!!! And the hold list was 2000 something. Man, am I hungry???!!!! It will be ages before it's my turn to check out the book. I sure wish it would magically appear on my doorstep on August 20.

How do I plan to get hungry, you ask? By not eating until Mockingjay comes out.
Or… Maybe I could just encourage my friends to read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire

To get hungry for Mockingjay, I'm gonna reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire!

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I have been "hungry" for Mockingjay since I finished Catching fire. But I will in the next week or so! Just to make sure I'm ready!

I'm one of the fans who's been here since the start…and I CAN'T WAIT FOR MOCKINGJAY!!! I'm going to re-read the first two books (since I never get tired of them anyway) and wear any Hunger Games things I'm hoping to get for my birthday in two days. Then if I don't win this, heading to the bookstore on the 24th to buy me a copy!! =]

I've been babysitting little kids all summer. That is certainly a hungry-making business. Its like actually being a mom, except that when their actual mom gets back, I get to go home, and crash, and maybe reread the Hunger Games and Catching Fire if I'm lucky
Also, I just realized that if I won, this would be the first thing that I get shipped to my new apartment. August 24th will be right after I move in. Moving into the apartment will certainly help make me hungry as well!

(PS: Do we have to put our email address here? Or can you find out our email address from our comment?)

I'm going to re-read the first two books in the series to "get hungry" for Mockingjay. Of course, since my copies have been permanently "borrowed" by my son and his friend, I will need to get them from the library or buy replacements at the bookstore first!

overdolibrarian at gmail dot com

I work at Hot Topic and since we're getting in all sorts of Hunger Games merchandise, I'll be buying all sorts of really awesome stuff. I already have the first shirt we received, white with the mockingjay symbol and it says "Down With The Capitol". And I'm also planning to host a party before the release of Mockingjay and also before the release of the movie. I've already bought multiple copies of The Hunger Games so that I can spread the love to my friends and now they're all addicted too!

I've been hungry for this book since the first one came out! To prepare I'm putting together a trivia game for a Hunger Games party with my students.

Ever since I read Hunger Games on August 29th, 2009, I was desperate for more. Luckily, my librarian was giving away an ARC of Catching Fire. I had the book in my hands two days before most others did.

The moment the words "END OF BOOK TWO" flashed on the bottom of the page, I knew I was screwed. I literally jumped up and said, "I have to tell someone about this."

Reading the Hunger Games is like an emotional roller-coaster. You feel the ups-and-downs of life in District 12, fighting in the arena, forging relationships with the other characters, puzzling over new revelations and mysteries, laughing, crying and falling in love with the beautifully depressing and dark world Suzanne Collins created.

I am so enamored with the series that I plan on making it the first book we read during book club (Which resumes in September – lucky ducks! They don't have to wait for a year for Mockingjay!) I forced my friend to take my copy home and wouldn't talk to her until she read it. By that point, she was a goner as well.

The Hunger Games has made me a lot more aware of my body, my mind and my surroundings. I enjoy taking longer walks and getting exercise so if the time comes, I might be a bit prepared for fights to the death. I have never been hungry like Katniss has (Never for food that is. Hungry for human contact, for hope, for a night without dreaming, a world where I don't have to worry about my family and friends… Those I hunger for.) but now I consider what I eat, and how others do. It's a shame really that some of us have so much that we have to throw it away while others have so little that they can barely make it through the day.

I may not be as stubborn as the Girl on Fire. Or as passionate as the Boy With the Bread. But I know what it's like to want something, and I want a copy of Mockingjay. Unlike Katniss, I'll say: PLEASE?

taylortheturtle1@gmail.com
taylortheturtle1{at}gmail{dot}com

One word to summarize the Hunger Games trilogy: beast.

I don't really have to do anything to get hungry, I'm already there!! I am so dang excited for this book to come out. I haven't been this excited for a book in a really long time. I've been counting down the days for the past few months. THG has become one of my favorite series. I absolutely love it!

I'm going to get hungry by reading the first two books: TWICE! Then I'm going to draw illustrations of specific scenes and/or characters from the books.

I'm eating for two! I am constantly hungry!

I am planning on getting some of the merchandise from Hot Topic and going to Walmart at midnight so that I can get it – on the first day of school.

I am getting hungry by rereading the first 2 books and participating in lots of contests and buying lots of Hunger Games products and supplies.

I get hungry for Mockingjay by scouting out my local library daily in search of other Hunger Game fans, and when they reach for that ubber book they recieve and Onslaught of PAIN! FOR I SHALL BE THE VICTOR OF THE HUNGER GAMES!! I SHALL WINNNNNNnnnnn! yep, im very hungry for VICTORY! GO KATNISS! Woot-Woot!

i am going to get hungry for Mockingjay by rereading both books while fasting! all in honor on THG – GO KATNISS!

I plan to "get hungry" by staring at the Mockingjay cover as the days come, rereading the books, counting down the days, skipping out on dessert, and screaming out to people that Mockingjay's coming out in __ days!!!

I plan to GET HUNGRY by working out at the gym every morning to get in physical shape, and reading every night to be in tip top mental shape and be fully prepared to be randomly selected to win a copy of MockingJay!!!

Woohooo let the games begin!

I plan to GET HUNGRY by working out at the gym every morning to get in physical shape, and reading every night to be in tip top mental shape and be fully prepared to be randomly selected to win a copy of MockingJay!!!

Woohooo let the games begin!

My plant to GET HUNGRY is rereading the Hunger Games series. Then the night before the release waiting with my friends on the sidewalk outside of the bookstore. I hope I get picked!

May the odds be ever in your favor!

I plan to get hungry by promoting the book to my middle school library visitors, possibly a food drive, mock tribute trials, book reviews on morning news show at school, blog about, tweet about it, show book trailer, and impatiently await the third chapter

When I read the first installment of the Hunger Games, i was utterly in love with it. I started it at 12 am on a Saturday, and stayed up to read it until 6am (non-stop) and finished the book. I did practically the same with Catching Fire. I've been hungry for Mockingjay ever since I finished Catching Fire, and plan to stay that way until my hunger is sated. So my plan to get hungry is..to stay as starving as ever.

My daughters and I have been hungering for Mockingjay since we finished reading Catching Fire. I read the books first and told my daughters about them and they loved them when they read them. We have been starving for Mockingjay since then. We may need to get three books instead of one so we aren't fightiung over who will get to read them first – maybe have our own "Hunger Games" to see who gets to read the book first!!!

My "hunger" for Mockingjay has been growing at an exponential rate. To quell it to nearly-tolerable levels, I've been distracting myself by creating Hunger Games themed jewelry to wear to the midnight release party in NYC. Distraction only goes so far, however. The gnawing, relentless agony will constantly eat away at my soul until August 24 arrives to quench it.

I can't wait to get my hands on Mockingjay! I am re-reading Hunger Games and Catching Fire so I'll be very "hungry" for Mockingjay. I plan on standing in line to get the book when it's released. Unless it's being delievered to me, that is.

I'm so excited. I've already re-read Hunger Games and Catching Fire a couple of months ago, but I'm about to pick them both up agian to prepare for Mockingjay. I like to try to finish the previous book the day before the next arrives so its all fresh, but sometime I get so into it I finish a little early because of course I can't put any of the Hunger Games books down! Looking forward to Mockingjay!

A friend told me about Hunger Games a while ago so I put in a hold at the library for the first available copy. A MONTH LATER! I still didn't get it. So I just decided I would buy it. Wouldn't you know what came in the next day? yep. So then I had to go buy Catching Fire as soon as possible because I had to know what was going to happen. And I was SOOOO happy to find out that Mockingjay was coming out the end of August. I was starving for Hunger Games and I had to take the situation into my own hands. I feel that Mockingjay is my reward for having survived. hehe

Oh man I have been waiting on this book so very long. I just cannot wait. I plan on re-reading the other two and forgetting that I had to wait a year for the book.

I have recommended this series to everyone I know. We are all obsessed! I cannot wait!

I am always ravenously hungry for a great read!!! We have had the appetizer and entree, now bring on dessert!!!

Hungry for this book after finishing both books in rapid succession! First recommended to my children by a good friend who also happens to be a Young Adult librarian, and then I became a big fan, too! Don't worry — I'll let the kids read Mockingjay — after I'm done with it!

I plan to dress up at Katniss (in public!) the day of the twenty-third. That includes a black jacket, green shirt, yoga pants (for running around better), leather boots, and a braid.

I'm hungry for this new book in the series because Suzanne Collins has concocted something truly special here. These books have everything you could ever want in a book. These books are a love story, a drama, a mystery, and action packed. However, more importantly they carry a bone-chilling truth to their theme. The truth being that if we as a country, as people, continue on this greedy path for "advancement" then we will surely regret it in our future. If not us then our kids, if not our kids then their kids, if not them then surely someone will have to deal with the consequences of our actions today.

I've reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire twice so that I'll know exactly what happened before Mockingjay. This is my all-time favorite book, and I've been waiting very impatiently for Mockingjay to come out.

You guys are AWESOME! I've reread both THE HUNGER GAMES and CATCHING FIRE in anticipation. Also, MOCKINJAY release the day AFTER my first day of school, and, last year, I found out our school has an archery club. I'm signing up on the first day of school in order to, as you say, channel my inner Katniss. I'm also going to be wearing my Mockingjay pin from Scholastic until the book releases. If it's not totally nerdy, I'm going to have my mom braid my hair, like Katniss, and am writing a fanfic for a contest on what part I would play in the uprising against the Capitol.

Great contest! Can't wait for MOCKINGJAY
barbrafl737 (at) yahoo (dot) com

My pin is ready… my mind is open… my heart will weep for all Districts … we await your call Katnis!!!!

I am a hard working librarian who recommends Hunger Games to people of all ages. PLEASE!

I will read my Mockingjay on the reference desk and mock every patron that doesn't have a copy. I will cackle.

I was hungry for more as soon as i starting reading the first book! then reading the second made my hunger even worse! to further progress my hunger i plan on re-reading both books 2 or 3 more times each, aand so that my hunger is perminantley instilled within me i plan on doing sports such as mountain biking and horseback riding(yes both are ACTUALLY SPORTS)

I would go on a killing spree (paintball war),re read all the books and finnish catching fire right befor mockingjay comes out,listen to all the jabberjay podcast (again),decorate my whole house with anything HG related, I would wear all the HG gear,borrow my freind’s bow and arrrow,and I would draw 24 mockingjays and give them to my closets friends.Oh and trust me I’m really going to do all of this. : )

I've read a marathon of hunger game series books, followed up by swimming through each of the audiobooks, talk-trekking through puddles of possibilities of what Mockingjay could entail on facebook and with my teens at the library, oh yeah… I'm hungry. Serve it up.

Sky King, Librarian

I don't plan to get "hungry" I've been hungry since I got finished reading "Catching Fire" eight months ago. : ) I really can't wait another day for the book!!!!

–Megan

My sister Laura kept telling me about this book called The Hunger Games. She said it was incredible and she mentioned it multiple times. I bought the book, but I am so busy with 6 kids, work and grad school that I didn't take the time to read it. Wow, what a fool I was! I decided to read the book this summmer and I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! Why did I wait so long? I stayed up early into the morning reading and then I had to rush out and buy Catching Fire!! I am now obsessed and I am famished for Mockingjay!! Please hurry August 24th!!!

I've got the e-books, audiobooks AND the hard cover books! I plan on re-reading and listening before Mockingjay comes out! I'm hungry for Hunger Games!

—tenisgurly@hotmail.com

i love the hunger games sooooo much! i have taken the day off of work and i am going to sit down and read the book nonstop. i'm shaking right now because i can't belive it's coming out in a few weeks! i'm hungry for hunger games

Really guys, is that ALL you got? I'm going to run on a tred mill all day while singing songs from Glee while reading the Hunger Games. Then I'll make maccaroni necklaces with Peeta's face on it, and then I'll make a matching bag! Then I'll head on over to the blender to make a protein shake I like to call Peeta-berry! What now?!

Staying hungry by reading the unofficial blogs and guessing the outcome of Mockingjay. And by skipping Greasy Sae's squirrel stew.

I plan to stay hungry by LARPING!

What's LARPING you ask?

Why, LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAYING!!

I'm not 100% sure who I'll be playing, of course, but after I reread Hunger Games and Catching Fire I will, most likely, grab a bunch of my most Hunger Games crazy friends and act out (most) of the books (the parts that CAN be acted out). Especially the ending of Book 2.

What? Larping is cool (in a really geeky thespian way)

i plan to get hungry by reading The hunger Games two weeks before mockingjay and Catching Fire a week before. Then on August 23th have a sleepover with three of my closest friends who i forced to read hunger games and are now totally in love with it. Then well probably end up fighting over who's better Gale or Peeta(Peeta FTW)

(Trying this again, abiding by the rules)…

I'm stoking my hunger for Mockingjay by going back and rereading The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. I'm developing cravings by talking conspiracy theory with my HG-fanatic friends. My stomach is rumbling as I choose theme songs for the characters and my favorite scenes. I'm experiencing Hollow Days in these last few moments leading up to Mockingjay's release. And I will sit down to feast on the 28th of August at a Book Club dedicated to Mockingjay (by then, I shall have been through Mockingjay at least twice!)
I can barely wait until Katniss takes flight! May the odds be ever in her favor!
susierosie97(at)gmail(dot)com

I first read this book as something to do but by the 2nd page i was hooked. i got involved in the book i found myself in tears. i couldnt put the book down and ppl started to get mad at me because i was so invloved with the book and couldnt pay attention to what anyone was saying.

susanne collins was a genius! she should all of katniss's emotion with such perfection. i found myself acting out some of the emotion.when peeta confessed his love for katniss i felt shocked stunned upset and extatic. the second he said he love her i scrame with joy then it settled with me…gale. poor gale though i am personaly team peeta, iv always been a fan of freindships turning out to be more. i feel that gale has loved her forsome time but never had the guts to say anything to her until he learned that he might lose her to peeta. i was upset because i thought his confesion was all for the games but whenhe told her the story back when they were little…and the girl in the red dress.i think they were perfet for each other the engagement but katniss,s fear of merrige then the bomb shell of the qurell i was crying so hard. the rebeling district 13 the capitol….it was perfect

catching fire is such a popular book and i was on 20 waiting lists for the book and on each i was number 13-26. once i got the book i read it 3 times and each time i cryed in all the same places.

im already on the waiting list at my library and bbookstore for mockingjay.

to prove how hungry i am im gonna be having a pure hunger games party and im gonna take everything off my wall and defote that whole wall to my hunger games obssetion. if i dont win this copy i dont kno wat id do because i want to prove that im the hunger games biggest fan id be absolutly devistated.

Katniss, the girl on fire, lit a slow burning fire of hunger in my belly in The Hunger Games and she fanned the flames, feeding them, in Catching Fire, to the point where I need the relief of the third, and final installment, Mockingjay, to tame this appetite that consumes my thoughts.

In the meantime, the tendrils of this fire spread to my family and friends, to anyone connected to my pages on social networks. I open my mouth and the famine for this series swells beyond the borders of my life and into the life of others. I know it's too late to contain, this fiery hunger is too strong, but the closure will bring reprieve, not only me, but for those I've contaminated as well.

I'm getting hungry by visiting the fansites often, entering any contest I can, finding any news on the movie, and counting down the days until the release of Mockingjay!

To "get hungry" for Mokingjay me, my brother, and two neighbors went in to the woods with planes to make a home video based of Katnesses experiences in the arena. But our planes where ruined when two people that were already in the woods started throwing rocks at us. So we never made the movie but felt like we where running for our lives. That is how we “got hungry” for Mokingjay!

I CHANGE MY MIND, I'LL DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING TO HAVE MOCKINGJAY!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!! OOH! IKNOW! I'll sharpie a Mockingjay onto my arm! and um… idk just about anything! PLEEEEAAAASE CAN I HAVE MOCKINGJAY??? XD

Yesterday, I bought a really, really cool Hunger Games shirt! (It has the mockingjay pin on the front and "Down with the Capitol" on the back!) I'm going to wear it with my Mockingjay pin (like Katniss!)everywhere I go on August 24th.
I'm going to re-read both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire before the release. (Probably that weekend. Non-stop Hunger Games!)
And I'm planning on baking cupcakes and icing them light blue and put the mockingjay pin on it. I start classes then so I'm not sure how my Mockingjay release will pan out. But I fully plan on partying in my head all day, dressing in my Hunger Games related merch, and eating cover inspired cupcakes with my sister!

I plan on reading The Hunger Games and Catching Fire again in preparation of Mockingjay. can't wait!!!!

Well I think the only sane answer would be to go looking for the Mockingjay :0 Nvm.. I have just been informed it does not exist. Further more! I shall bake a cake of this mysterious little non-existent bird and stare at it until the book comes out and enjoy it while a read the fabulous book with my somewhat real friends But of course I shall read the other two books once again and maybe idk we'll see stay up all 24 days until comes out sounds good ;p Workin out to get hungry!

I'm gonna get hungry by staying up the entire night of the 23/24 reading Hunger Games 1 and 2! Then I'm gonna go find me a Gale

Reread Catching Fire and The Hunger Games to make sure I'm all up to date and fresh for MOCKINGJAY!

I've managed to get all my friends including the non-readers to read books 1&2! My friend Rhys and I are gonna re-read them that week, and then bake some district 11 bread (Rue's district) to eat while we read our geeky hearts out on the 24th!! Team GALE!! bells DOT franco AT gmail DOT com

The way i'm going to "get hungry" for the release of Mockingjay is to re-read both the Hunger Games and Catching Fire but to also look for things I might have missed the first time I read those books and to watch all those amazing fan made trailers that are out they always get me excited! I will also try to figure out which boy I like Katniss better with. I have such a dilemma on my hand whenever it come to the topic! But i'll try to sort it out before the release of Mockingjay!

I'm already getting hungry for Mockingjay! I re-read the books and I'm reading The Hunger Games out loud to my sister everyday. It sucks that the book comes out the first day of school! I wish I could skip class that whole day and read it! Oh well, I'll have to find time between Geometry and Biology to read it!

sanjm95@live.com

my friends and i are counting down the release by having a huge party the day before, then we're going to tell everyone at school about the release, including the teacher who got us hooked on the series (she's probably as much of a fan as us). after school, i'm going to try to talk my mom into buying me a copy at the bookstore. it'd be much easier if it just arrived at my door!

I read so much and I plan to get hungry by waiting outside of the bookstore until midnight!!!!!!!!!

I plan to get hungry by rereading the books and going to our bookstore's midnight release party! So fun.

I'm 'getting hungry' rereading both books and by blogging with other fans of HungerGamesTrilogy.com.
If I win the book it will be turned around and offered on GHT as a essay prize. Since my 15 yr old son and I will be at Books of Wonders, NYC to get ours on the 23rd. Discussing these books has brought my son and I closer together.

I'm going to get down with the first two books and a box of cookies and marathon-read the series just before the release. I've got to remember everything for when the secrets are revealed in 'Mockingjay'!

alicexmona@gmail.com

Im so ready to "get hungry" for MOCKINGJAY:) that im counting down the days even though it means AUG 24 is my first day back to school:( but i dont care as long as i have the 3rd book!!!!!!!! ))))- crystal

I teach HS and school starts on August 25th! Please gift me a copy of Mockingjay so I can celebrate my last day of vacation, August 24th, in the most wonderful way possible…reading this much awaited title. Then I can be the coolest in school when I share the book with student fans.

I'm getting hungry for the Hunger Games by reading only dystopians, starting today (August 1st). That includes rereading The Hunger Games and Catching Fire as many times as possible I'm keeping myself up-to-date on absolutely everything to do with Katniss' world! I even bought a 'Down with the Capitol' t-shirt the other day and have worn it pretty much everyday since, with no shame Well, aside from the smell… hehe.

Oh yes, here is my email! claireellegirl@gmail.com

Oh, I'm baking bread, painting cakes, and shooting arrows.

I'm Mockin' Jays, and Trackin' Jackers.

I'm counting deaths, and wishing them stars.

Climbing trees, singing songs, healing hearts.

It's Snowing I know it; I'm HUNGRY.

Taste of blood, smell of roses, I'm HUNGRY.

I'm steaming from my seams, I'm at boiling point, Catching Fire; I'm HUNGRY

The Games have just begun.

I'll pick a berry, any berry, cause now I'm hopeless.

I'm starving, I'm hungry, I've become Hunger.

Searching for eyes as blue as ice.

I'm ready,

I'm HUNGRY,

Feed me

Death…

I won't stop until the familiar fragrence of bread graces my nostrils with its presence once again,

Forever, until I dream a dream filled with nothing but a distant knowledge of death.

No One Will Ever Know

I'm HUNGRY.

GET hungry? GET hungry!?! Are you crazy?! I've been FAMISHED since I finished Catching Fire!

I plan on re-reading both books, I've already turned a bunch of my friends on to them, and I'm looking into buying a Mockingjay pin that I can wear at ALL times.

I'm constantly searching the net for news about the book, the planned movie, anything I can get my grubby mitts on to keep my tied over until Mockingjay comes out!

I'm already starving to dive back into the world of Panem, feed a poor hungry fat kid…please?

disturbeddetective17(at)gmail(dot)com

I plan to get hungry by working out more, practicing archery and knot-tying, and also I'll skip lunch until MOCKINGJAY comes out! I'm also really excited because August 24th is my Birthday, and so I have been hungry for the 3rd book ever since I finished the 2nd. I was planning to run do Borders the minute we finished opening presents, and grab the book. I'm just scared because they might be all out.

I've been hungry for Mockingjay since reading The Hunger Games and Catching Fire! The hunger won't be subsided until I get that book!
I need to find out if Katniss choosed Peta or Gale! I hope I win the delivery to my door so I can start reading the very morning it comes out!
Shellsweets@gmail.com

I plan to get hungry by working out more, practicing archery and knot-tying, and also I'll skip lunch until MOCKINGJAY comes out! I'm also really excited because August 24th is my Birthday, and so I have been hungry for the 3rd book ever since I finished the 2nd. I was planning to run do Borders the minute we finished opening presents, and grab the book. I'm just scared because they might be all out.

andrew.prevatte@gmail.com

Ready for Mockingjay. Been hungry already for something awesome to read, and "starving" to find out how it ends. Will get hungry by rereading the previous books, making sure I have the $$ to buy it, and by practicing my rabbit hunting. Right.

I've been suffiently hungery for Mockingjay since I read the Catching Fire ARC last July. Obviously I need to reread both Hunger Games and Catching Fire the weekend before the 24th. I will also need to write some substitute plans so that I can call in sick on release day, pick up Mockingjay from my local children's bookstore and sit at the awesome bar next to the bookstore reading and drinking all day long!

I am going to have a hunger games PARTY! and read all the books with my friends! then get up super early to be the first in line for MOCKING JAY! I CANT WAIT!! XD

I would love to win "The Mockingjay"!!! I'm so having a hunger games party! this series is just amazing. As a teen guy, it can be hard to find a series that really catches my eye. But I instantly loved this series

I enter school a day before the book comes out, I'm sure I'll be starving to get this book by then.

I plan to "get hungry" for the third book by eating wild fruits and berries, like Katnis! (Unfortunately, I don't know how to hunt!)

Re-reading the first 2 books and telling everyone I know to read them, too!

Re-reading the first 2 books and telling everyone I know to read them, too!

I'm already starving for Mockingjay, but I plan on re-reading the series before the 24th.

josette.schneider@gmail.com

I plan to get hungry by re-reading Catching Fire and persuading as many co-workers as possible to read The Hunger Games.

dtshen (at) gmail (dot) com

I plan to get hungry by eating tons of bread, and rereading books. Possibly waiting outside in rain and hail in order to get my hands on this amazing book (;

I plan on getting hungry by reading the other two books again!

I am throwing a huge party at work (I'm the teen librarian!) and rereading the first two books. I am hungry indeed!

I've been wearing my Mockingjay pin everywhere I go so I can talk about the books with anyone who asks about my pin!

I plan on getting "Hungry" by rereading "Hunger Games" and "Catching Fire". Then telling all my friends to do the same.

I'm getting Hungry by telling everyone I know to read HG and CF! Can't wait!

I'm planning a special event in a bookstore near my house. We'll read Mockingjay and we'll play a Hunger Games trivial. And I'm from Valencia, Spain!

I plan to get hungry by chasing a small child around my house. And then, by going to my local bookstaores release party.

I plan to get hungry by re-reading the first two books (The Hunger Games & Catching Fire) so I will be all set to go on the 24th to start Mockingjay. I can't wait!!!

Thanks,
Scoot
seescootread[at]gmail[dot]com

'Get' hungry? I've already BEEN hungry for Mockingjay ever since I finished Catching Fire six months ago!! If I were any more hungry, I would be ravenous! But if you insist. . .I will probably get hungry for Mockingjay by having some HG discussion with other fans leading up to the August 24th release. The speculation debates are right up there with how I remember the Harry Potter fandom to be — and I love it. There's nothing better for getting excited about a new book than to speculate over what will happen within its pages.

On 8/23/10 I will fast so that I can reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire to catch up and prepare for Mockingjay.
I have been waiting for this forever.

On 8/23/10 I will fast so that I can reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire to catch up and prepare for Mockingjay.
I have been waiting for this forever.

Im allways hungry and am constantly cleaning. And Iv been waiting for Mockingjay ever since… uhhh… sometime around April. Ive been itching to read Mockingjay so much, I read the first 2 books and completly memerized them!!

I talk about the series with EVERYONE, even if they haven't read it! It's the only way I can stay sane and wait for Mockingjay to come out!

I can't wait for Mockingjay!!!!I didn't even want to open Hunger Games and Catching Fire till Mockingjay was out,but I did! I just knew it was going to be so hard to wait for mockingjay.

I plan to 'get hungry' by reading my boyfriend all of the story up until now chapter by chapter, and he will be visiting me during the release of Mockingjay!

I ran 18 miles on Saturday and then spent the rest of the day reading all of Catching Fire. I did not realize that Mockingjay wasn't out yet! I'm still HUNGRY. I am going to run 20 miles next weekend, but what will I read????? The week after that I am also planning on running 20 miles.

I NEED Mockingjay. By the 24th I will be very, very hungry.

I've read both books multiple times. I got my copy of the Hunger Games in the New York Scholastic store and proceeded to read it every chance I got. When Catching Fire came out, I checked 3 bookstores until it came out, and read it as fast as I could! I absolutely love the stories and the characters and I can't weait to find out who survives in Mockingjay. I'm getting hungry for it by reading both books over again and trying to analyze every bit of them so I can figure out what will happen next!

Ever since I read "Hunger Games" I was hungry for more. Then I read "Catching Fire" and still was not satisfied. I read the first 2 so fast, ti made me dizzy for more. I guess what I'm saying is that I've been hungry for "Mockingjay" since I finished the first two books

Ive read Hunger Games and Catching Fire 3 times each. I am obsessed with the books and cant wait till Mockingjay. Ive loved every part of the stories and how they are full of excitement. Im entering high school this year and would love for Mockingjay to be the first book I read as a ninth grader. Thankss for your support.

We're starving for Mockingjay! We might have to have a "game" of our own to determine who in our family gets to read it first!

I'm completely obsessed with The Hunger Games and plan to 'get hungry' by re-reading both The Hunger Game and Catching Fire. I also plan on making my way over to a midnight release party for the book, perhaps with a homemade The Hunger Games t-shirt! But to be honest, I don't think that I can get much hungrier than I already am, I'm starving! Can't wait for this book

Well, I've already read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire too many times to count, but I just re-read them again. I'm counting down the minutes until the release! I've actually gotten interested in archery because of these books, it's so fun! I can't WAIT for Mockingjay!

GET hungry?! I already AM hungry for Mockingjay, and will probably end up more so, as I'm sure it'll be hard to put down and bother to eat a few meals!

Thanks for the giveaway!

Laura Hartness
The Calico Critic
CalicoCritic at gmail dot com

I bought Catching Fire the day it came out…and finished it just a couple of days later. Get hungry? I'm starving! I've been building excitement by sharing the series with everyone who is willing to read!

How will I "get hungry" for the release of Mockingjay? Well, I plan on keeping up with all the latest news on The Hunger Games and anything else new. I hope to attend a party for the release if there' one in my area, and maybe I'll do a dress-up of Katniss. I'd also like to get a Hunger Games shirt. Can't wait for Mockingjay!!! <333

I'm starving for Mockingjay! Ever since I read the Hunger Games, this series is all I think about. I compare everything in my life to it. I tried and failed many times to suppress my hunger for Mockingjay, and was only able to fill the hole partially. To fill this hole, I re-read The Hunger Games nineteen times, and Catching Fire eleven. I bought myself a Mockingjay Pin, I've been hunting for a shirt, and I've drawn out nearly every character in the series.

In an attempt to literally satisfy my hunger about a month ago, I made chicken with an orange-based sauce to try and replicate the meal that Katniss had in the Capitol.

I'm definatly hungry for Mockingjay.

I read everything all over again and then I wait outside Borders and devise my plan of how I am going to get the first copy. I also assess my enemies in the race.

victoriastearman@yahoo.com

My plan to "get hungry" includes taking a vacation day so I can read Mockingjay on the release day. Wearing my Hunger Games tee at least once a week. Harassing…encourage my coworkers to read Hunger Games and Catching Fire before Mockingjay is released. Wear my Mockingjay pin everyday and finding a way to work in my Hunger Game tee in my work wardrobe.

I plan to "get hungry" by rereading Hunger Games and Catching Fire, two amazing book!

i plan to teach my barbell weightlifting class to be ready for whatever the capitol has in store for me!!! Thanks for the chance to win. But, how about a contest for a free DIGITAL copy of Mockingjay??? Please…for those of us also in love with our eReader.

You bet we're hungry! We planned our family vacation so that we could be home just before midnight on August 24th and buy the book! Would love to know that the book would be sitting on our doorstep on Aug. 24th!

kim(at)bookstorepeople(dot)com

Hrm.. Well, having first read The Hunger Games in Late September '08, and then continually reading that for a long period of time.. Getting Catching Fire the day it came out, and deeming it to everyone as 'the best day ever' ..

I have edible plants in my backyard, thanks to this book. I can actually quote large portions of the Hunger Games, from the sheer amount of times I've read it.

I've read these books high up trees. I've plotted our my own little versions of these games.

Hungry is an understatement.

Hrm.. Well, having first read The Hunger Games in Late September '08, and then continually reading that for a long period of time.. Getting Catching Fire the day it came out, and deeming it to everyone as 'the best day ever' ..

I have edible plants in my backyard, thanks to this book. I can actually quote large portions of the Hunger Games, from the sheer amount of times I've read it.

I've read these books high up trees. I've plotted our my own little versions of these games.

Hungry is an understatement.

My plan to get hungry is to follow this the entire month!

I'm sitting on my couch, reading like crazy and checking HG blogs like this. Sounds easy, but if you don't get up to get food you get very hungry!

H is for Hyperventilating, which is what i will do when i get this book

U is for unicycling because, well why not?

N is for Never letting that picture i drew of Peeta hanging on my wall out of sight

G is for Grabbing every bit of hunger games clothing and accesories possible

R is for Radiating heat like a bird catching on fire (standing by my fire pit)

and Y is for Y hasn't this book come out yet!!!! Im DYING

sabrinathefilmfreak@gmail.com

I read Hunger Games on a reccomendation – It took 1 night (started at 10, finished at 4am) when the library opened the next day, I was the first customer, and then read Catching Fire that day (about 11 am to 4 pm) – both books in less than 24 hours and I have been STARVING to read the next book – Mockingjay! I think I will have to find a babysitter on Aug 24!!

I think that I shall be "HUNGRY" for the Hunger Games Book 3: Mockingjay when it comes out in August is: to read this book as soon as I can, so in order to fulfill this task is to take a big bite out of it.I will read it morning and night until it is over. From the moment I saw an advertsiement for the Hunger Games, I knew my void of books was filled (and Katniss and the one and only incredible Peeta would do there job's quite wonderfully) ….my mind was once empty after Twilight and Harry Potter disappeared, in my life.
I have done everything mentionable to get my self-satisfaction of the hunger games, by watching fan made video after fanmade video ever created for the books…I even found myself singing along with Katniss to Rue's lullaby….I wept along with Katniss as poor Rue, was dying in her arms.
The Hunger games IS my life….I am totally and irrevocably in love with this series and Collins' wonderful cast of characters….I will read and re-read the series, for however many times I have to, in order to keep this wonderful series in my heart forever and ever. To be denied the ability to read this Mockingjay book: the long and well waited for book (prob., ever to be written by an author), would be pure torture for me and my love of this story; it would be like being denied chocolate covered blueberries. I will not be satisfied until I find out the ending of this wonderful story.
I want to read some new and delectable, something good enough to eat.
I want to take a bite out of this book like a vampire sucking blood and tasting the sweet, red, warm liquid from a poor innocent soul.
I want to fill, and finish the void I have for a good thick book; to smell the scent of a newly pressed book, and feel its pages as I caress the book in my hands.
And this is why, I want to read Hunger Games #3: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, more than any

I will get "hungry" by rereading (for the 3rd or 4th time, I can't remember) the books the day before Mockingjay comes out… Because my first day of fall semester is on the 24th, and I have to go to class. But after my last lab is done for the day, I will curl up somewhere and read straight through, no matter how late I have to stay up!

mle_2908@yahoo.com

I will get hungry for Mockingjay by rereading THG and CF and listening to every podcast ever made about it, and making my own mockingjay pins and tshirts and everything for the midnight release party I plan to go to!!!

In honor of “Mockingjay” I am participated in a Hunger Games Party at my library. Though truly, I have been hungry for the next book in this wonderful series since “Catching Fire”. I can’t wait!

cswuensch@gmail.com

I'm hungry for the Mockingjay book because I have 5 kids, 15 grandkids of which my sons family (4 kids 1 brand new baby) are moving in with me, I own a store of which I don't get paid because we don't make enough and I'm expected to keep up the house, cook the meals and keep the yard looking great. I am hungry for a book that will take me out of my misery and put me into someone elses…

My "hunger plan" is to spread the Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay word to my friends and family. When I re-tell the plot of the story, I get excited about the release of the third book… which makes others want to read the trilogy, too! I'm very excited about Mockingjay!

I plan to pre-order Mockingjay for my Kindle, and will read it as soon as I read the others I've already purchased!

OOOHH!! I'm so hungry for mockingjay!All I have to read is my textbooks for nursing school. While thrombocytopenia is interesting enough. I can barely concentrate in my studies because all I think about it the trilogy and what is going to happen in Mockinjay. OOOOOHHH!!! I am so hungry!!

OOOHH!! I'm so hungry for mockingjay!All I have to read is my textbooks for nursing school. While thrombocytopenia is interesting enough. I can barely concentrate in my studies because all I think about it the trilogy and what is going to happen in Mockinjay. OOOOOHHH!!! I am so hungry!!

i recently finished the last book and it summer vacation so i have all the time in the world to think about the hunger games and its driving me crazy. ive been waiting for only a month and a half but it seems like a year.ive been trying to get my friends to read the books too, i even got my friend that made fun of every hunger games comment i made to read them and now she cant wait for the third.and the worst part is that when the book is out ill still have to wait for it to ship. im going into eighth grade and i want to finish the book before the school year starts.
~Natalie

I'll be rereading everything, of course, and I plan to travel up to NYC for the release party at Books of Wonder! Can't wait to take the day off work and do nothing but read on the bus home.

To satisfy my "hunger" for Mockingjay's release I am drawing fan pics along with talking with ever other excited soul I know about the release. Entering contests go along with that too of course. ;D

I am #50 on the waiting list at the library and that makes me even more hungry. Am trying to read a book every day to keep my reading skills in shape for the day when Mockingjay is finally in my hands. Will re-read Hunger Games and Catching Fire right before the release date to "get hungry" for Mockingjay. Hurry August 24, I'm starving!

The first thing I just did a couple of days ago was re-read the books, so that by now my memory is refreshed after three times of reading HG & CF. I’ve scribbled notes all around the pages — they are the ‘clues’ I found that may be interesting for Mockingjay, or things I think have been said because /something/ will happen because of them.

I made a necklace (a locket, to be exact) with 2 pictures: Peeta&Katniss and Gale. They are actually the people who remind me of them.

I’ve downloaded all the songs you guys put up every Music Monday to get into HG mood. Would it be weir if I said I also downloaded the audio of my favorite trailer (i.e; THG Mock trailer) to /imagine/ I am really Katniss in the movie? lmao.
I go to sleep at night with my iPod on and listen and listen to the songs/audios until I’m tired. Before drowsing off completely, I end up listening to Kimmy’s Rue’s Lullaby (from Mockingjay.net). ;DD

Also, I was talking to my friends and suddenly I thought it was the perfect momento to bring up HG, so I did. Even classmates that are not really close to me sat nearby and went like ‘OOOHHHH’ when I explained the story. My closes friends (especially the avid readers) have already read it or are currently reading it. They CAN’T STOP. We fangirl in the halls when we talk about certain events, and even sneak to the library and use the computers to check Mockingjay.net and other HG stuff. We’ve played together that HG Survival game in the UK website and still do! ;P

It’s odd, but I can’t see pita bread again the same way. I take it to school for lunch, and we fangirl over that too until the older girls are looking at us weird. Yes, bread’s amazing, sweethearts.

I’ve named by new pet Patniss. I can’t stop adressing her, just for the pleasure of saying her name. WOOT!

On our school’s Science Fair, a group of girls brought a bow and arrows to make a fun game for the younger ones. It was really to explain their project in an entertaining way, and you had to shoot the thingy towards the window, where the stickers where. I spent the four hours we were there shooting at it. They were genuinly convinced I was obsessed with their interesting project.

Usually now I braid my hair more often. A friend of mine was like, ‘New do, huh?’ and I just looked at them the way I knew Katniss would. I felt like a Goddess. :*

A couple of days before Mockingjay is released, me and my friends (the ones who’ve read HG) will be meeting another friend at her house. We’ll be bringing the things the tributes ate in the arena, like cheese, bread, fruits, candy because of Prim, cakes because of Peeta, etc. Boy, will it be a fun party!

I’m DYING for Mockingjay! I seriously can’t wait! It is bad enough that I’ll have to wait for the first weeks of September to read the book. I live so far from the US. D:!

** The Music Mondays mentioned in the 3rd paragraph are from Mockingjay.net, where they upload cool music related to HG. (:

I read the books before my kids did and loved them. These were the first books my tween, teen and myself read and could discuss together. What a great experience. We're all hungry for Mockingjay!

Ok, so I will be at school the day of the release… but I would TOTALLY skip school if I could JUST to be the first in my area to purchase the book. I would have the book returned by my parents anyway if I did that though. I have my Hunger Games T-shirt with the Mockingjay pin on the front which I shall wear on the release day.

I'm going to reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire in order to whet my appetite for Mockingjay the day it comes out!

Despite the fact I only found this series a month ago I've been "hungry" since halfway through the first book which I was reading for the first time on a trip on which I demanded to be taken to the nearest book store so I could purchause the second one. Ever since then I've been so "hungry" for the end that there will be continusly hollow days until I get it!!

not sure I can get any hungrier for the book! Our biggest problem is the fight over who in the house will get to read it first. Ahem, as if that's going to be an issue since I will be sure to have read 1/2 the book before I wake up the kids…

I'll be reviewing it at http://www.whatallthekidsarereading.blogspot.com as soon as I finish

I've been hungry for Mockingjay since I finished Catching Fire months ago. I think now I've readed the point of starvation :O I cannot wait until the 24th, and in the meantime I plan on re-reading the first two to help me survive until then

it's easy. i plan on rereading the first two right beforehand!

My husband and our best friends are staging our own version of the games in our backyard. Readers can vote Gale or Peeta on my blog and the winner will win the games. We plan on posting a picture story on my blog when we're done.

This is such a fabulous series and I'm looking forward to the new book.

Thanks Scholastic for putting on such a cool blog tour. This is awesome.

And in case you're wondering…demographic-wise, I'm a husband and father of 3 and I'm in my mid 30s….just goes to show that this series has long reaching influence.

Its my Birthday on August 24th and that would be the BEST birthday present EVER!!!!

Our library has 4 copies on order to fill all of the holds that started the afternoon we added Mockingjay to the catalog. My library is small-ish, and we don't often get a lot of people interested in any book before it's published….but we have kids, teens, and parents who have been waiting on the hold list for Mockingjay since May. The sad part? Our staff hold is #9 on the list. How can we possibly wait that long?

I've already started by listening to The Hunger Games audiobook last week and I plan on rereading Catching Fire the weekend before Mockingjay is released. So excited!

I plan on attending a midnight release party, hopefully in an awesome Hunger Games based costume!

I then want to attend the Borders fan party as well! I can't wait!

I'm so hungry that whenever i talk to somebody i always mention hunger games. i can't get to sleep just thinking about the hunger games.

I will reread the books over and over and over again until I eat, sleep, and breathe Peeta and Gale and Katniss.

I read Hunger Games yesterday and I"m currently ready Catching Fire…I can't wait to get my hands on Mockingjay!! I might have to fight my kids over it!

To start to "get hungry" for Mockingjay, I'm going to reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire probably many times before the 24th. I also have a countdown on my computer which I check very often. I'm going to be wearing my mockingjay pin a ton. I also "play" Hunger Games with some friends. We go up to a golf course near my house at night and we all vote what district we're from.Tthen we count to 30 as everyone runs away. We hide and form alliances and plan ambushes. When a person is punched ("stabbed") in the back, chest, or gut, they are "dead" for about 30 seconds. After that, they can get up and start hunting or hiding again. When we decide that we are completely exhausted, we stop playing and whoever died the least number of times is the winner. On the 23rd, we are going to have a party and argue about what's going to happen in Mockingjay and play Hunger Games and then wait at Barnes and Noble to be the first ones to get Mockingjay.

I'm getting hungry by rereading Hunger Games and Catching Fire right now! Can't wait for Mockingjay!

Woo Hoo! Gettin' Hungry by working out more and telling everyone to read these books! Love them!

I plan on reading the books to get hungry for the last book. Can't wait!

Rereading the books over and over again to get more excited and hungry for Mockingjay!

I check your facebook page obsessively. I enter to win all the contests on the blog tour. I give Hunger Games as a gift for all occasions. I am currently researching a way to get a stamped copy of Mockingjay from the tour since Suzanne isn't coming anywhere near me. I will probably end up with a stamped and an unstamped copy of the book so that I can read it immediately AND have a special copy.

I'm going to "get hungry" by buying my own copies of Hunger Games and Catching Fire, reading them the weekend before Mockingjay comes out, buying myself a tee-shirt and wearing it constantly, convincing all of my friends to read them, finding all of the Team Gale v Team Peeta discussions online and contributing, and skipping several meals and rushing to my bookstore to buy Mockingjay on my extremely limited college-student budget (unless I win this giveaway of course, *wink wink*)!

Teachers and students in my town are planning on meeting at our local bookstore at 9:00am and heading over to the common where we'll be until the story is finished.

I'm going to take of the 23rd so I can re-read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Then I am going to a release party that night where there will be a cornucopia filled with nerf weapons.

I have having a little 'hunger games" Reading party! me my sister and my mom are all going to at the store waiting for the doors to open and then coming to food made like the capitol To read the book!

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I'm going to read Mockingjay before I head back to college for the semester so that I can discuss it with my favorite professor, who also loves the books. And my best friend is making me a shirt inspired by the books because I love them so much!

i've been hungry for mockingjay ever since i finished catching fire. i've read hunger games and catching fire like a dozen times. i just cant wait for it to come out!!

I don't plan on being "hungry" because I'm already STARVING!!! Catching Fire was an AMAZING sequel to The Hunger Games! I plan on waiting outside of Border's and will most likely finish it that night!

I'm tooo excited!!

I'm reading through the first two books for the third time, and they're making me REALLY hungry. Starving, even.

My hunger began when I read the first book 2 years ago, and only grew after reading the second book. My hungry continues to grow, especially now when Mockingjay is so close… My hunger will not be sated, in fact it will be the opposite, until August 24th, and as I try to distract myself working at an aquarium, watching over my younger siblings, getting ready to go off to school, reading more books – rereading the Hunger Games in fact, my hunger only continues to grow and won't be gone until I can read Mockingjay!

I plan on working out and playing my Wii until I can no longer move! And lay down on my couch and re-read the series…

I plan to "get hungry" for the release of Mockingjay by eating plenty of (the irony) bread–why not?

I get hungry for the hunger games by rereading the books and thinking about food.

To "sate" my hunger for "Mockingjay" I plan on re-reading "The Hunger Games" and "Catching Fire". I will also be stocking up on bottled water and assorted finger foods, getting my favorite cuddle-up blanket ready and unplugging the phone so that I can read "Mockingjay" straight through without interruptions!!

Thanks for the giveaways!!

I will finish my book before Mockingjay comes out, encourage others to read the series or tell them to get the boxed set for those who already know about the series. Draw fanart for the hunger games, treat the 24th as if it was New Years so I can scream my head off when it gets released, try to go to my nearest bookstore and run to get Mockingjay. Reread The Hunger Games & Catching Fire for the 29th time. Plan possible theories on how Mockingjay could end. Wonder if it's appropriate to hug the bookstore person after I purchase Mockingjay (I did that for Catching Fire last year) Eat bread. Oh and once it is the 24th for me, I plan to run around in circles for Mockingjay. That is what I will do! Because I love the series, Suzanne Collins for writing them. C:

I'm going to take a vacation day and read Mockingjy until I'm done. If I don't win it I'll order a copy.

I'm going to take a vacation day and read Mockingjy until I'm done. If I don't win it I'll order a copy.

I plan to get hungry by sighting in my bow, avoiding the crowds (I hate the city), staying away from spoilers, and probably reffing an Escape and Evasion arena game with a local group of friends. So, on release day, I'll basically be a gamemaker.

I'm going to get hungry for Mockingjay by calling out sick on August 24th to read the book! That will probably make me hungry when I stop getting paychecks because I'll get fired

Every time I think about Mockingjay, I get really excited. My blood races through my body, anticipating the release. I just spent three hours reading blogs about it, and searching for a midnight delivery. I'm so excited now that I could run a marathon!

I keep telling everyone I know about the series and why it is so awesome and why they should read it. I think I have almost managed to convince my uncle to read them. I also keep telling people exactly how much time is left until the book comes out. I plan on getting the book as soon as I possibly can when it comes out and doing nothing else until I finish reading it.

I got hungry for Mockingjay by re-reading the first two books of the trilogy this weekend. I've been discussing possible outcomes with fellow book bloggers, and I am now ridiculously excited for August 24th! I'm reminding myself of how I was on edge before the release of the last Harry Potter book

My classes start the 23rd, but I only have one class on the 24th so I'm hoping to be able to read!

I'll make a point to have a Hunger Games marathon by reading the first two books again before the release and wearing a whole Mockingjay outfit to the release.

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Since reading Catching Fire I have lost 100 pounds and have gotten in the best shape of my life. I am as hungry for the book as I as I was the first week I started my diet. So how and I going to get hungry…I am going to try and lose another 5 pounds before the book comes out

Waiting for the doors to open at Border's so I can get my hands on a copy will make me hungry!

My plan to get hungry for the release of Mockingjay is to re-read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire and review them before it comes out.

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Give up chocolate … AND coffee.

I plan on "getting hungry" by taking the day off to read Mockingjay. I plan on getting the entire book read in one day, even if I have to stay up all night to get through it.

In order to "get hungry" for the release of Mockingjay, I will reread the first two books of the series, make my sister read them so that we can obsess over them together, enter all the giveaways for mockingjay, and attempt not to knock over the kids and scream that actually WE are the biggest fans of the series when we are finally able to read Mockingjay. It's all about perseverance and self control…

pretty sure my solorplex has been screaming "You need Mockingjay!!!!" since I finished Catching Fire!!! Im gonna make black(chocolate) and gold(vanilla) cupcakes for a mockingjay release night!!!! great giveaway like most epic ever!

I plan to re-read the first two installments at least 2 more times before Mockingjay comes out!

I plan on reading the books over and over until Mockingjay comes out!

Thank you for making this offer.

I'll be getting hungry by rereading Catching Fire

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My daughter an I are already hungry for Mockingjay and have been fighting over who gets the one copy that I have pre-ordered first. Another copy (signed by Suzanne Collins no less!) delivered to our doorstep would be just the thing to ease the conflict. I get the signed copy of course…

I've been reading up on Annie Oakley, and how she took up hunting to feed her family.

As a children's librarian this book is all anyones been talking about forever! I have been hunger for the ending since beginning the trilogy but mainly the lovely conversation about this book with teens and tweens alike keep me hunger for the new book to FINALLY be hear and for them to read it as well as me….

My plan to 'get hungry' is to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow. Then, I will starve myself of good literature until the release of Mockingjay.

I plan to get hungry by printing up posters and discussion questions for my teen groups in my library. We might even make mockingjay pins to wear!

I'll get hungry for Mockingjay by waking up really early to get the book. So excited for it!!!!

I've changed my wallpaper on my computer and my phone and re-read the first two books in the series. Today I spent most of the afternoon playing Hunger Games: Training Days on Facebook (the game makers selected me in the reaping). So I've been training very hard to get the highest training score I can.

I'll be hungry for Mockingjay by having to work all day Tuesday, swimming class just after that, and knitting group after that. A full day without even being able to crack the book, I'll be *starved*

I can't go to a release party:-( but I plan on staying up on the 24th and reading it all night long and telling all my friends to do the same!!

I'm totally obsessed with this series. I plan on rereading the first two books back to back and then haunting every freaking bookstore within a half-hour radius until I find one that has it. Then I will craft a food mountain for my children, leave a bowl of water, and lock myself up in a room. haha

i'm wearing my mockingjay t-shirt, re-reading all the books, spending the day in my bedroom to read Mockingjay, and entering as many competitons as possible.

I got my Mockingjay keychain last week and feel like the coolest kid on the block!

Rereading Catching Fire this weekend so I can be sure to win at trivia taking place at the local Borders store next Saturday.

I am re-reading Hunger Games and Catching Fire to get ready for Mockingjay!! I've been waiting FOREVER for it to come out and it's finally here!! Pick me, pick me, pick me!

I just finished listening to the Catching Fire audiobook and now I'm super "hungry" for Mockingjay!

After giving away a copy of Mockingjay on my blog in July (they obviously won't get the book till it comes out) I have planned to staked out in my room the moment it comes in the mail with only iced tea, chexmix, and the most amazing book since Twilight. I am sooo very excited!!

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I'll be knocking down the door of my local bookseller Tuesday morning for my copy

I been hungry for Mockingjay since I finish Catching Fire (a year ago). And I been dreaming about it for months!
Ad I need that book because I live I Mexico and that book doesn't come out here and I don't have money to go to McAllen (four hours away) and but it. And besides that day I have classes at University.

I'm going to get hungry by emptying my schedule to read Mockingjay. I'm canceling everything, including meals!

My plan is to spend the next 4 days (already been doing this the past 2 weeks) reading CF and THG non stop. And also playing the Hunger Games board game I bought 2 months ago that I finally got in the mail today! Then when I finally get Mockingjay I will be reading it atleast 10 times probably more. My roommates are so going to hate me…oh well. Then I will be counting down the days until Suzanne comes to Chicago in October and then going to her book signing! Can't wait!

I'm going to AVOID "getting hungry" for Mockingjay by hosting a read-in with lots of great snacks and drinks on release day!

I'm going to put a new Hunger Games wallpaper on my computer.

Well, my thoughts have been consumed by The Hunger Games these past weeks, making me extremely hungry for Mockingjay. I will continue to think about it 24/7, until I finally get a copy in my hands. And when I do, I will stop everything to read it. Also, so that I wouldn't be the only hungry person I knew, I managed to get others hungry for Mockingjay as well. >:)

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To get hungry for Mockingjay I'm rereading Hunger Games and Catching Fire and looking for clues that I may have missed the first time. That Suzanne Collins, she's a sneaky one!

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My "get hungry" plan involves reading every single bit of information I can find out all of the books and working myself into a frenzy – so much so that I actually end up feeling hungry.

My plan of action has been quite simple. In order to get hungry for Mockingjay, I've reread The Hunger Games and Catching Fire! I'm also continuously posting "X AMOUNT OF DAYS!" statuses on Facebook, probably annoying some of my friends in the process (hehehehe….) >:D

Rereading the books before the Mockingjay release…counting down days, hours and minutes…planning a costume…driving to Chicago…going to The Magic Tree Bookstore's midnight release party…going to a hotel with 10 other people and reading all night!!!

To "get" hungry for Mockingjay, I'm rereading Catching Fire for the fifth time and downloading the eBook at 12:00 am on Monday night! Then, on Thursday, my 3-book box set of THG trilogy will arrive!

I plan to get HUNGRY by getting to my book store super early and me and my friends are gonna wear our own custom made Hunger Games shirts!!

I have been hungry for Mockinjay ever since I finished Catching Fire. I plan to get even hungrier by re-reading both Hunger Games and Catching Fire before Mockingjay is released.
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I plan to lose some extra weight calling my diet Down with the Capitol diet. Katniss will need her strength to fight the Capitol she can run fast climb trees and shoot with a bow and arrow I will jog and climb stairs and lift things for my arms. I will cut my food intake in half. Plus once I get my book at midnight I plan on staying up all night reading it because my kids will and they could spoil things. Can't have that.

As I am almost in my 3rd trimester and having a girl, I plan to nickname her Katniss in utero for the last trimester and skip work in order to read this book! – Jen