"Orphan" leads to "Hunger Games"

Though the creepily disturbing horror film "Orphan" came out quite awhile ago ( in 2009 or so),  I'd only recently picked it up along with a whole stack of DVDs at a clearance sale. Well, to say that Orphan was interesting is an understatement at best, this tale of a mysterious little girl who's been adopted into a happy family was so OVER THE TOP, I was TOTALLY entertained throughout the whole movie from its haunting beginnings to its unbelievably KRAZEE conclusion that I became an Isabelle Fuhrman fan instantly, and just HAD to see what else she 'd done!

Wednesday Addmas ain't got nuthin' on Esther!

Well,  turns out Isabelle hadn't appeared in all that many things (being only 13 years old might have something to do with it), but then I read that she was going to play a part in the upcoming movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' HUNGER GAMES and that she was going to play (if online buzz is any indication) a very lethal and cool character named CLOVE.

Now, I'd heard of the Hunger Games of course, the trilogy is hard to miss as it's quickly become a must-read along the lines of the Harry Potter/Percy Jackson genre (Okay, maybe more along the lines of Lemony Snicket or Louis Sachar) but I hadn't thought of checking it out until this bit of news, and I was curious as to what kind of character this "Clove" was anyway...

Isabelle Fuhrman (from HungerGamesTrilogy.net)

I worked with this guy who read a lot of books and among them was the Hunger Games series, so one morning I simply asked him, "Hey, in the Hunger Games, does that character Clove have a significant part?" Honestly, he couldn't quite remember who I was talking about, so I figured the character wasn't all that big, but he added, "It's all told in the first-person, so you don't get too much information about the other contestants." Well, that wasn't good news for any Isabelle Fuhrman fans, but whatever.


The next day, much to my surprise, He brought all three hardbound books to work, telling me, "Here, you should just read them yourself and find out." LOL! So though I really hadn't counted on taking on the series, I soon found my nights doing just that! AHAHA

Well, after reading the first book, my suspicions are confirmed, as Clove DOES only appear sporadically  in the story (since I don't want to give away any spoilers for anyone, Ill leave it at that) but I have to say that this tale is a pretty cool and interesting one at that, and I'm now about halfway through "Catching Fire", the second book in the series, and FULLY INVESTED in the story! Ooh, can't WAIT for the Movie! Only another month!