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The Hunger Games - First Time Read

The Hunger Games - First Time Read

Update: 2025-09-22
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Welcome back to Escape With Me Bookclub! 🎙️ This week, we’re diving into The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins but here’s the twist: it’s the first time one of us has ever read it.

From Katniss’ survival skills 🏹 to Peeta’s charm 🎂, we talk about the themes that made this dystopian classic unforgettable and how it hits when you’re reading it for the first time today.

✨ In this episode, we cover:

  • First impressions vs. nostalgia reads

  • The Capitol’s Crimes (some fashion)

  • Why Suzanne Collins’ world-building still holds up

  • And, of course, the Peeta vs. Gale debate 🔥

Whether you read it back in middle school or you’re just now cracking it open, this one’s for you.

📚 Join the conversation and tell us: When did you first read The Hunger Games and are you Team Peeta, Team Gale, or Team Katniss?


🕰 Timestamps

00:00 Intro

01:19 Background

10:35 Age Level & Content Warning

13:55 Judge a Book by Its Cover

14:44 The Map

20:07 Book Discussion

59:09 General Thoughts

1:01:57 One Question

1:04:52 Rating

1:06:47 Read Again?

1:08:05 Outro


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The Hunger Games - First Time Read

The Hunger Games - First Time Read

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