Yesterday, Jerry and I took our oldest granddaughter to see Catching Fire as part of her birthday celebration (delayed a bit).

I listened to the audiobooks of the series about three years ago, and I rated them thus: 5 stars for Hunger Games; 4 stars for Catching Fire; 3 stars for Mockingjay. But even though the individual ratings dwindled with each book, I still can say I loved the series. I found it compelling in many ways. Surprising, really, since I don’t naturally reach for dystopian ficti...