THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA I: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

How old are you? Are you a child or have you grown enough for reading fairy tales again?

Do you really think that all wardrobes are harmless  containers of clothes?

C.S. Lewis wrote this delicious  story about a fantastic world hidden  behind a magic wardrobe  that serves as a door to it.  He proves that fairy tales aren’t only for children.

The plot of the story takes place between two worlds, ours and the mysterious  Narnia.

The story is a another edition of the fight between the Good and the Evil. The Evil is represented by the wicked White Witch that haunts Narnia under a magic spell that makes it to be in an endless Winter but Christmas never arrives. The Good side in this story is Aslan, the deadly enemy of the White Witch. Aslan is a huge lion that comes back to Narnia to liberate it form the curse casted by  the White  Witch.

But the prophecy says  that two Sons of Adam and two daughters of Eve  will liberate Narnia from the White Witch and destroy its enchantation and will become the rulers of Narnia as two Kings and two Queens.

Now, Don’t  you feel curious to have a look inside your wardrobe?

THE HUNGER GAMES

On the ruins of the United States of America it is built Panem. 

Panem consists of twelve districts, (initially thirteen, but the last one was destroyed and crushed after a failed rebellion), and the Capitol, the one that rules the rest. 

The Capitol enjoy a life in an insulting welfare, while the rest of the districts suffer poverty, starvation and decayment.

Each district supplies the Capitol in different ways. From jewels , food, energy, to coal (the specialty of distirict 12)

This led to a rebellion of the districts against the Capitol. But Capitol defeated the rest. As a punishment and reminder of who rules they settled the Hunger Games.

Those games are a reality show in which  the so called TRIBUTES (a boy and a girl from each district are chosen to have the "honor" of representing their district in the games)  fight each other until only one of them survives and declared the Victor. 

In this edition Katniss Everdeen and his mate Peeta  will take part representing district 12. 

This year's edition of  the games involves a change in the rules that leads to an unexpected final.

A  suggestion by a librarian made me choose this novel by Suzanne Collins. I'm really grateful now.

Sometimes, I found some passages of the novel a bit difficult to understand. But, in general it's easy to read. A story of desperate survival in which loyalty and moral values have their place.

This trilogy has been adapted to the cinema.

A highly recommendable reading for the lovers of Science-Fiction.