The Hunger Games?

This is a story about me and "The Hunger Games"

I don't know how often I heard about "The Hunger Games" . The words "The Hunger Games" follows me everywhere. I read about it on many blogs, different pages on the internet and even vloggers at Youtube mentioned it.

It was like: Why is everybody talking about it? Should I read it? Yes, I want to read it.

I searched it at Amazon and decided that I don't want to buy it (I don't have the money for new books at the moment), but I wanted to search it at my library. So I had to figure out the German title of the book. Our library don't have many English books. I couldn't find the German title. To be honest, I didn't search for a long time and gave up quickly.

I couldn't understand why such a "famous" book wasn't available in German.

And I forgot "The Hunger Games" for a while. And that's when I went to Germany last month.

In Germany my friend Kathrin told me about an amanzingly good book I definetely should read. The name of the book "Die Tribute von Panem" . I had no idea what it was and I wasn't that interested in it, because I don't like such books a lot (she told me what it is about and I still had no clue what she was talking about), but I decided to keep this title in my mind. I forgot the name of the author.

Back home I found "this Panem book" (how I call it) at our local book store. Again, I felt like this book is following me.

And then it was at the library as well.

Again I had no idea what "this Panem book" really was.

And today something happened. I felt like someone's turning on the light in my brain.

I came across the Hunger Games (again) on the internet. Again I was like "Why is it following me everywhere!!!!

Then I read the name of the Author. Suzanne Collins...Suzanne Collins...wait a minute, Suzanne Collins? What? Isn't Suzanne Collins the one who wrote this Panem books?

Back to Amazon. I typed in Suzanne Collins and clicked at "English books". Results: The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games....

I clicked at "German books". Reults: Die Tribute von Panem, Die Tribute von Panem, Die Tribute von Panem...

I think everyone who's reading this is clever enough to tell me, that "The Hunger Games" and "Die Tribute von Panem" is the same thing, but I was still stupid enough to not believe it.

But I was clever enough to click at "Die Tribute von Panem" to read the description and to read the original title: "The Hunger Games".

And then I realised it: The Hunger Games and Die Tribute von Panem is the same book.

How stupid am I?

I'm sure it was 4 or even 5 months ago when I first heard of The Hunger Games. I needed more than 4 months to get it! Oh dear...

But I can tell you why. There are two reasons:

1. There are no similarities in the title. "The Hunger Games" and "Die Tribute von Panem"?

2. Look at the English cover and at the German cover:

Again, no similarities. Usually there are similarities in the English and the German cover but this time they look completely different.

(One reason why I should have known it is the same: Same author... ;) )

Wow, I still can't believe that I was that stupid :P

Have a lovely day!