The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk about one particular book and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on The Ballads of Birds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins.
It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capital, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on Hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmanoeuvre his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.
The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined - -every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favour or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the Arena, Coriolanus stats to feel for his doomed tribute...and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Goodreads page
Released on May 19th 2020 by the Publisher Scholastic, The Ballad of Songbirds and snakes is a prequel to The Hunger Games Trilogy. It was written not only as a continuation and a stand-a-lone but it was written to expand on what the Hunger Games were and how ultimately they were created. The book however did garner mixed reviews and reception overall. The Guardian Newspaper Praised the Novel; “Collin's themes of friendship, betrayal, authority and oppression, as well as the extra layers of lore about mocking jays and the capitals history will please and thrill” However The Telegraph newspaper criticised it as “Not the most Promising opening (Fans expected) and that Collins should stick to 'plucky heroes with Dazzling plot-twists'”
To me The Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds is a fantastic book to accompany the Hunger Games trilogy as a prequel. I love the fact the book expands on the world of the Hunger Games itself adding more detail to what's already known, especially showing that the future president Coriolanus Snow was once a good and thoughtful man whose experience of the hunger games changed him and not for the better. I recommend the book to those who love both the Hunger Games books and Movies as well as those who love reading a plethora of Eclectic works. I personally give the book an 8/10.
Suzanne Collins was born in Hartford Connecticut on the 10th of August 1962 as the youngest fourth child to Jane Bradley Collins and Lt. Col. Michael Jon Collins a decorated U. S. Air Force officer. As a daughter of a military man she was constantly moving with her family and spent her childhood in the eastern united states. Collins went to the Alabama school of fine arts in Birmingham 1980 as a theatre arts Major. Collins went on to complete a Bachelor of arts from Indiana University in 1985 and telecommunications and in 1989 Collins earned her M. F. A. in dramatic writing from NYU Tisch school of arts. Collins began her career in 1991 as a writer for children's television shows and won a nomination in animation for co-writing the critically acclaimed Christmas special Santa, Baby!. Collins after meeting James Proimos whilst working on a children's show felt the urge to write children's books and spent the early 2000's writing five books of the Underland Chronicles; Gregor the Overlander, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Gregor and the curse of the Warmbloods, Gregor and the Marks of Secret and Gregor and the Code of Claw. The influence for those books came from Alice in Wonderland. During the late 2000's she ends up writing the Hunger Games trilogy which went onto a famous movie trilogy. As the result of the hunger games trilogy popularity Collins was named one of Times Magazine's most Influential people of 2010.
I highly respect the Author Suzanne Collins for both her work as a writer of Children's media and for her creativity in creating both the Hunger Games and the Underland Chronicles. Her creativity has been awarded with her books popularity and being announced amongst Time Magazine's 2010's most influential people and Amazons best selling Kindle author in 2012.
In April 2020 it was confirmed that The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes will become a movie, with Collins and Lionsgate confirming that the plans made back on 2019 were underway for the movies development. Whilst casting hasn't yet begun Director Francis Lawrence has been confirmed to return thanks to his success with The Hunger Games Trilogy.
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