Sunrise on the Reaping

 

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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 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

When you've been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it though the day and being with the girl he loves.

- Sunrise on the Reaping Goodreads page

I was excited for the book when I heard about it and am definitely excited for the movie coming in 2026. Whilst I like the book I did find it a bit bleugh and a struggle to read, it took me a good two/three weeks after purchasing to buy it, though I did hear some spoilers before managing to get a copy. Whilst it was nice to have backstory for Haymitch and his games I did feel it was a bit of a retcon, even if it showed the twist that his games were edited to remove the attempt at causing a rebellion. I do recommend reading the book if you are a fan of The Hunger Games or Suzanne Collins work at large and I personally give the book a 6/10.

Sunrise on the Reaping was published both as paperback, Hard Cover and audiobook on March 18^th 2025 and sold over 1.5 million copies world wide in the first week, marking the biggest debut in Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games series. Sunrise on the Reaping sold 1.2 million in the US alone , which was double that of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and triple that of Mockingjay.

Sunrise on the reaping was announced it would have a movie and went into production on June 6^th 2024, with the movie being released on November 20^th 2026.

Suzanne Collins was born in Hartford Connecticut on the 10^th 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.

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