Anyway, I'm still reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (it's a really slow-going book, sorta meh...), and here are the songs I've chosen:
1- Trying Not To Love You - Nickelback
Okay, so I chose this song because of the feelings that Katniss begins to develop for Peeta (as much as I don't like admitting it, as I honestly hate Peeta, it happens. grr.) and the fact that she's in constant denial. As it started as just a facade created by her team to get sponsors in the Hunger Games, but then she realized she couldn't kill him in the end, even if she needed to because of the countless things he did for her, and wanted to do whatever she could to protect him. When the Capitol had kidnapped him and twisted his memories and told him constant lies so that he had enough anger to kill Katniss, she made District 13 rescue him, despite that the old Peeta that loved her didn't exist. And when on the mission to take down the Capitol and assassinate President Snow, she became confused as to if her intentions were her own personal reasons, or to avenge what they had done to Peeta.
2- Just So You Know - Jesse McCartney
I picked this song because it describes the feelings Gale has towards Katniss. He knows that she and Peeta are in like, but he also is aware of the feelings she has for him as well. And it seems that he has really hard feelings for Peeta, as he says if it came down to it, he would kill him in a heartbeat. He knows he's better for Katniss than Peeta could ever be, he has more in common, and he had been her best friend and hunting partner since they were young. He sees himself as a better match for her, and will make sure both Katniss and Peeta knows it, always ready to go down fighting.
3- Breaking The Habit - Linkin Park
This is my 3rd choice because it seems to describe all of Katniss's mixed emotions after the first Hunger Games, the event that truly changed her in a way that prevented her from simply returning to her way of life and becoming who she used to be. She's always bogged down and consumed by all of the bad memories of her past that she kept going back to, her confusion on how to make out on the war, not knowing how whether to take her role as Mockingjay in it, all while everyone thinks that she isn't troubled by anything going on. She's hurt by all of the events of the rebellion time and again, perplexed about what she was really fighting for. Before the Games, she had what she considered simplicity - having to hunt and keep her family alive. But now she found herself so entangled with problems and trivialities that she couldn't make sense of anything.
4- Look After You - The Fray
I see this song as more in the point of view of Peeta. From the first Hunger Games when he had confessed his love for Katniss, he had planned to look out for her and protect her. Even as he faked his alliance with the other Tributes and seemingly was trying to kill her, his intention all along was to keep her alive. In the second Hunger Games, even though it was Katniss's idea to protect him this time, he had still tried to make her the one protected by their ally Tributes. He will literally die for her, her safety his top priority.
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Time Read This Week: 2hrs, 10min
Total Time Read: 18hrs, 40min
Number of Books Read So Far: 2
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