No this is not a drill. I am pretty sure every reader on planet earth has heard by now. But Saint Suzanne Collins is delivering much needed relief to the world with another Hunger Games book.

Now, admittedly, I have had an on and off again relationship with Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games was superb. Catching Fire was good, not great but it accomplished what it needed to as a transitional second book in a trilogy. Mockingjay started off so well but the ending disappointed me. It felt like Collins lost her nerve in the end and backed away from anything that could be controversial

Then she announced a prequel book and I was overjoyed. And then annoyed. It was a President Snow origin story.

Literally no one wanted that story. No one wanted to know more about President Snow. It was the prequel no one asked for. I haven’t read it yet but I heard it was very good. It was not just about President Snow but also about District 12, so I definitely need to read it soon. But this…..this….is going to be the story of Haymitch’s Games.

I think that’s about all of the coherent thought I can muster about this. Needless to say it’s already been pre-ordered.