So, it's no secret that I'm not the biggest fan of some of the books forced on students every year. Be that as it may, I'm still under the impression that everyone should read and a quote I heard the other day sums that sentiment up nicely. It's somewhere along the lines of, "the man who does not read has no advantage over one who cannot read." In the college setting, I feel like this is even more true, because I know plenty of people who wouldn't be caught dead reading a book, and that's a damn shame.
Back to my point, however; while I feel as though every copy of the books should be burned, and by no means am I saying that it should be part of the curriculum, but the Twilight series did get a lot of people reading, the same way the Harry Potter series (which, incidentally, I believe has a decent case for being used in a classroom setting) did before. Here's hoping the Hunger Games books/movie trilogy can keep up the trend.
In a day and age where we're bombarded with so much media, I feel like the movie treatment a lot of these books are getting can be extremely beneficial. I, personally, had never heard of the Hunger Games before, but picked up the book in an effort to read it before the movie came out. I know I wasn't the only one who went through this, or a similar scenario. Having a movie bring attention to the book to the youths who barely have the time to look up from their iphones anymore is nothing to sneeze at.
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