5 stars 
 This was my second go-around at Catching Fire and I still think it's a great follow-up to The Hunger Games! So glad I re-read it (well, listened to the audio this time) because I forgot A LOT of what had happened. Now I'm more interested to re-read (or listen to) Mockingjay because all I remember is the end pretty much and that I was really disappointed in it. 
 Full review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: SO. This was my re-read of CATCHING FIRE. Since I read all of The Hunger Games trilogy before I started blogging, I figured a review is still appropriate! 
 First impressions upon finishing my re-read? I STILL LOVE IT. I still love the first book more, but for some reason I was thinking I was a little disappointed in CF, but then I looked back at my Goodreads rating and then I finished and I was like, "Oh yeah, that was just MOCKINGJAY." 
 Once again, I was surprised at how little time was spent in the Games and how much time was spent building up to it. I was keeping track on Goodreads (like I always do) and I noticed that my comment about getting to the Games wasn't until about 70% of the way through! And you know what's funny is that it felt like it took forever to get there and it didn't all at the same time. I forgot SO MUCH about what really went on in the first half (and in the Arena too, actually) because (time for a secret if you didn't already know) I have terrible retention of content when I read. I don't know if I read too fast or what, but I'm just so incredibly bad at remembering content after I'm done reading a book. That being said, it actually made the re-read pretty exciting! Even though it may seem boring that Katniss and Peeta go on their little Victor's Tour and we're not in the action of the Games for a long time, the reader is definitely not lulled into a boring recap of The Hunger Games. We do get a little bit of recap that happens naturally throughout the text so that's an absolute bonus. 
 I love the way the plot twists in CATCHING FIRE and my attention was definitely held the whole book. We deal with the same characters that we got to know and love from book one and I guess some people could say that throwing them back in the Games is a cop-out and a repeat of book one, but I love it! It brings what the audience was so thrilled with in book one and is reinvented to keep us coming back for more. The the Games end with a different twist so we don't repeat THG all over again as well as a whole new agenda for all of the Tributes. 
 Since the movie is coming up and we're getting little sneak peeks of pictures and whatnot, it's definitely helpful to have that recap of what happened in the book so I can be judgmental when I go see Catching Fire and whisper to my friends "That's not how it happened in the book!" 
 ALSO, I'm really anxious to get a re-read going of MOCKINGJAY, because let's face it. I was super disappointed with it my first time around. I'm kind of hoping that now I know what happens, I can concentrate on what's happening as I read (or listen, if that's the case) and not being frantically flipping through pages trying to find out how it ends.