And have you ever read the sequel to such a book and when you devoured every word printed within it's pages you just couldn't bear to close it because you don't know how you'll stand the next year waiting for the final book?
It doesn't happen to me too often, but it happened with the Twilight series, the Eragon saga, and now the Hunger Games books. You must read these books. They are so awesome and disturbing at the same time. I can't tell you more than that, but I must stress the disturbing factor. Read the descriptions here and here and you'll realize why I say that.
You'll love and hate Katniss in the first book (emphasis on the hate), and love and forgive her in the second book.
But most of all, you'll beg for more.
I would know. I was on the waiting list for 6 weeks before I got my copy from the library...and they bought 20 books.