Bookish Blither

Following feedback from some FB pals, I have decided to give The Hunger Games a go.

Now my only dither is what to read first...  

a) A Fairly Honorable Defeat by Iris Murdoch 

b) Very Good Jeeves by Wodehouse

c) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

a) is a tale of evil, academic skullduggery that was recommended by Rosamicula with such flair that I decided I must read it immediately.  I have now read the opening pages and should probably continue before I start something else.  I suspect it will become very good but I was so distracted by the authorial style of the opening that I kept failing to pay proper attention to the information that I was supposed to be taking in and had to re-read it.  Specifically it's because Murdoch uses gossipy conversations between long-standing couples as a way of revealing a huge load of back story about other characters .  My only quibble with it is that they say too much to be entirely believable, along the lines of  "well of course your brother Peter is bound to be upset ever since his wife Jane had an affair with your best friend, John..."    Anyway I'm probably just being picky.  I suspect it's a tale that needs its back story dealt with quickly in order to get going.

b) is a cosy wallowing comfort-blanket of fun and linguistic silliness.  Like a mug of corking hot chocolate on an all wet day.  (Warning: I will undoubtedly become infected with jazz age slang for the duration of this read).  

c) is a trilogy (oh dear) of escapist teenage tosh.  I'm sure I read a funny quote once about people whose book collection consists mainly of trilogies and it wasn't flattering.  But anyway this one is being pimped at me by every corner of the interweb.  Someone out there appears to know that I'm not above reading kids books...  or even trilogies.

Anyway whichever one I go for first, please don't expect rapid feedback.  My reading time is, in itself, a crazed fantasy.  (I am currently averaging about 1 or 2 pages per day...)