oh, violent book

A STORY

Little Cinder is in the bookstore today, the teen section to be specific. Unusually, there are OTHER people in the teen section - a mother and her twelve/eleven year old daughter. So she's clearly interested in this romantic, cute book and her moms all like I want you to read something good! This is too teenage for you! And shes like whats wrong with it? It has a KILLER! It's a mystery, how fun! And her moms like no thats too old for you...

....and she picks up a copy of the Hunger Games and says her daughter should read this.

Meanwhile, I'm clearly watching this exchange and caught between saying "lady, you just told your daughter a mystery romance is too violent.. do you know what the hunger games is?" and saying "oh, good choice! but don't read the third book in the trilogy because it's awful!"

I ended up saying oh thats a great book and her mom was all pleased with me and asked how old I am and chizz, so finally I negotiated for the daughter that if she reads the Hunger Games, her mom will buy the romance book, because after all, reading should be encouraged

yeah so anyways... ferrealdo this woman must not know WHAT the hunger games are.