Wanted: Reflections on Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins

To the chagrin of several of my friends, I haven't read The Hunger Games. (Dramatic Silence).
It's definitely on my to-read list, but I was thinking it'd be nice to receive some detailed recommendations and/or reflections. If you've read the series, please, comment!

Progress in Reading: On Chapter 61 of The Da Vinci Code. Still waiting for my replacement copy of The Riddle. Oh, and I forgot to say this before--but a few weeks ago I completed The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. Didn't impress me, unfortunately. http://bookloverscentral.blogspot.com/2010/12/first-10-chapters-of-lost-hero.html. Visit the link for my reaction to the first ten chapters of the book. I'm also reading Sapphique by Catherine Fisher--going pretty well :)