Reading: Catching Fire

A new summary of Catching Fire up until page 173. Will Katniss conquer the buzzing fence?

Freaking out Katniss vanishes back into woods with everything running through her mind: "What is going on? Has Thread turned on the fence as an additional security precaution? Or does he somehow know I've escaped his net today?" Katniss manages to climb up a tree and to jump over the fence landing on the District side, however, this results in a a sprain in her foot and a sensitive tail bone. While buying bandages she's thinking of possible alibis. She claims to have been fixing a leak in her original house's roof when she slid off.
When she gets home she sees two Peacekeepers who begin to question her about where she's been. Katniss is witty and stalls to get rid of the Peacekeepers. They inform Katniss that the fence surrounding the district will be electrified 24/7 as a warning to Gale. Without anything else to say the Peacekeepers leave.
Katniss continues to lie and tells her family that she slipped and fell on some ice and that is how she's all bent up now. Peeta carries her up to her room and before he leaves her side she stops him because secretly she wants him to climb into bed with her. Hmmm.... who's she going for now? Peeta tells her that he thought she had ran away when she went missing during the day.
Peeta visits her everyday and they work on her family's herb book together. Someone on her mother's side started a book about plants and their medical uses, but she and Peeta are adding things to the list of edible plants. They've decided that this is the only relatively normal activity the two have done together. Talk about some fun huh?
Later when Katniss is watching TV she begins to scan the channels for anything displaying her mockingjay symbol. She comes across the film of the Justice Building and seeks the mockingjay and now realizes that Bonnie and Twill have been telling the truth. This makes Katniss wonder what really is in District 13?
Ahh it's time for Katniss's bridal photo shoot! I love love love wedding dresses so I'd be ecstatic if I was her! They're soooo pretty to look at that's why I love the show 'Say Yes to the Dress!" Oh I can't wait to get married. The stylists are there all ready to go and Katniss realizes that she'll have to wear high heels- this is a major problem with a half almost broken foot! Katniss catches a vital bit of information in the madness of the make over. It's been impossible to get shrimp or any seafood lately because of "bad weather" in District 4. Could this be code for they're in the uprising as well? I mean it's a good excuse to occupy the other districts' minds. She learns that it's been hard to get electronic gadgets (District 3) and fabrics (District 8). Now she's aware of who's joined the revolt. She falls asleep after the photo shoot and has a nightmare. She's in a ragged bridal dress running through the woods being followed by the dog mutations.
Katniss goes to Haymitch to vent about everything going on in her life. He still doesn't believe that an uprising will happen in District 12 because it's half the size of the other districts. He believes that the Capitol will start killing off districts like 13 if the revolts get too serious. This leads into a conversation about the remains of 13.
A mandatory TV watching session is announced during the day and Prim's determined it's the photo shoot and she's right. Katniss thinks it's weird how interested people are in her future wedding. But that's not all, tonight is the night for the reading of the card for the Quarter Quell. The president gives a speech over the history of the games and blah blah blah. He announces that for this year's Quarter Quell the tributes will be drawn from the pool of existing victors ---CRAP! Katniss realizes that because there's only been three victors from District 12, one female and two male, she is for sure going into the arena once again.

Will Peeta or Haymitch be Katniss's new sidekick in the arena this time around? Who will win? Stay tuned!