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School Library Journal Mockingjay Interview
Some interesting thoughts from Suzanne Collins in this new interview, esp the section where she describes Katniss... -
Free Hunger Games Audiobook This Week Only
Hey folks, So the people at AudiobookCommunity.com's YA site: SYNC, are offering two YA audiobooks free to download every week this summer. This week, one of the selections is The Hunger Games.
You can download the title free here (you also need to download a media console they provide. It only takes about five minutes to do both, very easy.)
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Movie Development Inches Along
There's an article today in the LA Times website about how the script is now in the revision stage for THG movie. Their casting choices aren't actually ones I've seen most fans talking about at all. Moretz might be fine (a little young?) but Fanning and Ronan don't look the part at all. Kaya Scodelario is the most-hyped choice for Katniss that I've ( Read more... ) -
Amazing Fake Trailer for Hunger Games
Saw this linked on Twitter and thought it was a really amazing vid, both technically and imaginatively. Nice.
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Race in The Hunger Games
Hey friends,
I wrote a post on my journal about race!fail in The Hunger Games. It's a topic that I haven't seen discussed anywhere, but I think is interesting (and disturbing). With all of the controversy in the SPN fandom and the expansive discussions of race that are going on in LJ right now, i thought it was a good time to bring it up.
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Mockingjay Releasing Early to UK and NZ
According to Mockingjay.net, the final book of the trilogy will be available on August 2nd in the UK and New Zealand. That's a whopping 22 days before the US August 24 release date. This is very surprising news for a book this big to be not released simultaneously but so far it's legit according to distributors. We'll have to see if Scholastic ( Read more... ) -
Katniss is from West Virginia?
At Scholastic.com, Suzanne Collins reads two excerpts from The Hunger Games and Catching FireInterestingly, though the author doesn't have a Southern accent, Katniss apparently does. Makes me think District 12 with its mining and abject poverty could be West Virginia? I recall Collins saying she specifically didn't want to reveal much about the ( Read more... ) -
The Great Debate--Which Boy?
Ok so I'm spamming the comm. But since there's mostly just tumbleweeds blowing around in here anyway, y'all will have to live with it. ;)
So that delightful Forever Young Adult blog has a whole back-and-forth exchange between two hilarious people arguing the merits of Kat's respective love interests. These are so funny and the comments are fantastic ( Read more... ) -
Find Your Hunger Games Name
This is a cute little bit of fun I found on the Foreveryoungadult.com blog. Follow the five simple rules to come up with your Hunger Games Name. I'll use mine as an example:
The rules are simple! Just write down your answer for each of the questions, and then combine them in the end.
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Finally read the book
I finally finished reading Catching Fire. I know, I'm woefully behind, but I'm going to be catching up here in the next few days to see what all of you thought of the book. If you're interested in my thoughts, they're at my journal here.
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