June 2011
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May 2011
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May 31st
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The Hunger Games Series - Spoiler Warning
“Yes, the Capitol, through its lapses in District 12, created Katniss Everdeen. The girl who cares enough to volunteer for the Hunger Games to save her sister. The girl who promises to try to win so she can return to her family and bring food to her district. The girl who unwittingly captures the love of her prep team and stylists, who then turn her into the ‘girl who was on...
May 31st
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Mockingjay Spoiler Warning
“Can a cycle ever truly be broken? Is society always doomed to repeat the patterns of the past? Certainly our own history seems to reflect that theory. Time and time again people indulge in decadence until we self-destruct, only to do it all over again. But the end of Mockingjay seems to suggest otherwise. Though many have found it bleak, I personally see a great deal of optimism. Suzanne...
May 31st
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The Hunger Games Series - Spoiler Warning
“I’ve been very angered by reviews in which Peeta is called a ‘wimp,’ because I actually think he’s the braver of the two boys. Why? Because Peeta is the one who, despite everything he’s been through—the Hunger Games, the Quarter Quell, physical and psychological torture—is able to retain his essential humanity. Peeta is the one who, unlike Gale,...
May 31st
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Catching Fire Spoiler Warning
“Discontent with the Capitol leads Cinna to commit a crime of fashion. Without question it also brings about his creative best. Through his work he helps rid the world of Snow’s dictatorship, and like many renegades, he dies for his cause. In the end, Kat shouldn’t be given all the credit for starting the revolt. She might be the flame, but Cinna is the torch.” - Terri...
May 31st
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Mockingjay Spoiler Warning
“And yet she makes the decision not to be like Gale—not to kill Snow but to take out Coin, to eliminate the threat of violence in the future, rather than take revenge for violence of the past.” -Sarah Rees Brennan, The Girl Who Was On Fire There are so many amazing essays about The Hunger Games series in this book. Couldn’t put it down. Only one of them made me wonder if...
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Completely neglected Tumblr and YouTube in favor of Twitter over the past few weeks. Even though I said I would NEVER use Twitter. Oh well.
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