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EPILOGUE: Mockingjay kinda sucks?

August 31, 2010
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So after sitting with the story for a little while now, I’m realizing that Mockingjay left me with a different sort of TEABS. You could call it DE2ABSS for Disappointing End to A Beloved Series Syndrome. That’s not as catchy as TEABS, but hopefully it won’t need to be used as much, so it doesn’t [...]

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God damn it, I hate Peeta : Mockingjay, ENDGAME

August 25, 2010
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Was I supposed to wait an entire day before posting this? WELL TOO BAD. Now that I’ve finished I agree with all the commenters from day one who just wanted us to read faster so we can talk about everything. So here we go: This post is going to be spoilerific for every single aspect [...]

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Suzanne Collins Would Love the Way I Lie : Mockingjay Chapters 1-15

August 25, 2010
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Okay, so there are a couple of standard things to get out of the way before we get going here. 1) This post is covering Mockingjay chapters 1-15. Yes, I want to not be writing and instead finish reading and then talk about the entire book, but that is coming in like a day, and [...]

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Peeta Vs. Gale: It’s On!

August 24, 2010
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Super duper important – this post covers Mockingjay chapters 1-5. Erin and I are going to read it in chunks and discuss here on the blog over the next couple of days. There WILL BE SPOILERS for that part of the book, but there will be no discussion of anything past chapter five. And if [...]

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the great peeta vs. gale debate (final round): Peeta = Riley

March 2, 2010
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Thanks for bringing up Lost, Erin. Because it’s not that Katniss will become Claire at all. It’s that Katniss is stuck in a cheesy love triangle of “will she choose or will one of these boys die before she has to” shit-for-plot situations that mirrors Lost perfectly. And also happens to mirror many other TV [...]

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the great peeta vs. gale debate, round 2: Peeta is to Bryan Adams as Gale is to Jay-Z

February 2, 2010
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The fiercest debate in literary history rages on in Round 2 as Henri rebuts Erin’s defense of Peeta, aka FACE HARD! Okay, I don’t understand any of what you’re talking about, Erin. Here’s how you describe Nice Guys: Nice Guys just want to help out.  Nice Guys want you to tell them your problems.  Nice [...]

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the great peeta vs. gale debate: peeta is a pansy

January 28, 2010
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editor’s note: welcome to the first installment of the new FYA series, “there’s a boy in the girls’ bathroom!” since this site is run by four ladies, we thought it would be fun to occasionally include a boy’s point of view, especially given that fact that most YA readers tend to be of the female [...]

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