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Well, I need a drink. Or twelve. Mockingjay!

August 26, 2010
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I think I have sympathy PTSD now.  Anyone else?  Is TEABS a treatable condition according to the American Medical Association? Full spoilers for Mockingjay after the cut.  No apologies to Henri included.

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Don’t treat me this way, Collins (Mockingjay ch 1-15)

August 25, 2010
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!!!!  I cannot believe that, in my drunken state, I thought “15 sounds like a well-rounded place to stop for the day.   Let’s stop there!”  WHAT WAS I THINKING. You guys all know the drill: we’re discussing the first fifteen chapters of Mockingjay right now.  ONLY the first 15 chapters!  If you’ve finished the book, [...]

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Mockingjay is eating my face!

August 24, 2010
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And making me totally crazy!!!  Because, for maybe the first time in my life, outside of dance parties, I AGREE WITH HENRI. More under the cut!  Remember, we are discussing spoilers for chapters 1 through 5 ONLY.  Please do not reply with information after chapter 5 to this post.  (We will be coming at you [...]

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mockingjay prep 101

August 23, 2010
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HAPPY MOCKINGJAY EVE! that’s right — this time tomorrow, many of us will be finishing up mockingjay, bleary eyed from lack of sleep and feeling the onset of the shakes from a wicked case of TEABS. here at FYA HQ, we’ve been spazzing out about the release party going down in austin, and are almost [...]

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i predict that mockingjay will melt my pants off

July 26, 2010
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PEOPLE!!!!!! MOCKINGJAY COMES OUT IN LESS THAN A MONTH!!!!! WE NEED TO PREPARE!!! sure, we’ve been waiting practically a century for this mothercussing book to be released, but for some reason, the closer it gets, the more nervous i become. like, WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN?!! SUZANNE COLLINS ARE YOU GOING TO KILL PEETA?!!! and [...]

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it’s the end of the world as we know it

June 28, 2010
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ok, so we all know dystopia’s the new vampire, right? and the new black, and the new harry potter, and the new … oh, screw it. y’all, we also all know dystopia is an awesome genre that’s been around for-like-ever and it’ll really REALLY suck if it gets screwed up now thanks to publishers jumping [...]

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an open call for compliments

June 21, 2010
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if FYA were a dwarf in “snow white,” we would most certainly NOT be bashful (is there a dwarf named Alkie? no? just curious). in fact, after excellent YA and strong cocktails, there’s nothing we love more than a good compliment*. we also enjoy appreciating ourselves for the hard drinking work we do on this [...]

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call for submissions: the most magical night of your YA life!

May 20, 2010
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here at FYA headquarters, we try to keep a finger on the extremely hormonal, racing pulse of YA. usually we stick to books, but occasionally, we enter into real live teenager territory! DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE! thanks to a recent visit to olive garden, we couldn’t help but notice that prom season is in full swing. [...]

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It’s an FYA Slumber Party, and you’re invited!

April 29, 2010
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Okay FYA readers, we’re having a virtual slumber party! I know! So grab your favorite cocktails, put on your jimjams and get ready for some swooning, book reading, pranks and partaking of tasty business! To make your packing easy, we came up with a list of fill-in-the-blank slumber party essentials!  You can see what (and [...]

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katniss has arrows. your argument is invalid. p.s. RUN AWAY.

March 12, 2010
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happy friday, tributes! i’ve got some good news for you guys! first of all, you’re still alive. so WELL DONE ON THAT. secondly, yr districts have decided to parachute some gifts to you in the form of RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME HUMOR. that’s right, it’s time to reveal the submissions from our “yr argument is invalid, the [...]

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