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There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom!

A Dude’s Review of Mockingjay

November 25, 2011
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John, the latest boy to enter the Girls’ Bathroom, is back, and this time, he applies his razor sharp dude analysis to Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay! Love triangle, you’ve been warned. Hello everyone! A few weeks ago, I finally acted on a recommendation that Ms. Poshdeluxe had been pushing for many, many months. I read Suzanne [...]

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In which we get a guy to review Breaking Dawn, Pt 1

November 18, 2011
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Here at the ladyfest known as FYA, we occasionally coerce convince a real live dude to write about YA on our site. Given that most guys pull a Fred Savage when they hear the words “young adult,” we appreciate the rare opportunity to include a male perspective. But thanks to our Irish friend John, we [...]

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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 FYA prom mega spectacular: boy edition!

July 7, 2010
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hopefully, y’all enjoyed the hilarity and tragedrama of our prom issue (and hopefully the image of my dress will gracefully disappear v. v. quickly from yr memories). but amidst the awkward slow dancing and ever present angst, you may have noticed something missing…. something teenage girls dream of knowing, and grown-up ladies still don’t quite [...]

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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: in which Erin shamelessly lobbies for votes by talking about cake

February 26, 2010
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Okay, Henri, you’ve made some good points, although comparing Peeta to Bryan Adams was a low blow, and also completely untrue. Bryan Adams? Please. First of all, Peeta does not croon in music videos set to scenes from the 1991 movie, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Secondly, Peeta is not a Canadian. I know this, [...]

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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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