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There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom!

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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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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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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the great peeta vs. gale debate: Gale is a Nice Guy

January 29, 2010
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In today’s second installment of  There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom, I take Henri to task for his blatant character assassination of my beloved fictional boyfriend, Peeta.  Now, if there were really a boy in the girl’s bathroom, we all know we would drive him out with that classic strategy from the 7th grade: [...]

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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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