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Tag Archives: Mockingjay
Move over, Fifty Shades!
We mentioned last week that E.L. James’ Fifty Shades trilogy reached the 20 million mark in the United States. In fact, sometimes it seems as though all chatter in the book business revolves around this hot (sorry, couldn’t resist) series. … Continue reading
Jennifer Lawrence to play the “Girl on fire”
When it comes to BookPage reader interest, news of The Hunger Games is nearly on par with news of The Help . . . so I expect heated reactions to this info! Lionsgate has confirmed that Jennifer Lawrence—the 20-year-old actress … Continue reading
Best of the blogs
What posts have you enjoyed this week? A few of my favorites include… Mockingjay (Review in Haiku) Posted on The Literate Housewife Review The Literate Housewife reviews Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay in the form of a haiku! Here’s a preview: Peeta, … Continue reading
BookPage Podcast: ‘Mockingjay’
Rushed through Mockingjay and don’t have anyone to talk to? Or: Want to listen to other reactions on the fate of Panem, President Snow and that pesky little Gale vs. Peeta plotline? [Note: If you’ve never heard of these people, … Continue reading
Our Hunger Games adventure
On Saturday, Trisha and I went to our local indie, Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Nashville, to hang out with a bunch of like-minded readers: kids who are obsessed with The Hunger Games. Our clips from the event will crack you up—and … Continue reading
What we’re reading Wednesday: Mockingjay
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Scholastic • $17.99 • August 24, 2010 Like countless other readers, I am currently midway through Mockingjay, the final book in the Hunger Games Trilogy. I know that many fans are afraid of spoilers, so all … Continue reading
Pumped up for ‘Mockingjay’
Yeah, yeah, Mockingjay comes out tomorrow. If you’ve read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, you’ve probably had August 24 marked off in your calendar for months. (And if you’re totally obsessed with the series—like me—you’ll be reading the book … Continue reading
Trailer Tuesday: Mockingjay
Just yesterday, Scholastic unveiled the book trailer for Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy: There’s not any new information here for Hunger Games fans, but the trailer does feed the fire of excitement that’s building … Continue reading
Suzanne Collins among “Most Influential People”
The 2010 Time 100 list was released online today, and I was thrilled to see Suzanne Collins show up in the Artists category. Lizzie Skurnick, author of Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading, wrote an ode to … Continue reading
YA book sales grow more than adult hardcovers
It’s not news to us that adults enjoy YA books—just ask our staffers who are counting down the days until the release of Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay, or who nominated graphic memoir Stitches as a best nonfiction book of 2009, an … Continue reading
Mockingjay it is!
In December we posted the news that The Hunger Games #3 will arrive on August 24, 2010, and asked readers for title predictions. A couple of you suggested “The Victors” (which USA Today claims has been the most popular guess … Continue reading
