So far, 2020 has been a year, but in reality, it’s only been a little over six months. With so many serious, life-changing events taking place this year, it’s difficult to focus and find t…
Book Review: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins exceeds expectations with her Hunger Games prequel, A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Once again, we open on a Reaping Day—the Reaping Day of the 10th Hunger Games. These Hunger Games,…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Turns 10—A brief look into Katniss Everdeen’s Character Motivation
Catching Fire, the second book of the acclaimed YA dystopian trilogy The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, turned ten years old today. Catching Fire is unique in its function as a sequel, with regards …
A Message from Suzanne Collins
In case you’ve somehow missed the news, the final movie in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay Part Two, releases this week on November 20, 2015. Author Suzanne Collins has released a lovely let…
Trailer: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
The wait is finally over! Hunger Games fans, REJOICE! Now that we’ve all come down from our Comic Con-induced high, we finally have our first official look at movie footage from The Hunger Games…
How the Adapted Screenplay Saved the Hunger Games (Part II of II)
Last time we talked about some of the problems with The Hunger Games.Or rather, I discussed the problems as perceived by me using a framework of modern Young Adult fiction by trying to highlight trope…
How the Adapted Screenplay Saved The Hunger Games (Part I of II)
When I think about movies that are, I believe, better than the books they are adapted from, for the most part these movies are adaptations of Young Adult novels (also, The Lord of the Rings). I’m not …