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Someone is always watching in The Hunger Games
“The greatest multiplex in the universe is in your mind, and the only ticket you need is a good, well-written novel.” Carlos Ruiz Zafon I agree with Zafon. But still, I can’t wait for The Hunger Games...
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I opened a book and disappeared into another dimension
I remember the book, which I think of as my Hunger Games book, and I remember the reading of it. Where I was (in my bedroom, my favorite place to read), how old I was (ten), and how I started reading...
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Let’s Talk about Hunger Games, the movie
“So what happens when we go back?” “We try to forget.” “I don’t want to forget.” I read a review of The Hunger Games last night after I got home from the theater. Sometimes I wonder if the critics and...
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Don’t tell Joel Stein I like The Hunger Games
I was taken aback when I read Joel Stein’s essay in The New York Times, “Adults Should Read Adult Books.” He writes that the only thing more embarrassing than seeing an adult looking at pornography on...
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She read The Lord of the Rings and said what you’re not supposed to say to...
…everyone deserves these chances, moments when something pierces the everyday and points a path toward health and wholeness, toward growth and adventure and change. – Adrienne Furness In February,...
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First anniversary book giveaway
What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever. Mary Jo Putney After the storm. Books Can Save a Life is a year old this month. I’ve grown so fond of...
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Joyce Maynard, Elizabeth Gilbert, George Saunders coming up
Been away for a bit while designer Nicole Bateman of The Pixel Boutique gives Books Can Save a Life a fresh, new look. (Thank you, Nicole!) But I’ve been reading, as always, and here’s what’s coming...
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One small fact
HERE IS A SMALL FACT You are going to die. ….the grave diggers were rubbing their hands together and whining about the snow and the current digging conditions. “So hard to get through all the ice,”...
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Catching Fire, the movie
I liked the movie version of the first book in the The Hunger Games trilogy, (unlike many viewers) and I liked Catching Fire, the movie version of book #2, even more. When a book or movie is wildly...
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