I'm not sure why I read books like this, I've read two others (one for Eragon and the other for Twilight) and even though some of the essays are interesting and make you think others are just stupid and boring. So I really need to stop picking them up, but they might work for someone else.
A collection of essays written by many of our favorite authors about one of our favorite series of all times. Sounds great, right?Well, for me it wasn't. I expected more of this book.The Girl Who Was on Fire lacks some sort of order. Each essay is written about any random subject based on the books ...
These essays vary from very good to seemed like the writers didn't try very hard. I really enjoyed "Team Katniss" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and "Reality Hunger" by Ned Vizzini.
The Hunger Games are over, but the analysis has begun. Suzanne Collins concluded her Panem trilogy a year ago and Hollywood's interpretation of it is still in production, but in the meantime, the series continues to provide some serious discussion fodder. The Girl Who Was on Fire collects thirteen ...
This an unusual book to read for me, but a great one nonetheless. Some of the essays made me laugh out loud, but all of them were thought provoking and great discussion pieces. A great find for fans of The Hunger Games.
I had the pleasure of reading one essay in this collection: "Bent, Shattered, and Mended: Wounded Minds in the Hunger Games" by Blythe Woolston, and I'd like to read more because this essay was quite illuminating.Ms. Woolston educates about the psychological diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disord...
The Girl Who Was on Fire is a collection of thirteen essays by YA authors who analyze the characters, their motives, politics & society, reality TV & the media, fashion, and psychological trauma. This book is so full of win. If you are a fan of The Hunger Games and miss it dearly, this is a nice way...
Rating: 3* of fiveI just spent two very busy days, but made a little time to read "The Wedding" by Elizabeth A. Rees. It's a YA novel based on the famous Jan van Eyck painting "The Arnolfini Wedding." Watson-Guptill, primarily an information publisher, did a series called "Encounters With Art" in wh...
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