Cosplay Family Spotlight: The Dooley Family
Cosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Rachel and Pat Dooley.
Continue ReadingCosplay Family Spotlight is a new recurring segment where I interview and spotlight a cosplay family. This week, I interview Rachel and Pat Dooley.
Continue ReadingDystopian young adult fiction takes the chaos of adolescent development and transforms it into a narrative which provides both an outlet and a map to the teen audience — and any parent looking for a way into her teenage child’s brain.
Continue ReadingHunger Games: The Exhibition at Discovery Times Square is a detailed and fascinating look at the world of Panem.
Continue ReadingAs readers and fans of the The Hunger Games books are gearing up for the movie coming out March 23rd, GeekMom has a giveaway, courtesy of Lionsgate, to help your preparations. Included in the package is: – 1 Softcover book of The Hunger Games – 1 Hunger Games pin – 3 Mini posters (Katniss, stadium, […]
Continue ReadingMy house has been full of Hunger Games fans from when the very first book was released in hardcover. That’s because the two older kids were already hooked on Suzanne Collins by virtue of reading the Gregor the Overlander series, which …
Continue ReadingWhat do you think? Our first extended look inside the movie…seeing Katniss salute the TV viewers gave me goosebumps. But Woody Harrelson’s floppy hair made me yell at my screen. That’s not my Haymitch. He needs to be straggly and grizzled, absolutely, but that hair is just silly. Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket: spot on. […]
Continue ReadingIf your teen is anything like mine, she’s been counting the days until the release of the Hunger Games movie next March. Heck, if you’re anything like me, you’ve been counting! We got our first peek at the film in a short trailer that aired at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sunday night. What did […]
Continue ReadingI can’t remember ever taking more than a passing interest in the details surrounding a book’s adaptation to film. Until now, that is. I eat up ever morsel that gets dropped as The Hunger Games makes its way to the big screen. I man Twitter and Facebook feeds to get the latest casting news as […]
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