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The Hunger Games—The Whole World is Watching

Monday, March 26th, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

“May the odds be ever in your favor!” This is the traditional address Effie gives the residents of District 12 before the annual Reaping ceremony,

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Yay! For YA Books

Thursday, March 8th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around

Some of the best and most successful writers of our time are writing Young Adult books. If you have any doubts, just think “Harry Potter”

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The Dream for A Better Life

Thursday, February 16th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around

One of the best things about the Oscars is that a film or performance previously overlooked while in the theaters, suddenly demands our attention. A

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Breaking Dawn: Breaking Horror

Friday, November 18th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

Does a record-breaking box office translate into great art or even a mediocre film worth your $10? Sometimes the hoopla surrounding a movie cons us

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The Book Club Play: What’s Your Favorite Book?

Sunday, October 16th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

“Book clubs are such an American phenomenon,” says one of the characters in Karen Zacarias’s hysterically funny ode to books, food, and friendships now playing

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Fright Night—Bloody Good Time

Sunday, August 21st, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

Let’s get it out of the way: Hollywood makes way, WAY too many remakes and reboots. There was no need for Rob Zombie to re-do

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True Blood Takes A Bite Out of “Traditional” Romance

Monday, July 4th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around

Vampires have been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. As a child I had a dogeared copy of the Mammoth

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YA Literature – Beyond Harry Potter

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
by Jocelyn Lucas Rosenberg on Reading Around

Young-adult fiction or young adult literature (often abbreviated as YA) is fiction written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents and young adults, roughly ages

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