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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,
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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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