The Katniss Konundrum: The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 144
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To prequel or not to prequel? Frank and Gwen debate the new installment of the Hunger Games franchise and two very different books about life in two very different places.
Suggest Hot Topix(TM) or tell us what you think about summer reading! Email podcasts[at]nypl.org or call 507-NYPL-LIB.
Katniss on the green screen! Art by JessicaOKeefe via DeviantArt.
Hot Topix
Stories about the Hunger Games prequel:
- 'The Hunger Games' author Suzanne Collins to release new prequel novel (Entertainment Weekly)
- ‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel Is in the Works (NYTimes)
- 9 ‘Hunger Games’ Prequels We Actually Want to See (Collider)
Book Recommendations
Severance by Ling Ma
The Hilltop by Assaf Gavron (and an interview in the LA Review of Books)
And don't forget...
... to check out a copy of Bunny! Join our Summer Reading Challenge with a book discussion episode on Aug. 8.
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