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Have you read The Hunger Games series? (Which line best describes you?)

March 23, 2012, 937 voters

Starters by Lissa Price

Late March 2012

In the future, teens rent their bodies to seniors who want to be young again. One girl discovers that her renter plans to do more than party --- her body will commit murder, if her mind can't stop it.

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Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

Late March 2012

In this follow-up to DELIRIUM, Lena Haloway makes it to the Wilds and becomes part of an Invalid community, where she transforms herself into a warrior for the resistance. A future without Alex is unimaginable, but Lena pushes forward and fights, both for him and for a world in which love is no longer considered a disease.

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Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson

Late March 2012

Laurel Daneau is still reeling from the losses she endured during Hurricane Katrina. When her new boyfriend introduces her to meth, she spirals into addiction. But as she slowly becomes a shell of her former self, she longs to become whole again.

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Chomp by Carl Hiaasen

Late March 2012

Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he has grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. He can handle the critters. It's his father who's the unpredictable one.

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Wonder by R. J. Palacio

Late March 2012

August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school --- until now. He's about to start fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid, then you know how hard that can be. Auggie is just an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?

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Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

Late March 2012

Once upon a time, there was a cyborg named Cinder who fell madly in love with a prince. Mix in a deadly plague, a cruel lunar queen and a royal ball, and you have all the elements for a classic re-imagining of Cinderella that you won’t forget any time soon.

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March 23, 2012

So…what did you think?

I’m talking about The Walking Dead season finale, of course. (Nothing else went on this week, did it?) It was the long-awaited capper to the second season, and it delivered in spades (sometimes in spades to the head). Spoilers ahead, so skip the next two paragraphs if you have not caught up yet.

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Interview: Helene Tursten, author of Night Rounds: A Detective Inspector Irene Huss Investigation

Mar 22, 2012

In Helene Tursten’s newest Inspector Irene Huss novel, NIGHT ROUNDS, Irene investigates when a hospital is hit by a blackout, one nurse is found dead, and another vanishes. In this interview, conducted by Bookreporter.com’s Joe Hartlaub, Tursten discusses her inspiration to tell the story, partially drawn from her own experience as a nurse and dentist. She also shares some of her favorite Swedish crime writers, describes her writing routine, and gives a glimpse into what she’s working on now.

Force of Nature: A Joe Pickett Novel
by C. J. Box - Fiction, Mystery

In 1995, Nate Romanowski was in a secret Special Forces unit abroad when a colleague did something terrible. Now high up in the government, the man is determined to eliminate anyone who knows about it, and Nate knows exactly how he'll do it --- by striking at Nate's friends to draw him out.