On the 8th day of Christmas, Bookshelf Banter suggests to me… Friendship, Wars, Vampires, and Fairies!
We are posting our TOP 12 Books in 2011… And, if you missed them you need to read them in 2012!
Day 8

Krystal: Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
Stefanie: The Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa
Kelly: The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
Kallie: Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

Entertainment Weekly has a new interview with author Suzanne Collins and director Gary Ross, who talk about what it’s been like to collaborate on the highly-anticipated project.  You can read more on their thoughts on casting choices, the race debate, and more over on their site!
Each bit of casting news has been met with a real roar from the fans. How are you both handling that? Did you expect such outrage?
SC: Any time you read a book and get attached to the characters, to me it’s always …

EW has an exclusive statement from author Suzanne Collins, who discusses her thoughts on the casting of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen!  Click here to read more of her reaction to the news!
“Dear Readers,
We have found Katniss.
As the author, I went into the casting process with a certain degree of trepidation. Believing your heroine can make the leap from the relative safety of the page to the flesh and bones reality of the screen is something of a creative act of faith. But after watching dozens …

MTV caught up with True Grit Best Supporting Actress nominee, Hailee Steinfeld, on the Oscar’s red carpet, to see what all the Hunger Games rumors were all about.  Hailee has been rumored to be in the running to play Katniss in an upcoming adaptation of the YA novel.  Check out what she had to say about the book below!

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Woot!  The Hunger Games has been one of our favorite reads, and now we’ll get to see it on the big screen in early 2012!
“Lionsgate has announced to EW that The Hunger Games, the highly anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ futuristic YA thriller about scrapper Katniss Everdeen and her fight to survive a brutal reality TV contest, will be released on March 23, 2012.”
Read more HERE!

Today Mockingjay, the third and FINAL book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, was released! Review of it will be up shortly! My suggestion is NOT to read spoilers on the internet. Please keep the plot secret for a couple of days, then we can all have a group discussion, here on the site!
Thanks!(:
QUESTION: How many of you have already picked up the book, or finished the book?

Illustration by Marcos Chin

The suspense is killing us. Ever since Katniss Everdeen, the arrow-slinging heroine of Suzanne Collins’s “Hunger Games” trilogy, was snatched from the cruel clutches of a ruthless government, we can’t stop thinking about the feisty 16-year-old from District 12. What sort of flesh-devouring, mutant killing machine awaits her next? How can she possibly lead a successful revolt against the technologically advanced Capitol? And what about her two teen suitors—Gale, a longtime hunting buddy, and Peeta Mellark, the baker’s selfless son? Which hunk will she finally choose? Ah, …