Frankly, I could use a little sugarcoating.

Pity does not get you aid. Admiration at your refusal to give in does.

Highly unlikely but not impossible.

Maybe I'd think that, too, Caesar," says Petta bitterly, "if it weren't for the baby." There. He's done it again.

Enobaria smiles at Johanna. 'Don't look so smug,' says Johanna. 'We'll kill you anyway.

Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and powerful vision of Panem, its brutality and excesses, to the film as well. His world building's fantastic, whether it be the Seam or the Capitol.

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.