Why I Love Middle Grade Romance By R.J. Anderson R.J. (Rebecca) Anderson is a UK-bestselling author for children and teens, including the Knife and Swift series of faery books for age 11 and up. Her latest book is Nomad (Orchard Books UK, January 2014), which may or may not include kissing. Visit her website (http://www.rj-anderson.com) or follow her on Twitter (@rj_anderson). A few years ago, someone asked me whether I read romance novels. Well, I have read a few, and even enjoyed some of them. But I wouldn't consider myself a regular reader of the romance genre, so what I said was, "I don't read romances. I read mysteries for the romance." What I forgot to add was that I read Middle Grade novels for the romance, too. I can hear some of my audience sputtering already. Romance, in stories for 8-12 year olds? Inconceivable! Everybody knows that readers of this age deplore "kissing books". They want action, adventure, stories about pets and fr...
Originally i was kinda worried that they might completely jack this movie up. i wasn't that crazy about some of the casting choices so i was scared that one of my fave books was going to get turned into a horrible movie. But after seeing that trailer, i am so unbelievably psyched for March 23rd! It just looks sooooo good!
ReplyDeletei think it looks awesome, not exactly how i imagined it at all but i like it. the only thing-haymitch, oh he looks terrible!
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I'm in love with it!!!! Showed it to my students all day. We sat in awe. Can't wait.
ReplyDeleteI am so excited about this! I was originally worried about it, too, but it looks like they are taking it seriously and doing it right. I also love how the whole trailer happens *before* the games actually start!
ReplyDeleteI'm still skeptical of the casting a bit (still can't get into Lenny Kravitz as Cinna) but it's a lot less than before after seeing this trailer.
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