Two items of note:

First, I’m auctioning off some signed first editions of the three books in the Russel Middlebrook series for charity (a LGBT scholarship). Check it out (and make a bid) here.

Second, I have an essay in a new book, just out, called The Girl Who Was on Fire (edited by Leah Wilson), which is a bunch of authors’ take on The Hunger Games series.

So what did I decide to write about?

Um, well, I really loved the first book in the series, I really liked the second book in the series, and I was really disappointed by the third book.

So I wrote an essay called “Does the Third Book Suck?” exploring the issue of whether Mockingjay really is bad or not (I argue both the “pro” and the “con” positions).

I know, I know. What was I thinking? But I do believe that whether you liked Mockingjay or not, my essay will cause you to think a little more deeply about it.

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