The Geek and Inkwell

It's just another regular Monday evening. Little did I know that this would actually be a monumental Monday evening for me. Every once in a while, I get the time to check up on  The Inklings  blog, which celebrates and recalls the work of the Inklings - a discussion group of friends that met in The Eagle and the Child pub and included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. To my surprise and joy, I  discovered a recent post  there linking to the  Good Report  website, and sharing - get this - footage of Tolkien. The interviews (which you can watch below) were recently released archival footage from the BBC.

The world probably doesn't need another review of Mockingjay , but I'm going to write one anyway. I didn't expect to love Suzanne Collins' trilogy as much as I did, especially after reading the first book in the series - The Hunger Games . You can read my review of it  here.  As you can see, I was less than captivated. But then I read Catching Fire  and everything changed. By the end of the second book, I could tell we were getting to the real subject matter at hand. To my mind, Mockingjay  is the book that asks the hard questions and tells the most truth, and honestly, I think that's why most of the young adults I have talked to like it the least. Before I go any further, I should issue a warning that if you haven't read the entire Hunger Games  trilogy yet, you should probably come back to this post later, since I can't write the review I want to write without giving away some major plot points. Secondly, so that you know I am not making up the fact th...