Stuff We Like This Week: October 2 Edition
Oct 01
In an effort to combat our occasional…okay, okay, near-constant negativity, we give you a regular feature full of nothing but love — Stuff We Like This Week. Appearing every Friday, SWLTW will recap the things that have set our little nerdly hearts aflame within the past seven days.
WARNING: THIS WEEK’S POST CONTAINS SPOILERZ FOR THE MOVIE ZOMBIELAND. READ NO FURTHER IF YOU WISH TO REMAIN IN THE DARK!
[I’ve added a white-out to the spoiler text – you can highlight it if you want, or leave it alone and remain completely in the dark. Sorry, Sarah. I wasn’t using my braaaaaaaaaains. -c]
Sarah and Jeff BS About Teen Romance
Oct 01
Sarah likes to read books about kick-ass teenage girls and supernatural shenanigans and swirly-eyed romance. Jeff is starting to enjoy some of these books, too. Recently, they had a long, rambling conversation about why these books — and romance in general — make them feel so special inside and how that relates to geekdom at large.
Catching Fire Giveaway Winners!
Sep 30Thanks to all you lovely folks who entered our Catching Fire giveaway. Your comments were all delightful and it’s way cool to see so many people with big enthusiasm for this series. We totally share that enthusiasm, as you can see from Sarah’s Next Big Franchise post. For more Catching Fire/YA lit/teen romance talk, come back on Thursday, when we’ll be posting a rambling convo between Sarah and Jeff on these very topics.
Three winners were selected at random! Are you ready?!
Comment #8: Smoakes
Comment #28: Angie
Comment #47: Dan, er, DAN!
Please email sarah AT alertnerd DOT com with your snail mail address by Friday, October 2. If we don’t hear from you by then, we will have to select another winner.
You will receive:
*A limited edition Catching Fire t-shirt, suitable for wearing to cons and post-apocalyptic death battles
*A collectible mockingjay pin, like the one Katniss wears in The Hunger Games
*Your very own copy of Catching Fire
And no, your Team allegiance did not help or hurt you in any way. Though, for the record, Sarah votes Team Peeta 4-evah.
The Next Big Franchise
Sep 29
Okay, fellow nerds: where’s our next big book-to-movie franchise? Harry Potter’s all but wrapped. Twilight’s cycled through the craze/backlash/backlash-to-the-backlash stages with lightning speed. What’s going to swoop in and give us reason to line up, cosplay, and write obsessive-bordering-on-disturbing fanfic?
I’ve got a few candidates in mind — all from YA fiction, all ripe for big screenifying. Read on and feel free to share your own picks in the ol’ comments.
Stuff We Like This Week: September 25 Edition
Sep 25In an effort to combat our occasional…okay, okay, near-constant negativity, we give you a regular feature full of nothing but love — Stuff We Like This Week. Appearing every Friday, SWLTW will recap the things that have set our little nerdly hearts aflame within the past seven days.
