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YA has become huge in the past 5-10 years, thanks to Harry Potter and others. Legolas Send a noteboard - 25/03/2012 08:58:58 PM
The Hunger Games? When did this become a big enough thing to have the hordes of adoring fans my facebook news feed tells me it does (judging by their rapturous statuses about the movie)? I mean, i think I may have heard that name before, but it still seems like this movie came out of nowhere. But maybe that's just me, lol.

And yes, among YA books, The Hunger Games has been a household name for the past few years. I've seen the name mentioned often enough on this forum over the past years that I had it marked down as something I should read at some point, even before I heard they were going to make a movie.

So on the one hand, it sort of is just you. :P On the other hand, YA fiction is to some extent quite separate from "adult" fiction, and there are few YA series that really are big enough to become famous even among people who have no interest in the genre, the way the HP and Twilight books did.
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The Hunger Games ironclad - 25/03/2012 12:13:28 AM 1792 Views
I feel old A Deathwatch Guard - 25/03/2012 09:57:20 AM 853 Views
Re: I feel old ironclad - 25/03/2012 11:12:34 AM 760 Views
YA has become huge in the past 5-10 years, thanks to Harry Potter and others. Legolas - 25/03/2012 08:58:58 PM 752 Views
Re: YA has become huge in the past 5-10 years, thanks to Harry Potter and others. TaskmasterJack - 25/03/2012 10:07:17 PM 712 Views
Me neither *NM* ironclad - 25/03/2012 11:09:39 PM 304 Views
Yes, well, I do perhaps spend more time on the books board than you guys... Legolas - 26/03/2012 09:47:08 PM 687 Views
I don't consider The Hunger Games YA. rebelaessedai - 30/03/2012 05:19:51 AM 765 Views
YA is a fairly recent invention anyway. (Not that it isn't great! I think it's a great invention!) Vivien - 30/03/2012 04:01:35 PM 691 Views
It's definitely marketed as such, whatever its content. Legolas - 30/03/2012 08:59:37 PM 708 Views
I don't think you're right. rebelaessedai - 10/04/2012 04:13:32 AM 748 Views
I liked the movie, but the absolute funniest part was during the trailers: Tirenne - 25/03/2012 11:13:34 PM 944 Views
Aww we didn't get that trailer, but I've seen it before. *ending spoiler* ironclad - 26/03/2012 08:42:58 AM 696 Views
I've actually read that book. Tigr - 26/03/2012 06:59:02 PM 676 Views
Twas good..."but the book was better" Tigr - 26/03/2012 06:49:26 PM 661 Views
I know, right? ironclad - 26/03/2012 07:45:14 PM 739 Views
I didn't read the books. Macharius - 26/03/2012 09:03:52 PM 720 Views
Will likely see it this weekend. Stephen - 27/03/2012 02:26:11 AM 609 Views
I liked it. Vivien - 27/03/2012 07:21:33 PM 640 Views
Entertaining film. good lead character. people die. I got in the movie for free. what isn't to like? *NM* mogi67 - 27/03/2012 08:03:47 PM 312 Views
I liked it, but at times, I felt like I was a citizen of Panem, watching kids get killed on screen. Bookwyrm - 27/03/2012 08:07:48 PM 749 Views
Especially since Katniss is described as olive skinned herself. Vivien - 27/03/2012 09:25:46 PM 733 Views
I must have forgotten the part where they described Rue. Kaldric - 28/03/2012 02:23:14 PM 805 Views
I dunno, I tend to not be a very attentive reader A Deathwatch Guard - 28/03/2012 09:41:26 PM 689 Views
Well, it's one thing to not pay attention to physical descriptions Vivien - 28/03/2012 11:38:57 PM 661 Views
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