Thursday Tidbits 3/22/2012

Just a couple Thursday tidbits:

• I’m a pretty big fan of Courtney Summers; Some Girls Are and Cracked Up To Be are both so well done. I’m looking forward to her next novel, This Is Not a Test. Ms. Summers posted the trailer today and it looks good!
• I’m excited to see The Hunger Games! I am getting a little nervous about it, though. EW gave it an A-, but David Edelstein at Fresh Air was less impressed. Bob Mondello at NPR did seem to like it. The Washington Post didn’t like it, but my friend Anne says they don’t like anything. It does sound like everyone does agree that Jennifer Lawrence is awesome as Katniss, which is the most important part.
• If you go to see The Hunger Games, this is for you! And this!
• I kind of want to try this Ron Swanson sauce.

Pop Culture Break-Ups

While I love my television shows, sometimes I have to say enough is enough. Here are three shows I have broken up with:

1. Glee – They slowly ruined every character I loved. The music was becoming less enjoyable; the first season seemed to try to have a variety of genres in each episode. Recently, they became too focused on current songs and themed/tribute episodes. After Mr. Shu said Finn taught him how to be a man, I washed my hands of it.

2. Ringer – I wanted to like it, and I tried. But I found myself just not caring about any of the characters or the plot direction. Considering how hooked I have been on Revenge since episode 1, I decided not to waste my time.

3. Alcatraz - Lost connections had me so excited, but I fell asleep during episode 1 – and i wasn’t even tired! I let several episode pile up on my DVR and then just deleted them. I could not get motivated to make the time to watch.