Last night, Alicia and I went with friends to the Mockingjay double feature. Because when it comes to Hunger Games, I don't like to wait.

( Definite spoilers ahead )

Title:Life Support
Author: JLaLa
Pairing(s): Katniss/Peeta
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 8670
Warnings: Major character death
Summary: Johanna Mason, Gale Hawthorne, Finnick Odair, Annie Cresta, Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen-all residents of Panem Hospice, where people come in but never leave ( Read more... )

Title:Regrets Only
Author: c_r_roberts
Pairing(s): Katniss/Peeta, Katniss/Gale
Rating: NC17
Word Count: 21,079
Warnings: None
Summary: I’m not sure how long we lay there like that, naked and entangled together. I think I even drift in and out of a light sleep, because the next thing I know, it’s the middle of the night and Peeta’s stirring beside ( Read more... )

There's some kind of Hunger Games prompt thing going on that's generating a ton of fic recently. No wonder I found another I liked.

Title:7 Seconds
Author: sponsormusings
Pairing(s): Katniss/Peeta
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 3400
Warnings: None
Summary: Sometimes all it took was a few seconds for your entire life to change, for it to completely ( Read more... )

Title:How Strange, Innocence
Author: ellembee
Pairing(s):Katniss/Peeta
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 13829
Warnings: Graphic violence, rape/non-con
Summary: It is easy to convince President Snow when her feelings for Peeta are real. It’s the consequences of loving him that are so hard.

Why I loved it: This is an alternate universe, canon-set story ( Read more... )

Title:Songbird
Author: HGRomance
Pairing(s): Katniss/Peeta
Rating: R
Word Count: 3405
Warnings: None
Summary: I was a smoky-eyed guitarist, dipped in kohl and tattooed. He was a preppy daddy with a dandelion for a kid. And he had to be ten years older than me. Modern AU. One-shot.

Why I loved it: I don't generally read Hunger Games AUs. I prefer ( Read more... )

While we didn't quite hit 100 today, it was so muggy outside it felt tons worse than yesterday. I closed all the windows in the house and turned it into a cave. Much better. We did have to venture out after lunch for guitar lessons, but I took the kids to Starbucks afterward for frappuccinos so that made it worth it. The lessons, too, but the ( Read more... )

Alicia and I went to see Mockingjay, Part 1 last night...

( Mockingjay, Part 1 )

Like any good geek, I drooled over the news coming out of ComicCon last week, but what I looked forward to the most?

The new Catching Fire trailer.

Embedding isn't working, so if you haven't seen it, you'll have to follow the link and watch it there. But ohmigod it's so worth it. I want it to be November now!

24 hours from now, will be on a plane for the UK ( Read more... )