BOOKED SOLID: A New Canaan Library Podcast for Adventurous Readers Across All Genres

"The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" by Suzanne Collins

Episode Summary

"Don't believe the hype, it's a prequel." Kathleen and Sam revisit Panem during the pandemic. How did the Hunger Games prequel hold up? Did we grow up too much to go back? Kathleen shares some great read-alikes and villain origin titles and Stand-alone Sam rages against prequels, sequels, and same-plot-different-story approaches.

Episode Notes

Our episode's special guest, Megan Mabee's article in Book Riot:

"How the Hunger Games Prequel Helped Me Realize I've Changed."