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The Girl Who Was on Fire: officially released! Win a copy in The Reaping: District 13

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Big thanks to everyone who's been a part of our 13-day Panem-style reaping—both our other districts* around the web and those of you who've been following and commenting to win. We're bringing things to a close today by giving away two last copies of our Hunger Games anthology.

(For those of you just tuning in—greetings, Shelf Awareness readers!—that's The Girl Who Was on Fire, a collection of some very brilliant, seriously funny YA authors writing on Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy...

What Amazon Content Matters Most To You?

We know you purchase your favorite Smart Pop titles directly from our site, of course, but it wouldn't surprise us to hear you send a little money to Amazon each month. Hey, we won't argue—it's a great site, especially for your book-buying needs!

So, when it comes to those book needs, what do you enjoy most about the Amazon experience?

Is it the author info (and, further, a good Author Central page), the customer reviews, the endorsements, the cover image, the price? The ease of purchase? And w...

Reviews of The Girl Who Was on Fire

If you hunger for the Hunger Games trilogy, fear not. Smart Pop Books also had the yearning for more of Suzanne Collins' creative and dangerous world after Mockingjay and created a new anthology to delve deeper into the Hunger Games.

The Girl Who Was on Fire—edited by Leah Wilson, our own pop culture connoisseur—includes essays by an all-star YA cast: Sarah Rees Brennan, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Mary Borsellino, Elizabeth M. Rees, Lili Wilkinson, Ned Vizzini, Carrie Ryan, Cara Lockwood, Terri...

The Reaping: District 1 winners!

Thanks to everybody who entered! (And thanks for your patience with us announcing.)

The names on the slips of paper we've pulled out of our big glass ball (appropriately, one boy and one girl):

MATT IMRIE

JULIA

Everybody else: You've got plenty of chances left to win. Check out District 5, The Hob, for another chance right now. And of course check back on our main Reaping post daily for the latest giveaway location.

And finally, if you're curious—I was—here's a rough breakdown of which book in...

Glee giveaway winner

Happy Monday, all! And a particularly happy Monday to Cindy, who won last week's Glee giveaway: a copy of Filled with Glee and an red foam Glee finger.

Thanks to all who entered!

The Reaping: District 1 (Win a copy of The Girl Who Was on Fire)

We're counting down the days to the upcoming release of The Girl Who Was on Fire, our Hunger Games anthology. We're not only proud of this book, we're also fans of it, and so we've lined up something pretty cool to give you all a chance to count down with us.

Every day for the next thirteen days (excluding weekends) there will be two copies of The Girl Who Was on Fire up for grabs at various places around the web. You can find out where daily at this post, or make sure you're following us on

A Panem-style reaping for The Girl Who Was on Fire

April 5 is the official release of The Girl Who Was on Fire, and we're celebrating by holding our own version of the Hunger Games' reaping—one with much less threat of death and way less perilous prizes.

For the 13 days (excluding weekends) leading up to the release, we've arranged to give away 2 copies of The Girl Who Was on Fire at 13 different "districts" around the web.

Yes, we know, technically there are only 12 districts in which reapings took place in the Hunger Games trilogy. But we...

Glee Guest Post: Lima Losers? Not Anymore.

For all the Gleeks in the world, read Maria Lima's take on why "Original Song" reminded us of why Glee is so great!

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They say good things come to those who wait (for all values of "they" that equal the collective cultural consciousness). For Gleeks, those good things came in the most recent episode, "Original Song" (2-16), with a heaping helping of fabulous fan service.

After the highs of season one, season two has been a bit of a meandering ride, less a roller coaster than a gentle boat...

Giveaway: To get you through the Glee hiatus

Though it's a little shorter than most of the other spring hiatuses we're currently suffering through, we're now without a new Glee episode until April 12. Which means now is a perfect time for us to give away a copy of Filled With Glee.

But wait, there's more!

If you were watching the audience during the group number at Regionals last night, you may have noticed all those big red foam fingers in the crowd:

Last summer, Fox gave away a red foam "Loser" finger at Comic-Con—one very similar to...

Fringe fans: found!

Two weeks ago we asked for volunteers to do an early read and show "fact check" for our upcoming Fringe anthology, Fringe Science. And you guys delivered! Our commenters included self-professed obsessives, professional copyeditors, astronomers and physicists, Fringe and sf podcasters (FRiNGEcasting with Wayne and Dan, Slice of SciFi, Fringe Benefits, Inc. [FBI]), and more.

I did promise random, though, so courtesy of the random number generator at Random.org, the five we'll be sending an...