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| President Snow portrait by Pixhunter | 
If you understand the reference above, you will understand why I felt compelled to buy it ten seconds after I saw it.  Feel free to do the same. 
If you do not understand the reference above, you will. It’s from The Hunger Games. And you have barely two weeks to read the trilogy before the movie comes out on March 23.
That’s the same weekend as the return of Mad Men.
My pop culture happy spot is about to explode.
This will almost satiate my Downton Abbey sweet tooth. Almost.
PS: Are you an artsy Hunger Games fan? Elizabeth Banks, who plays Effie Trinket in the movie, is curating a “Send Me Your Hunger Games Art Giveaway” on her blog. That’s right: she has a blog. AND IT’S GOOD. That’s right: she is a gorgeous, successful smarty pants with a kickass blog and someone just paid her a boat load on money to dress up like Effie Trinket. If she wasn’t so cool, I’m certain I’d feel compelled to hate her. As is, I’ll settle for seething jealousy. Seriously, people, just look at these eyelashes:
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| Images courtesy of Lionsgate |