S2: E2 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

"Don't believe the hype, it's a prequel." Kathleen and Sam revisit Panem during the pandemic by reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. 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.