Recently, college student Rachel Rostad released her spoken word piece “A Letter to JK Rowling from Cho Chang” and as expected, she was bombarded with responses. Some argued angrily that she was being too harsh on Rowling and ignored Rowling’s very progressive points.  Others argued that Rostad was merely calling attention to the bigger picture at hand.

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Every now and then, a book comes along that transforms my body and soul–in the literal sense too because I starve and sleep-deprive myself in order to finish reading as soon as possible. There was The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Eyes of the Dragon, Food for Millionaires, Life of Pi, A Great and Terrible Beauty, My Sister’s Keeper, Eat Pray Love, The House of the Spirits, The Harry Potter series and much much more but I am terrible at remembering titles.

The Hunger Games is no exception. In fact, if anything, it is like all my favorite books rolled into one fantastic trilogy. There’s the love story, the action, the drama, the mystery, the conspiracy, the humor, the meaningful message that stays with you on the state of our world.
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Any die-hard fans of Harry Potter out there?  Well, here is our weekly giveaway that is just for you HP fans out there.

A must-have for Harry fans -- a horcrux necklace with USB drive.

“These are DARK TIMES,” is what it says on the T-shirt that Audrey is giving away this week along with a USB drive in the shape of the first horcrux discovered by Dumbledore and Harry.  The necklace doubles as a USB drive with a serpent on the  front.  Both perfect for an everyday item as well as a perfectly planned outfit for the opening weekend of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I just recently came out in theaters as a box office hit.  This isn’t just in the United States, but all over the world.  A cumulative amount of $330.1 million dollars was earned in the global box office in its opening weekend.  Not really surprising when its based off of the best selling novels by J.K. Rowling.

Many of you guys are probably asking, “Why would they make us wait for part II?” or “Why is there even a part II?”  Well maybe the answer from Daniel Radcliffe will quench your curiosity.  “I think it’s the only way you can do it, without cutting out a huge portion of the book.  There have been compartmentalized subplots in the other books that have made them easier to cut, but the seventh book doesn’t really have any subplots.  It’s one driving, pounding story from the word go.”

To win this better-than-Black Fridaygiveaway, all you have to do it post comments to three of Audrey‘s other blog posts and leave a comment after this post telling us which posts you commented on. A tweet = an extra chance to win. (Just tag @audreymagazine so we’ll be able to see it.) The giveaway ends Wednesday, December 1 @ 11:59pm. No international friends, sorry. Good luck!

For more information about the movie, visit www.harrypotter.com