Movie News: New ‘If I Stay’ Trailer Featuring ‘Prologue’
The new If I Stay trailer features the prologue from the novel by Gayle Forman. I love it so much! #AlltheFeels is the correct hashtag for this series and I’m so glad the film is taking Gayle’s novel...
View ArticleNew Trailer for ‘The Giver’ in Black & White
Remember a few months ago when the first trailer for ‘The Giver’ released and while it looked decent, fans were outraged that it featured not one scene in black and white as the book is clearly ALL...
View ArticleCover Reveal: The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
About a year ago, when my brother and I first started working for Scholastic, one of the most exciting things we started doing was working on submissions. We read vigorously to find a diamond in the...
View ArticleFilms for Book Lovers: June 2014
I wanted to start a new feature each month highlighting new films that are releasing that month that are perfect for book lovers. It’s a relatively simple concept. You like to read book? You’ll...
View Article‘Insurgent’ Adds Three New Actors
The past week has been back-to-back Insurgent casting news. With production on the second film in the Divergent franchise starting very soon, it’s about time we’re seeing so many names pop up. And with...
View ArticleMovie News: New ‘If I Stay’ Trailer Featuring ‘Prologue’
The new If I Stay trailer features the prologue from the novel by Gayle Forman. I love it so much! #AlltheFeels is the correct hashtag for this series and I’m so glad the film is taking Gayle’s novel...
View Article‘We Were Liars’ Film Optioned
After months of hoping and praying that this would happen, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart has finally sold film right bringing it one step closer to actually possibly becoming a movie in the next few...
View ArticleReview: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
All the world, from Scirland to the farthest reaches of Eriga, know Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world’s preeminent dragon naturalist. She is the remarkable woman who brought the study of dragons...
View ArticleReview: Far From You by Tess Sharpe
Nine months. Two weeks. Six days. That’s how long recovering addict Sophie’s been drug-free. Four months ago her best friend, Mina, died in what everyone believes was a drug deal gone wrong – a deal...
View ArticleMarissa Meyer Surprises Fans with Secret Book “Fairest”
Fans all around the world can rejoice today with the announcement of a secret book that Marissa Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar Chronicles, is releasing through Macmillan. As a...
View ArticlePicture This: Commands, Concerns, and Companionship
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc. 4/29/14 | $18.99 It’s all about the rules. But what if the rules feel completely arbitrary? What if your older brother is the only...
View ArticleBlog Tour: Q/A with Anna Schumacher, author of End Times & Giveaway
Today, I have the awesome privilege of having Anna Schumacher, author of the book End Times (Penguin Teen), on the blog today as part of the official blog tour! Oneof the questions I hear the most at...
View ArticleCover Reveal: The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
This morning, USA Today revealed the cover to the fourth book in Catherynne M. Valente’s Fairyland series from Feiwel & Friends! I love these covers so much for their deep ties to classic fantasy...
View ArticleReview: Life by Committee by Corey Ann Haydu
Some secrets are too good to keep. Tabitha might be the only girl in the history of the world who actually gets less popular when she gets hot. But her so-called friends say she’s changed, and they’ve...
View ArticlePicture This: Seasons, Songbirds, and Shadows
Seasons by Blexbolex Enchanted Lion Books 4/1/10 | $22.95 A stunning book exploring the cycle of the seasons, the passage of time, the way people live, play, forget and remember. Through objects,...
View ArticleHelp Kickstart the Beyond Words 2016 Fantasy Author Calendar
For the second time in a row, I have the pleasure of being part of this amazing calendar with photographer Lauren Zurchin to help raise money for First Book and Worldbuilders. All proceeds from the...
View ArticleCover Reveal: Four Houses by Victoria Scott
I have the extreme privilege of sharing the cover for Victoria Scott’s short story Four Houses. Originally published in 2011, Victoria is rereleasing an extended version of the story with an all new...
View ArticleCover Reveal: The Maze Runner Movie Tie-In
From Random House press release: Fans are eagerly awaiting the film adaptation of the first book in James Dashner’s action-packed series, hailed as “[A] mysterious survival saga that passionate fans...
View ArticleBlog Tour: #FridayReads, The Books that Got Me Into Shakespeare
It is true. The Jedi Doth Return. In a series that has broken all kinds of barriers since the first book released, William Shakespeare’s Star Wars is one of those literary phenomenons that cannot be...
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