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Archive for June, 2010
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War Horse headed for the big screen
Posted on June 27, 2010 | 1 CommentSteven Spielberg’s next directing project will be a bigscreen adaptation of War Horse, the acclaimed children’s novel by Michael Morpurgo. The movie is set to be released August 11 next […] -
Soulless by Gail Carriger – Review
Posted on June 27, 2010 | 1 CommentWatch the book trailer: Book Jacket: Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. […] -
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan – Review
Posted on June 26, 2010 | 4 CommentsBook Jacket: Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant […] -
Disney picks up rights to Lauren Kate’s FALLEN
Posted on June 25, 2010 | 1 CommentDisney has tapped scribes Kathryn Price and Nichole Millard to adapt the young-adult novel Fallen for Disney. Fallen is the story of Lucinda, a girl who finds herself caught between […] -
Don’t miss Masterpiece Mystery, this Sunday at 9 PM
Posted on June 25, 2010 | No CommentsMiss Marple is back! The Six by Agatha series continues this Sunday at 9 PM, with The Blue Geranium. I can’t say enough how wonderful this series is – last week’s […] -
Lisa McMann’s WAKE picked up by MTV Films
Posted on June 25, 2010 | No CommentsParamount Pictures and MTV Films have picked up the rights to all three books in Lisa McMann’s young adult series, WAKE, FADE and GONE. Miley Cyrus is attached to star. “Disturbia” […] -
Trailer for Twelve, opening July 30
Posted on June 25, 2010 | No CommentsThis adaptation of Neil McDonnell’s 2002 novel, written when he was only seventeen, follows a prep school dropout as he deals drugs to rich kids on the upper east side. […] -
James Patterson’s Private – out Monday
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No CommentsThe latest from James Patterson, Private, arrives on Monday – but why wait until then? You can read the first 24 chapters online right now at: http://jamespatterson.com/books_private.partOne.php -
Carrie Vaughn’s new Sci Fi short, now online!
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No CommentsIt is a veritable Carrie Vaughn smorgasbord this week – Lightspeed Magazine has a new Sci Fi short by Carrie called Amaryllis, check it out here: http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/amaryllis/ I love it […]