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Archive for April, 2012
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The Dark Knight Rises – trailer
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsOh Batman, don’t worry your cowled little head about all those good looking Avengers. When it comes to superheroes, you’ll always be my number one. The Dark Knight Rises July […] -
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore – Advance Review
Posted on April 30, 2012 | No CommentsBook Jacket: Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of Monsea. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisors, who have […] -
The weekly web ramble (4/27)
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The 2012 Edgar Award Winners – The 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize winners – For your viewing pleasure, PBS […] -
What They Said: YA Author Bytes
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsThere comes a point, when you’re running around the LA Times Festival of Books, between panels and stages and booths and author signings, where everything you hear kind of melds […] -
Kendare Blake, from the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 24, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe hilarious Kendare Blake graciously allowed me to whisk her away to a somewhat quiet corner of the USC campus during the LA Times Festival of Books to talk Anna, […] -
Lawless (The Wettest County in the World) – trailer
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsThis film has quite the pedigree – Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Shia LaBeouf… Lawless hits theaters August 31. Book Jacket: Based on the true […] -
Brave – the final trailer
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsPixar had me at hello with this one, but this trailer is easily the best yet. Plus who can resist the combined talents of Emma Thompson, Kelly Macdonald, and Julie […] -
John Green, from the LA Times Festival of Books
Posted on April 23, 2012 | 2 CommentsWhen John Green (author of the much lauded, New York Times bestselling YA novel, The Fault in Our Stars) took the stage at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the auditorium […] -
The weekly web ramble (4/20)
Posted on April 20, 2012 | No CommentsLinks from the web jungle WEB OF INTEREST –> – The Independent picks their top 10 spy novels <– AUTHOR TALK – Jay Kristoff tackles the question, WTF is YA? – Malinda Lo […] -
Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris – Advance Review
Posted on April 18, 2012 | 2 CommentsBook Jacket: Two days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed—as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing […]