Oh Percy Jackson fans, the day has finally come: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief hits theaters everywhere today! And of course, this wouldn't be a movie without the original book series by Rick Riordin. Here's the official synopsis: What if the gods of Olympus were alive in the 21st Century? What if... Continue Reading →

Do you love our February Book of the Month - Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl? Looking for something new to read? Then today's post is just for you! For all lovers of Beautiful Creatures, we are recommending the book: Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by John Berendt This book... Continue Reading →

Do you love our February Book of the Month - Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl? Looking for something new to read? Then today's post is just for you! For all lovers of Beautiful Creatures, we are recommending the book: Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by John Berendt This book... Continue Reading →

Okay, I promise we won't keep celebrating baby milestones ... but today marks ONE MONTH since our launch (on Jan. 12th), and I'm just so excited & delighted by the response we've been getting, that I can't help but brag a little. Not only are our visitors wonderful -- thanks especially to those of you... Continue Reading →

First there was electronic + mail = e-mail. Then there was Web + log = blog. Now, there's video + book = vook. Say what? Yeah, exactly. I'd never heard of it either until I saw somewhere that Anne Rice is turning a previously-published short story about vampires (yay!) into a vook, which, according to http://www.vook.com, is... Continue Reading →

It's not officially-official yet (no word from Summit Entertainment), but the ever-reliable Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Breaking Dawn will be filmed as two movies, starting this Fall: I have this from several sources, and it's definitive. Filming on the back-to-back movies would begin in mid-October, and Summit Entertainment is looking at "high-end"... Continue Reading →

It's not officially-official yet (no word from Summit Entertainment), but the ever-reliable Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Breaking Dawn will be filmed as two movies, starting this Fall: I have this from several sources, and it's definitive. Filming on the back-to-back movies would begin in mid-October, and Summit Entertainment is looking at "high-end"... Continue Reading →

Our free, download-able valentines featuring books like Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Beautiful Creatures, Shiver, Hush,Hush and more are featured in a new article in The Baltimore Sun: It might be hard to imagine life beyond the snow globe that Baltimore has become, but Sunday is Valentine's Day. And for those of you who may have... Continue Reading →

This morning, author Lisa Schroeder shares her tips on writing romance: I'm working on a new project now, and as I write, I keep thinking back to one of the editorial letters my editor wrote me, where he talked about the growing attraction between two characters. He said, "the reader needs to see the love... Continue Reading →

Fans of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games can rejoice this morning! The title for the third and final book in the series has been revealed as ... Mockingjay It's set for release August 24th from Scholastic! The official word comes via the Scholastic UK twitter: UPDATE: The title has now been revealed, too: Here's more... Continue Reading →