* Two exciting book trailers were released this week, starting with Clarity by Kim Harrington:
* Next, we got the trailer for Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting (which is excellent):
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* Lots of exciting news for fans of The Hunger Games this week:
* First up, Mockingjay won multiple titles in the Goodreads Choice Awards
* Plus we heard from director Gary Ross about how got the job & why The Hunger Games movie won’t be rated ‘R’
* Speaking of movies that won’t be rated ‘R’ … producer Wyck Godfrey spilled some details about The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn movies to USA Today, talking about portraying the story’s mature themes (notably, sex & violence) for a PG-13 audience. He also talked about where the split will happen between Part 1 and Part 2.
* In other Twilight Saga news, the third movie in the franchise, Eclipse, cleaned up nicely at the People’s Choice Awards
* Random House revealed the cover art for Passion by Lauren Kate, the third book in her Fallen series (in stores this summer):
* Suzanne Young is planning to give away an ARC of her upcoming novel, A Need So Beautiful (which we LOVE & can’t wait for you to read). She’ll give away an ARC on her blog once the book reaches 1,000 “to be reads” on Goodreads!
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