Here’s a round-up of this week’s YA-related news:
*Tiger’s Curse by Colleen Houck has been optioned for a movie!
* Our friends at Hollywood Crush have the scoop on the new season of ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars, including when we’ll learn the identity of “A.”
* Maggie Stiefvater has updated her recipe for “November Cakes,” a treat she invented for her latest book, The Scorpio Races. These sound delicious!
* Scholastic wants you to help them donate 1,000,000 books to kids in need — and all you have to do is create your own “Book Print” on YouAreWhatYouRead.com.
* There are lots more book to movie adaptations in the works. Our friends at Buzz Sugar have a look at a few upcoming projects that you’ll want to read before they hit the big screen.
* All this month, you can access Dark Eden by Patrick Carman for free!
* New pictures from the upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby himself:
* There’s also a new poster for The Hunger Games movie:
* And in case you missed it, here is the “Dirty Sexy Balcony Scene” video from Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare:
Novel Novice 
Sometimes I think I’m the only person out there that doesn’t get why Gatsby is such a big deal. The book was okay, but nothing great, IMHO. So the fact they’re making a movie out of it really surprises me. But yay for Tiger’s Curse and Daughter of Smoke and Bone getting auctioned off for film. Those I’m definitely looking forward to!
Smiles!
Lori