Things are starting to rattle around on the best sellers list with three new entrants, including a new number one! That honor goes to Sherrilyn Kenyon with Invincible, the second book in The Chronicles of Nick series. Also new is Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys and Best of the Best by Tim Green.... Continue Reading →
* Check EW's Shelf Life site today through Tuesday for book trailers & other goodies for Cassandra Clare's City of Fallen Angels -- in stores on Tuesday! Anybody else doing a power re-reading of the first three Mortal Instruments books this weekend to get ready? (And don't forget -- also in stores Tuesday, Red Glove... Continue Reading →
Dialogue is key in any story. Â But is your dialogue working for your story? Is it pulling its weight? Â Dialogue in story should never be there for the sake of being there; it must always serve a purpose: convey information forward the plot illuminate character Here is a very simple example to illustrate how a... Continue Reading →
Today marks the end of our two-week feature on Holly Black's Curse Workers Series. The release of book 2 in the series, Red Glove, is now just a couple days away (look for it in stores on Tuesday, April 5th!!) -- but before we end our two weeks of goodies, we have one more fantastic... Continue Reading →
Today marks the end of our two-week feature on Holly Black's Curse Workers Series. The release of book 2 in the series, Red Glove, is now just a couple days away (look for it in stores on Tuesday, April 5th!!) -- but before we end our two weeks of goodies, we have one more fantastic... Continue Reading →
Today we kick off our new, April Book of the Month -- and we are thrilled to be featuring Wither by Lauren DeStefano -- the first in the new Chemical Garden Trilogy from Simon & Schuster. Our friends at S&S first started gushing about this book to us several months ago, so as you can... Continue Reading →
Today we kick off our new, April Book of the Month -- and we are thrilled to be featuring Wither by Lauren DeStefano -- the first in the new Chemical Garden Trilogy from Simon & Schuster. Our friends at S&S first started gushing about this book to us several months ago, so as you can... Continue Reading →
We're nearing the end of our two-week feature on Holly Black's Curse Workers Series, and we're that much closer to the April 5th release of book 2, Red Glove. But there's still another year until the third book, Black Heart hits store shelves. And, well, we just can't wait that long. So when we begged... Continue Reading →
We're nearing the end of our two-week feature on Holly Black's Curse Workers Series, and we're that much closer to the April 5th release of book 2, Red Glove. But there's still another year until the third book, Black Heart hits store shelves. And, well, we just can't wait that long. So when we begged... Continue Reading →
It's always a little bitter sweet when we bid adieu to each of our books of the month, and this time is no exception. We have LOVED hosting Kimberly Derting and her books, The Body Finder and Desires of the Dead. We adore working with Kim even more than we like her books (and that's... Continue Reading →
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