Monopoly the Movie

If you haven’t heard, Hasbro is making movies of its most popular games. We have a remake of Clue (by the guy who did Pirates of the Caribean no less), and then movies of Candyland and Monopoly in the works.
Seriously… so many good books they could make into movies, and they just go right for [...]

No Comments »Filed under: UncategorizedPosted on February 27th, 2009

Dragon Spear! How’d I miss this annoucement?

Jessica Day George is writing one more book about Creel and Shardas. I can’t wait for this book! I’ve been in love with this world and characters (not to mention the author!) since Dragon Slippers, and I can’t wait to see what happens next. Coming April 2009.
“I will tell you two things, though. [...]

No Comments »Filed under: UncategorizedPosted on February 22nd, 2009

Wild Orchid - Retelling of the Ballad of Mulan

I’ve been waiting for this Once Upon a Time series book to come out for a while! I’m really intrigued be a retelling of Mulan, since really all I know of the story is Disney’s Mulan. I might just have to go look up the original after this. I really hope this book [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Book NewsPosted on February 17th, 2009

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Graceling
By Kristin Cashore

Release Date:Available Now
Harcourt Children’s Books

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Mismatched eyes means that one has been born with a Grace, a skill they can do better than others, like swimming, cooking, or climbing. Katsa discovers she has the Grace to kill when as a child she accidentally kills a harasser [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: Adventure, Ages 13+, Intrigue, Sword PlayPosted on February 9th, 2009

Coraline 3D

WOW. WOW WOW. Coraline in 3D was amazing.
I can barely even tell you how the story was, because I just couldn’t get over how amazing the visuals where. Its been a few years since I saw anything in 3D, and I didn’t realize how far the technology has come! It was seamless… 3D used [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: UncategorizedPosted on February 7th, 2009

Yolen bringing more girls to comics?

Interesting Publishers Weekly column on Jane Yolen writing a comic for Dark Horse called The Last Dragon. I’ve only read a few books of hers, the Dragon’s Blood trilogy (I think there are supposed to be more?), but I’m definitely going to check this one out, if just because its a comic and I [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Book NewsPosted on February 4th, 2009

Great Neil Gaiman Interview

The Daily Beast has a great interview with Neil Gaiman about Coraline and his fiction in general. I learned a lot about both his history and how he’s changed as a writer from his earlier stuff. I personally shied away from his earlier things when I was younger, cause he just seemed to “scary” and [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Book NewsPosted on February 3rd, 2009
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