Afterworlds Scott Westerfeld Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster *Advanced Reviewer’s/Reader’s Copy (ARC) Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and…
The Thursday Book Beat: Black Widow Is Starring In Her Very Own YA Book!
Black Widow Is Making Her YA Debut In 2015 It was alluded to at San Diego Comic Con that Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures, Icons) would write a secret young adult title for Disney but it was finally announced at New York Comic Con this past weekend that Stohl is writing about an Avenger. The Black…
Love Is the Drug: A Contemporary YA Wearing a Political Thriller Trench Coat
Love Is the Drug Alaya Dawn Johnson Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press *Advanced Reviewer’s/Reader’s Copy (ARC) Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a perfect Ivy-League future. But a chance meeting with Roosevelt David, a homeland security agent, at a party for Washington DC’s elite leads…
Gotham Gossip: Episode 3, “The Balloonman”
Welcome, Bat Fanatics, to our weekly debrief of Gotham. Today, News Editor Laura, and Staff Writer Ardo take on Episode 3: The Balloonman!
Reading Diaries: Study Them When They’re Coming Apart
This month I read The Sisters Brothers and Room. They were both good, but I think only Sisters Brothers is a reread. Room is the sort of book that’s built around reveals and tension, and I’m not sure that there’s much there once that’s gone. Certainly it’s a clever book, and the child-voice is wonderfully…
GamerGate Rolls On — Does It Affect Your Personal Behaviour?
How it all started: Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian released her latest installment of Tropes vs Women in Video Games and was promptly deluged with threats of rape and violence. She had to leave her home and contact with the police. Zoe Quinn, developer of the game Depression Quest, had nude photos and personal information released…
The Thursday Book Beat: Nicholas Sparks Gets Sued and J.K. Rowling Plays Hide ‘N Seek With Our Hearts
J. K. Rowling Teases Fans With Cryptic Tweets On October 6th, J.K. Rowling was driving us insane when she sent out this tweet: Cry, foe! Run amok! Fa awry! My wand won’t tolerate this nonsense. — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 6, 2014 It’s an anagram! What was it? Well, twitter had a fun time figuring that…
The Thursday Book Beat: Twilight Lives Again!…Via Facebook
Uh Oh. Ellora’s Cave Is Suing Blogging Site for Libel I’ve been reporting on it on the site and you can check out the latest update here. You can continue to find updates as they come in. Publisher’s Weekly Asks For 2015 Middle Eastern Related Books The Flood Gates Open: The Controversial Mess That Is Ed Champion This entire…
Gotham Gossip: Episode 2, “Selina Kyle”
News Editor Laura and Staff Writer Ardo chat about Gotham. L: For an episode titled “Selina Kyle,” we didn’t see nearly as much of her as I would have thought! A: This episode was pretty fun but, of course, I had my issues. L: It worked okay for me until the last ten minutes or…
Top Ten Black Actresses Who Can Play A Younger Storm
I love Storm and was mostly exposed to the character through the many X-Men animated television shows that populated my young life. Last week, during a Yahoo Q&A, X-Men: Apocalypse writer Simon Kinberg verified that Halle Berry, James Marsden, and Famke Janssen will not be reprising their roles in the upcoming X film if their characters were to…
Update on Ellora’s Cave v Dear Author Lawsuit
Not long ago, I wrote about the lawsuit that digital romance publisher, Ellora’s Cave (EC), filed against Dear Author and it’s founder, Jane Litte, for the post, The Curious Case of Ellora’s Cave, that discussed EC’s finances and dealings with its authors. In my piece, I discussed exactly what Ellora’s Cave accused Dear Author & Jane Litte for,…
October Staff Picks: Movies!
Birdman Alejandro González Iñárritu Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone Fox Searchlight The studios threw me a curve ball by moving my September pick, The Book Of Life, to October. But I won’t cheap out and pick the same movie both months. I’m a little intrigued by the concept of Birdman: a has-been…