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Stephenie Meyer, the author of the massively popular “Twilight” saga books, has come out to explain why she believes Bree Tanner deserved her own book. The author will release a new novella today entitled “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” and according to MTV News, Meyer believes the character of Bree needed further attention as part of her “Twilight” saga. Meyer wrote the novella [...]
“Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer picked four fan sites to attend a Twilight “Eclipse” publicity session, according to her site. The “Twilight” fan sites chosen will have the opportunity to meet with Meyer and ask questions regarding the upcoming movie “Eclipse”. Meyer says she wants to try something different. She wants the opportunity to answer questions from those who really know their “Twilight” history. Most times, [...]
House Rules by Jodi Picoult March 2, 2010 (Order on Amazon) From the publisher: They tell me I’m lucky to have a son who’s so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that [...]
Even before Beautiful Creatures was published in December, the book was getting a ton of buzz and plenty of comparisons to Twilight. The fact that authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl have already landed a movie deal grabbed people’s attention as well. These days, almost every YA book with paranormal themes is billed as “the next Twilight,” but I think Beautiful Creatures is one of [...]
Stephenie Meyer’s website was updated on Wednesday with a press release from Hachette Book Group: YEN PRESS ANNOUNCES TWILIGHT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, VOL. 1 WILL GO ON-SALE ON MARCH 16, 2010 NEW YORK, NY (January 20, 2010) — Yen Press, the graphic novel imprint of Hachette Book Group, announced that it will publish the highly-anticipated first volume in the graphic novel adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s [...]
Read Street, the book blog of the Baltimore Sun, has declared 2000-2009 the decade of Stephenie Meyer. Their reasoning for this bold declaration is that: Meyer’s novel “Twilight,” released in October of 2005, hit the top of the bestseller lists and has hardly budged since — while being joined by others in the series. In the comment section the author clarifies: I’m not saying she’s [...]
Have you read all the books in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga and are thirsty for more vampires? Here’s a list of Young Adult read alikes that feature vampires or have similar themes as Twilight. Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith Like Twilight, Tantalize is about humans, vampires, and werewolves. The story is narrated by seventeen-year-old Quincie who, along with her uncle, is reopening the family restaurant [...]
Here are some book related stories that have been in the news this week: Entertainment Weekly has the first chapter of the Twilight parody, Nightlight. (EW) Mattie Stepanek’s mother, Jeni, has written a new book about his life. Good Morning America has an excerpt. (GMA) Are ebooks and the price war changing the publishing industry? (PBS) The family of Stieg Larsson, author of The Girl [...]
So last week I asked who everyone’s favorite vampire crush was between Eric Northman (of the Sookie Stackhouse series) and Edward Cullen (of Twilight). I’m sorry to say for all you Twilight fans out there that it wasn’t even close. Eric won by a landslide. So this week, I’ve come up with a new question. In a fight between Eric Northman vs Aro (leader of [...]
Two of the most crushed on vampires as of late would have to be Edward Cullen (from the Twilight series) and Eric Northman (from the Sookie Stackhouse novels). So, who would you sink your teeth into? Here is a profile on each character if you need help making up your mind: Edward Cullen Height: 6’2 Hair: Bronze Eyes: Topaz (or black if he needs to [...]
