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It’s a White Twilight for Christmas

The Bookseller is reporting that Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga will be getting a makeover for Christmas. Limited edition paperbacks will be released with white covers, but the catch is that they will not be available in the US. Here’s more from The Bookseller: The four limited-edition titles: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, will be published by Atom on 14th October as £7.99 paperbacks, available only in the UK and Ireland, and Little, Brown’s territories including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. The white editions will not be available in the US. The white titles will only be published between October and Christmas 2010, replacing the usual black jackets. The titles will have crimson-edged pages and crimson back covers, with text confined to the spines. It’s too bad we won’t be getting these in the US. What do you think of the new white Twilight covers? Follow me [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Aug 11

2010

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Reading Twilight Books Can Change Your Workplace

Tom Barrack, real-state mogul and owner of Colony Capital, recently sent out a memo to his employees where he talks about his discovery of the Twilight saga. While on a yacht, with nothing else to do, he reluctantly picked up Twilight and was surprised to find himself hooked on the series. He says, Here is my point. The idea of devoting half a day to reading these books was something that never, NEVER, entered my mind as something I would ever, EVER do. I hated them. I mocked them. It made no difference to me that over 20 million books were sold, movies made, and Team Edward and Team Jacob pandemonium had engulfed the world. I was simply stuck in my point of view. Once I ventured into the books I learned something. I now understand why some women are emotionally altered from merely reading a book. I have also [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Jul 15

2010

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MIDNIGHT SUN on Hold Because Stephenie Meyer ‘Burned Out on Vampires’

Twilight fans anxious for Stephenie Meyer to finish writing Midnight Sun—a retelling of Twilight from Edward’s perspective—are just going to have to be patient. Meyer recently granted an interview to four Twilight fan sites, and addressed the Midnight Sun issue. She says, “What’s true is that I’m really burned out on vampires. And, I don’t want to write it badly. So I want to wait until I’m excited about the material again, and I’m excited about Edward, and that it’s something that’s motivating.” Meyer put the book on hold after the first part was leaked onto the Internet. But now that fans have had a taste of Midnight Sun, they are desperate for more. Meyer says in the interview that she gets asked about the book wherever she goes. She admits that part of the reason the project is on hold is her stubbornness. Meyer: You know, I have my [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Jun 30

2010

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Jose’s Favorite Audiobooks

June is National Audiobook Month and as part of the celebration Kristen and I are listing our favorite audiobooks. Audiobooks are a great way to enjoy books when it’s not convenient to read them, like during commutes to and from work or when you’re working outdoors. The best audiobooks help provide an extra dimension to books, giving the characters and the plot more life than just letters on a page. Here are some of my favorite audiobooks: Anathem by Neal Stephenson (Narrated by Oliver Wyman, Tavia Gilbert, William Dufris, Neal Stephenson) I had first listened to Anathem after hearing how great an audiobook it was from other science fiction fans. The narration does a great job in pulling you into the story, and the emotions felt by the characters come through amazingly. Another nice touch is the Gregorian chant songs that are played in between parts of the book, it [...]

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AUTHOR: Jose

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Jun 28

2010

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Kristen’s Favorite Audiobooks

The month of June is National Audiobook Month and Jen at Devourer of Books is hosting daily discussions of audiobooks all this week. I’m a huge audiobook addict and you might have noticed that many of the book reviews Jose and I do are of audiobooks. We started listening to them a few years ago to make our respective commutes to work go by faster. Since then, I’ve also started listening to them on the treadmill or while doing chores. I love them because they allow you to do two things at once and they make boring tasks a lot more fun. In honor of Audiobook Week, I thought I’d share some of my all-time favorites: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris I consider David Sedaris’ audiobooks to be some of the best out there, and I think they are a great starting point for a [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Jun 25

2010

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Stephenie Meyer Wants You To Read “Bree Tanner” Before Watching ‘ECLIPSE

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 because she felt that her “Eclipse” novel was too focused on Bella’s point of view, especially given all the other events occurring in the novel. Meyer was unable to further explain the story of the newborn vampires, such as Bree, that appear in “Eclipse” and wanted a forum to better explore their story. Meyer focused on Bree in particular because of all the newborn vampires, she is not only the only one mentioned by name but is also the only one to meet the Cullen [...]

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AUTHOR: Eric

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Jun 5

2010

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Why Twilight Author Stephenie Meyer is Awesome

“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, when she is interviewed, the questions are rather general and also repetitive. To choose, Meyer put all the names of “Twilight” fan sites into a hat and picked out four lucky winners. The winners are Letters to Twilight, Twilight Series Theories, Twilight Source and Twifans. Each site is able to send a reporter and one guest. Meyer also chose four additional websites as backups. Stephanie has scheduled the meet for a week prior to the “Eclipse” opening, June 18. The movie “Eclipse” will open on [...]

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AUTHOR: Eric

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May 18

2010

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Upcoming Book Releases March 2010

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 there’s a wider one to explore. But try having a son who is locked in his own world, and still wants to make a connection. A son who tries to be like everyone else, but truly doesn’t know how. Jacob Hunt is a teenage boy with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, and like many kids with AS, Jacob has a special focus on one subject — in his case, forensic analysis. He’s always showing up at [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Mar 2

2010

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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Review (4 out of 5 Stars) Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Release Date: December 1, 2009 Publisher: Little, Brown Pages: 576 Source: Purchased Buy on Amazon 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 the few books that live up to the hype. Star crossed lovers, an atmospheric setting, and interesting mythology combine to form a great read. The story is about Ethan Wate, a popular basketball player who has lived in Gatlin, South Carolina his entire life, and Lena Duchannes, the [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Feb 3

2010

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Twilight Graphic Novel Cover Revealed

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 Twilight on March 16, 2010. Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 will be released in hardcover for $19.99 ($22.99 CAN) with a first printing of 350,000 copies. As is typical in graphic novel publishing, due to the length of the prose novel, the book will be divided into two volumes and the release date for the second volume is forthcoming. Twilight: The Graphic Novel contains selected text from Meyer’s original novel with illustrations by Korean artist Young Kim. A rare fusion of Asian and Western [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

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Jan 21

2010

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