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Will you be re-reading HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS before seeing the movie?

October 27, 2010, 317 voters

Will you be re-reading HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS before seeing the movie?

October 27, 2010, 195 voters

October 26, 2010

Top 10 Creepy Books for Book Clubs

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As Halloween approaches, I can't help but be drawn into the shadows.  And when it comes to fiction and literature there are tons of scary, creepy, ghostly books to choose from.  Has your book club read any of these horrific tales?  Would you? I say go for it... just lock the doors and check under the bed before you start reading.  For today's post I thought I'd share a couple bone-chilling options for your group to consider.  Here's my top ten list - in no particular order!
October 26, 2010

Dina Nayeri: 10 Ways To Know You Have A Peter Pan Complex

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Recently, my brother and I released our second novel ANOTHER PAN, which is a retelling of the Peter Pan story set in the Marlowe School in New York City.  Peter Pan is a special story for many children, and adults too. Barrie’s classic tale has adventure, funny characters, a dream world of pirates and faeries, and flying!
October 25, 2010

A Book Lovers Calendar

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In today's post, regular contributor Denise Neary shares the holiday and book spirit.  This sounds like the perfect gift for me, so if anyone needs my address to send me one, just let me know!  No pressure.
October 25, 2010

This Week's New Releases

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Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney

October 2010

Missy and her cousin Claire can finish each other’s sentences and practically read each other’s minds. In fact, it’s kind of creepy. So when Missy can’t find the courage to question her parents, she uses a school project to uncover an explanation. But when their video gets posted on YouTube, the cousins realize they’ve opened Pandora’s Box. Not only are their identities called into question, so is the future of everyone involved.

Every year, the Young Adult Library Services Association (otherwise known as YALSA) sets aside a week at the end of October to help inspire teens to drop what they’re doing and pick up a book.
The Anthony, Barry, Shamus, Macavity and Derringer awards were announced at last week's Bouchercon. Check out the list here. The Seattle7Writers.org's "Novel Live" project ended last week. Check out the finished product here!
Laura Resau, the author of The Notebook Series, dishes about the trip to France that helped her plot her latest book THE RUBY NOTEBOOK. It is the second in The Notebook Series, "a companion to The Indigo Notebook.