2012 Must Read Back to Normal (Contemporary, Historical, Romance, Action, Mystery)

 

 

Leave the corrupt governments, cyborgs, spaceships, vampires, vampire hunters, angels, demons, and time twisters behind....it's time to get back to normal. Irises by Francisco X Stork (January 1, 2012) The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith (January 2, 2012) Cracked by K.M. Walton (January 3, 2012) Unraveling Isobel by Eileen Cook (January 3, 2012) Don't Breathe A Word by Holly Cupala (January 3, 2012) The Queen of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker (January 3, 2012) Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler (January 3, 2012) Love? Maybe by Heather Hepler (January 5, 2012) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (January 10, 2012) Ditched by Robin Mellom (January 10, 2012) Never Eighteen by Megan Bostic (January 17, 2012) Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani (January 17, 2012) The Edumacation of Jay Baker by Jay Clark (January 31, 2012) New Girl by Paige Harbison (January 31, 2012) The Girls of No Return by Erin Salden (February 1, 2012) The Boy on Cinnamon Street by Phoebe Stone (February 1, 2012) Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson (February 2, 2012) Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Canal (February 2, 2012) The Rivals by Daisy Whitney (February 6, 2012) The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth (February 7, 2012) Dead to You by Lisa McMann (February 7, 2012) In Too Deep by Amanda Grace/Mandy Hubbard (February 8, 2012) Grafitti Moon by Cath Crowley (February 14, 2012) Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale (February 14, 2012) The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers (February 14, 2012) The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison (February 14, 2012) The Disenchantments by Nina Lacour (February 16, 2012) Trafficked by Kim Purcell (February 16, 2012) The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen (February 16, 2012) The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg (February 21, 2012) Shooting Stars by Allison Rushby (February 28, 2012) Riding Out the Storm by Sis Deans (February 28, 2012) Allegiance by Cayla Kluver (February 28, 2012)  Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters by Meredith Zeitlin (March 1, 2012) Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (March 1, 2012) Boy 21 by Matthew Quick (March 5, 2012) Where it Began by Ann Redisch Stampler (March 6, 2012) Pieces of Us by Margie Gelbwasser (March 8, 2012) Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig (March 13, 2012) Cross My Heart by Sasha Gould (March 13, 2012) Love & Haight by Susan Carlton (March 13, 2012) Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (March 13, 2012) Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard (March 13, 2012) Dark Eyes by William Richter (March 15, 2012) When You Open Your Eyes by Celeste Conway (March 20, 2012) Life is But a Dream by Brian James (March 27, 2012) The Stalker Chronicles by Carley Moore (March 27, 2012) The List by Siobhan Vivian (April 1, 2012) Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg (April 1, 2012) Dying to Know You by Aidan Chambers (April 1, 2012) Way To Go by Tom Ryan (April 1, 2012) Kiss the Morning by Elissa Janine Hoole (April 1, 2012) I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga (April 3, 2012) Lexapros and Cons by Aaron Caro (April 10, 2012) The Academie by Susanne Dunlap (April 10, 2012) The Night She Disappeared by April Henry (April 10, 2012) Thou Shalt Not Roadtrip by Antony John (April 12, 2012) The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats (April 17, 2012) Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz (April 17, 2012) Social Suicide by Gemma Halliday (April 24, 2012) Supergirl Mixtapes by Meagan Brothers (April 24, 2012) Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf (April 24, 2012) Zero by Tom Leveen (April 24, 2012) The Story of Us by Deb Caletti (April 24, 2012) 7 Clues to Winning You by Kristin Walker (April 24, 2012) Girl in the Park by Mariah Fredericks (April 24, 2012) Purity by Jackson Pearce (April 27, 2012) What She Left Behind by Tracy Bilen (May 1, 2012) Welcome Caller, This is Chloe by Shelley Coriell (May 1, 2012) Waiting by Carol Lynch Williams (May 1, 2012) Being Friends With Boys by Terra Elan McVoy (May 1, 2012) When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle (May 1, 2012) Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame (May 1, 2012) Nothing Special by Geoff Herbach (May 1, 2012) See You At Harry's by Jo Knowles (May 8, 2012) First Comes Love by Kate Kacvinsky (May 8, 2012) The Princesses of Iowa by M. Molly Backes (May 8, 2012) Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson (May 8, 2012) In Honor by Jessi Kirby (May 8, 2012) Beauty by Lisa Daily (May 10, 2012) Gilt by Katherine Longshore (May 15, 2012) Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (May 15, 2012) Unbreak My Heart by Melissa Walker (May 22, 2012) Changeling by Philippa Gregory (May 22, 2012) Shift by Em Bailey (May 22, 2012) The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castelucci (May 22, 2012) All These Lives by Sarah Wylie (June 5, 2012)  A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger (June 5, 2012) Miracle by Elizabeth Scott (June 5, 2012) Reunited by Hilary Weisman Graham (June 12, 2012) Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson (June 12, 2012) Crazy by Amy Reed (June 12, 2012) My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick (June 14, 2012) Keeping the Castle by Patrice Kindl (June 14, 2012) Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti (June 14, 2012) Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn (June 14, 2012) Something Like Normal by Trish Doller (June 19, 2012) Violets of Autumn by Amy McAuley (June 19, 2012) Just Flirt by Laura Bowers (June 19, 2012) One Moment by Kristina McBride (June 26, 2012) Zoe Letting Go by Nora Price (June 28, 2012) My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend (June 28, 2012) The Girl is Trouble by Kathryn Miller Haines (July 3, 2012) Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield (July 5, 2012) The Best Night of Your (Pathetic) Life by Tara Altebrando (July 5, 2012) The Little Woods by Mccormick Templeman (July 10, 2012) Never Enough by Denise Jaden (July 10, 2012) Lost Girls by Ann Kelley (July 10, 2012) Diva (Flappers #3) by Jillian Larkin (July 10, 2012) The Thing About the Truth by Lauren Barnholdt (July 10, 2012) Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols (July 10, 2012) Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown (July 10, 2012) Don't You Wish by Roxanne St. Claire (July 10, 2012) Before You Go by James Preller (July 17, 2012) The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee (July 17, 2012) Small Damages by Beth Kephart (July 19, 2012) Cold Fury by T.M. Goeglein (July 24, 2012) Circle of Silence by Carol Tanzman (July 24, 2012) Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (July 31, 2012) Survive by Alex Morel (August 2, 2012) The Waiting Sky by Laura Zielin (August 2, 2012) Between You and Me by Marisa Calin (August 7, 2012) Counting Backwards by Laura Lascarso (August 14, 2012) Smashed by Lisa Luedeke (August 21, 2012) Pizza, Love, and Other Stuff That Made Me Famous by Kathryn Williams (August 21, 2012) The Raft by S.A. Bodeen (August 21, 2012) If I Lie by Corinne Jackson (August 28, 2012) A by David Levithan (August 28, 2012) The Language of Impossible Dreams by Sarah Ockler (August 2012 - TBD) Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (Fall 2012) Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (September 1, 2012) 34 Pieces of You by Carmen Rodriguez (September 4, 2012) Tilt by Ellen Hopkins (September 11, 2012) Personal Effects by Emily Kokie (September 11, 2012) Ten by Gretchen McNeil (September 18, 2012) The Lucky Ones by Anna Gobderson (September 2012 - TBD) Speechless by Hannah Harrington (September 2012 - TBD) Send Me A Sign by Tiffany Schmidt (October 2, 2012) Butter by Erin Lange (October 2, 2012) Skinny by Donna Cooner (October 12, 2012)  Blind Spot by Laura Ellen (October 23, 2012) Venom by Fiona Paul (October 30, 2012) Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally (October 2012- TBD) What Happens Next by Colleen Clayton (October 2012- TBD) The Opposite of Hallelujah by Anna Jarzab (October 9, 2012) Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill (November 13, 2012) To Come Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow (Fall 2012) League of Strays by L.B. Schulman (Fall 2012) Which Back to Normal books are YOU most looking forward to adding to your TBR pile? Let me know below in the comments!

2012 Must Read Paranormal/Fantasy/Steampunk/Timeslip

 

 

Here's our list of absolutely unmissable 2012 reads in the paranormal/fantasy/steampunk/timeslip genres. Vampires, Shadowhunters, angels, automatons, time travelers and magic wielders galore.....get in my TBR now!  Darkness Falls by Cate Tiernan (January 2, 2012) The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams (January 3, 2012) Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer (January 3, 2012)  Dreaming Awake by Gwen Hayes (January 3, 2012) Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey (January 5, 2012) The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges (January 10, 2012) Stolen Away by Alyxandra Harvey (January 17, 2012) Fracture by Megan Miranda January 17, 2012) Tempest by Julia Cross (January 17, 2012) Hallowed by Cynthia Hand (January 17, 2012) Everneath by Brodi Ashton (January 24, 2012) Fallen in Love by Lauren Kate (January 24, 2012) Forbidden by Syrie James (January 24, 2012) Angel Fire by L.A. Weatherly (January 24, 2012) Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block (January 24, 2012) Wings of the Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton (January 31, 2012) Lenobia's Vow by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (January 31, 2012) Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne (February 2, 2012) Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood (February 7, 2012) The Wood Queen by Karen Mahoney (February 8, 2012) Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (February 14, 2012) The Nightmare Garden by Caitlin Kittredge (February 14, 2012) Bewitching by Alex Flinn (February 14, 2012) A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton (February 21, 2012) Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr (February 21, 2012) When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellison (February 28, 2012) A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford (February 28, 2012)   Perception by Kim Harrington (March 1, 2012) Balthazar by Claudia Gray (March 6, 2012) Illuminate by Aimee Agresti (March 6, 2012) Embrace by Jessica Shirvington (March 6, 2012) Vampire's Kiss by Veronica Wolff (March 6, 2012) Spellbound (Hex Hall #3) by Rachel Hawkins (March 13, 2012) The Savage Grace by Bree Despain (March 13, 2012) Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta Temptation of Angels by Michelle Zink (March 20, 2012) Slide by Jill Hathaway (March 27, 2012) Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Schulz (March 27, 2012)  Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter (March 27, 2012) Above by Leah Bobet (April 1, 2012) Black Heart (Curse Workers #3) by Holly Black (April 3, 2012) Immortal City by Scott Speer (April 3, 2012) Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers (April 3, 2012) The Marked by Inara Scott (April 3, 2012) The Calling by Kelley Armstrong (April 10, 2012) Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross (April 10, 2012) The Book of Blood & Shadow by Robin Wasserman (April 10, 2012) The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting (April 17, 2012) The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell (April 17, 2012) Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis (April 17, 2012) The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (April 24, 2012) Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott (April 24, 2012) Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris (April 24, 2012) Dark Eden 2: Eve of Destruction by Patrick Carman (April 24, 2012) Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (May 1, 2012) Black Dawn by Rachel Caine (May 1, 2012) Destined by Aprilynne Pike (May 1, 2012) Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins (May 1, 2012) Shine by Jeri Smith-Ready (May 1, 2012) The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova (May 1, 2012) City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (May 8, 2012) Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock (May 8, 2012) Underworld by Meg Cabot (May 8, 2012) Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (May 8, 2012) Endure by Carrie Jones (May 8, 2012) Until I Die by Amy Plum (May 8, 2012) Dark Kiss by Michelle Rowen (May 22, 2012) The Enchantress by Michael Scott (May 22, 2012)  Fated (Soul Seekers #1) by Alyson Noel (May 22, 2012) Of Poseidon by Anna Banks (May 22, 2012) The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross (May 22, 2012) Taken By Storm by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (May 22, 2012) Dreamless by Josephine Angelini (May 29, 2012) Arise by Tara Hudson (June 5, 2012) Tempest Unleashed by Tracy Deebs (June 5, 2012) Mirage by Kristi Cook (June 5, 2012) Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo (June 5, 2012) Rapture by Lauren Kate (June 12, 2012) Timepiece by Myra McEntire (June 12, 2012) Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown (June 12, 2012) The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead (June 19, 2012) Burn Mark by Laura Powell (June 19, 2012) Before I Wake by Rachel Vincent (June 26, 2012) A Want So Wicked by Suzanne Young (June 26, 2012) Team Human by Sarah Rees Brennan & Justine Larbalestier (July 3, 2012) Just for Fins by Tera Lynn Childs (July 3, 2012)  Waking Storms by Sarah Porter (July 3, 2012) Dark Companion by Marte Acosta (July 3, 2012) Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (July 10, 2012) Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (July 10, 2012) Dark Water: A Siren Novel by Tricia Rayburn (July 10, 2012) The Girl With the Borrowed Wings by Rinsai Rossetti (July 19, 2012) Endlessly by Kiersten White (July 24, 2012) Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard (July 24, 2012) Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake (August 7, 2012) Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (August 7, 2012) Auracle by Gina Rosati (August 7, 2012) Innocent Darkness by Suzanne Lazear (August 8, 2012) The Unnaturalists by Tiffany Trent (August 14, 2012) Touched by Cyn Balog (August 14, 2012) The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long (August 14, 2012) Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel (August 21, 2012) Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto (August 21, 2012) The Blood Keeper by Tessa Gratton (August 28, 2012) Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh (August 28, 2012) Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz & Ron Bass (August 30, 2012) Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor (September 2012) Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff (September 1, 2012) Stolen Nights by Rebecca Maizel (September 4, 2012) Envy by Elizabeth Miles (September 4, 2012) Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama (September 4, 2012) Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck (September 4, 2012) Touching the Surface by Kimberly Sabatini (September 4, 2012)  Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr (September 4, 2012) Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier (September 11, 2012) The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (September 2012) The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (September 2012) The Crimson Crown by Cinda Williams Chima (September 2012) Hidden by Sophie Jordan (September 2012) A Fractured Light by Jocelyn Davies (September 2012) Sweet Shadows by Tera Lynn Childs (September 2012) The Torn Wing by Kiki Hamilton (September 2012) The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (September 2012) Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan (September 25, 2012) Wolf Pact by Melissa de la Cruz (September 25, 2012)  Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel (September 25, 2012) Beautiful Redemption by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (October 2012) Hidden by Kristin and P.C. Cast (October 6, 2012) Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone (October 9, 2012) Romeo Redeemed by Stacey Jay (October 9, 2012) Crewel by Gennifer Albin (October 16, 2012) Crown of Embers by Rae Carson (October 18, 2012) Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick (October 2012) Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter (October 2012) Velveteen by Daniel Marks (October 9, 2012) The Diviners by Libba Bray (November 1, 2012) Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (November 1, 2012) Through to You by Emily Hainsworth (November 20, 2012) Magic Most Foul #2 by Leanna Renee Hieber (November 2012) Touched by Corinne Jackson (December 2012) Timekeeper by Alexandra Monir (December 2012) Velveteen by Daniel Marks (TBD - Fall 2012) Battle Magic by Tamora Pierce (TBD - Fall 2012) Starling by Lesley Livingston (TBD - Fall 2012)  Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson (TBD - Fall 2012) The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett (TBD - Fall 2012) Splintered by A.G. Howard (TBD - Fall 2012) Iron Fey Spinoff by Julie Kagawa (TBD - Fall 2012) Princess Academy #2 by Shannon Hale (TBD - Fall 2012) Which paranormal/fantasy/steampunk/timeslip books are YOU looking forward to reading? Let me know in the comments!

2012 Must See Film Adaptations

 

Here are our 20 Must-See Film Adaptations for 2012, (NOT including comic book/graphic novel adaptations because that would add another 10 movies to the list. But Dark Knight, Spidey, Avengers, don't feel left out—we will be ALL over you too). Will these movie adaptations live up to our impossibly high expectations? Only one way to find out—we'll have to see them all (preferrably with loads of movie snacks!). 20. Mirror Mirror (March 16, 2012) Starring: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane Julia Roberts is hilariously over-the-top as the scheming Queen in this comedic adaptation of the classic Snow White tale. Lily Collins is perfectly cast as a sweet-but-tough Snow, and Armie Hammer provides impressive eye candy as Prince Charming. Oh, and the costumes! I've never wanted to raid a set's wardrobe so badly. Attention H&M: you did a Girl With the Dragon Tattoo clothing line, how 'bout rustling up some Evil Queen dresses? 19.  The Lorax (March 2, 2012) Starring: Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms My favorite childhood environmental activist picturebook is getting a snazzy new look in this 3D adaptation. Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, and Danny DeVito lend their vocal talents, and Polyphonic Spree and Vampire Weekend provide the tunes. No, you are not too old to see this. 18. The Lucky One (April 20, 2012) Starring: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner I just can't quit you Nicholas Sparks, no matter how hard I try. You always deliver the sappy, sweet, slightly implausible romances that I eat up like an unattended bag of Reeses. There's not much in the way of nutritional value, and I feel like crap about myself afterward, but I keep coming back for more. 17. Great Expectations (TBD - 2012) Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter The single greatest reason to see this: to watch Helena Bonham Carter apply her bat-crazy Bellatrix Lestrange stylings to classic literature. What better way for her to make her oddball mark than by taking on the inspiration for every crazy cat lady, the incomparable spinster Miss Havisham?  16. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (March 2, 2012) Starring: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen This new fairy tale adaptation gets poetic justice right—instead of playing sad little victims, Hansel and Gretel suit up, grab their weapons, and hunt some witches. 15 years after their first childhood encounter with a witch, they are leatherclad bounty hunters working off a serious grudge. Personally, I'm excited to see them get a little payback (not at all because the witch's oven part of the story gave me nightmares as a kid. Nope.). 15. The Raven (March 9, 2012)  Starring: John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve Edgar Allan Poe is thrown into a murder mystery when a psycho-killer gets creative with his victims, taking inspiration from Poe's stories. A dark, gritty mystery, a great supporting cast, and John Cusack. What more do you need? Oh, a trailer? Ok:  14. John Carter (March 9, 2012) Starring: Taylor Kitsch Taylor Kitsch makes classic sci-fi novels sexy in this film based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs books. (I know, he could make term life insurance commercials sexy, but luckily this is a million times more entertaining). In this trailer, we are treated to an exciting preview of a few epic battles on Mars, or Barsoom as it's known in the movie and the books.  13. The Woman in Black (February 3, 2012) Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciaran Hinds Daniel Radcliffe isn't dealing with the charming ghosts of Hogwarts any longer.  This time he's in a creepy mansion, playing a young attorney sent to settle the affairs of a deceased client. There, he discovers the ghost of a scorned woman, the mysterious “woman in black.” Check out this trailer to get creeped out by dolls, music, and ghosts a lot more menacing than Nearly Headless Nick.   12. Les Miserables (December 7, 2012)  Starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Taylor Swift, Amanda Seyfried, Sascha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter This musical adaptation hit the cast jackpot when it comes to star power and singing talent. There hasn't really been a good movie version of the musical yet, and my hope is that it will translate as well to the screen as Sweeney Todd did. 11. The Great Gatsby (December 25, 2012) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire Baz Luhrmann brings his signature bombastic style to any film he directs, so I can't wait to see what he does with this classic about the lives of these mega-rich Long Islanders in the twenties. If anyone can bring the excess of this era to life, it's Baz. See Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge if you need proof. 10. World War Z (December 21, 2012) Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, David Morse Max Brooks' zombie apocalypse chronicle is now going to be a series, with this first film starting things off.  The story revolves around United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), who traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself. 2012, baby! Let's watch humanity fall to it's knees. 9. Romeo & Juliet (TBD-2012) Starring: Douglas Booth, Hailee Steinfeld, Ed Westwick Do we really need another Romeo & Juliet movie? YES, of course we do. Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth are so cute together, and Ed Westwick was born to play the hot-headed Tybalt. The sneering! The angry Chuck Bass growl! I can see it now.....but I'm concerned that Romeo is too much of a pretty boy to believably survive a clash with this Tybalt. Douglas, you need to work on your "i don't care if you're my wife's cousin, i'll eat you for breakfast!" scowl. 8. Now Is Good (May 25, 2012) Starring: Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine, Kaya Scoledario This movie adaptation of Jenny Downham's beautiful and lyrical tearjerker of a novel, Before I Die, might make you curl up into the fetal position as you sob into your Sour Patch Kids. So go see it with someone you feel comfortable blubbering in front of. 7. Anna Karenina (September 7, 2012) Starring: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Matthew MacFadyen Focus Features, director Joe Wright, and Keira Knightley seem to have a knack for turning literary classics into crack cocaine cinema, and we're about to get another fix! They're teaming up again to bring Anna Karenina to the big screen, with Keira taking on the title role. Starring alongside her will be Jude Law in the role of Aleksei Karenin, her husband, and Aaron Johnson as Count Vronsky. A constellation of British film stars will round out the cast, including Matthew MacFadyen (!!), aka Darcy to my fellow Pride-hards. 6. Warm Bodies (August 10, 2012) Starring Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich This film version of Isaac Marion's existential zombie novel, Warm Bodies, is getting the "Twilight with Zombies" tagline. The casting of the gorgeous Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer certainly does nothing to discourage the comparison. 1) I didn't know zombies could be so YUM, and 2) Teresa Palmer looks like Kristen Stewart hit the peroxide.  5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (TBD - 2012) Starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Nina Dobrev, Ezra Miller This movie has the perfect cast, the perfect setting, and the perfect director—who better to bring the classic coming-of-age novel to the screen than the author himself, Stephen Chbosky? Wallflower is one of those books people are incredibly passionate about from an early age, so the movie is going to either make loyal disciples or megaphone-mouth haters. I'm hoping Stephen's involvement guarantees the former. 4. Snow White & The Huntsman (June 1, 2012) Starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth YES! Another fairy tale heroine who isn't taking her fate lying down. With a little help from a drop dead gorgeous Huntsman, this warrior Snow will lead an army against Queen Ravenna, who sucks souls for breakfast and apparently likes to bathe in milk. 3. Breaking Dawn: Part 2 (November 16, 2012) Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner What do we have to look forward to in the finale of the Twilight Saga? Bella will get lessons in being a vegetarian vampire, she and Edward will break a lot more furniture (now that Bella's unbreakable), their daughter Reneesme and Jacob will make googly eyes at each other (you know, a half hour or so after she learns how to walk), and a Volturi X-Men style showdown will come to little ol' Forks. Whether you think the movies have gotten a touch campy or not, you know you can't look away...... 2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (December 14, 2012) Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom Oh hobbitses—how I've missed you! I can't wait to revisit the Shire, and see Gandalf, Galadriel, Frodo, and Legolas again. Oh, and of course the precious. I could gaze at you for hours. We also get a whole new bunch of Tolkien characters to love and loathe. Check out the trailer for some gorgeous Middle Earth scenery and a dwarf hymn to set the mood. 1. The Hunger Games (March 23, 2012) Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutchinson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland Yeah, this is THE MOST EXCITING movie of 2012 by a long shot. There is so much action and drama packed into this installment, you might want to wear a diaper.  We've seen hints of hotly-anticipated scenes in the trailer, but what remains to be seen—the arena and it's gory, awful, spectacular action—is still largely unknown. I do know that Jen Lawrence absolutely nails the Girl on Fire, and I know no matter what Gary Ross puts her through, whether it's a nerve-wrattlingly realistic arena, or a dinky low-fi playground, she'll SELL IT. And I'll buy it.  Here are some movies that aren't hitting theaters until 2013 and beyond, but we've already got our eye on them (and it's all twitchy with excitement): Caster Chronicles Movie, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Ender's Game, Uglies, Paranormalcy, The Host, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Legend, How I Live Now, Rosaline, Incarceron, 13 Reasons Why, Forest of Hands & Teeth, The Seventh Son, The Alchemyst, Matched, Delirium, Before I Fall, Fallen, House of Night, Vampire Academy, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tempest, Shiver, The Future of Us, White Crow, Here Lies Bridget, The Luxe, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Divergent, The Scorpio Races + more! Are there any 2012 book-to-film releases that YOU are super excited about? 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2012 Must Read Sci-Fi/Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Books

 

 

Ah, 2012.....the year continents crack up and fall into the ocean, the dead start walking, and fires and storms and floods (oh my!) wipe out humanity as we know it. All will not be lost though—whatever humans remain will band together for protection, most likely into an iron-fisted all-controlling government hellbent on destroying all semblance of freedom. Hooray for humans! Has there ever been a year better suited to an overflowing Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic/Sci-fi TBR pile? Here is our list of unmissable reads for 2012.....bring on the Apocalypse baby! Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (January 3, 2012) Cinder by Marissa Meyer (January 3, 2012) A Million Suns by Beth Revis (January 10, 2012) In Darkness by Nick Lake (January 17, 2012) Truth by Julia Karr (January 19, 2012) The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe (January 24, 2012) Article 5 by Kristen Simmons (January 31, 2012) Incarnate by Jodi Meadows (January 31, 2012) Pure by Julianna Baggott (February 8, 2012) Brave New Love: 13 Dystopian Tales of Desire Edited by Paula Guran (February 14, 2012) Fever by Lauren DeStefano (February 21, 2012) Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (February 28, 2012) Partials by Dan Wells (February 28, 2012) BZRK by Michael Grant (February 28, 2012)   Starters by Lissa Price (March 13, 2012) Invisible Sun by David Macginnis Gill (March 27, 2012) After the Snow by S.D. Crockett (March 27, 2012) Fear by Michael Grant (April 3, 2012) The Obsidian Blade by Pete Hautman (April 10, 2012) The Selection by Kiera Cass (April 24, 2012) Thumped by Megan McCafferty (April 24, 2012) Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin (April 24, 2012) Insurgent by Veronica Roth (May 1, 2012) Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi (May 1, 2012) The Other Life by Suzanne Winnacker (May 1, 2012) The Forgetting Curve by (May 1, 2012) Struck by Jennifer Bosworth (May 8, 2012) Revived by Cat Patrick (May 8, 2012) Shadows Cast by Stars by Catherine Knutsson (June 5, 2012) Surrender by Elana Johnson (June 5, 2012) Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne (June 5, 2012) The Glimpse by Claire Merle (June 7, 2012) For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund (June 12, 2012) This Is Not A Test by Courtney Summers (June 19, 2012) The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (June 26, 2012) Once by Anna Carey (July 3, 2012) Insignia by S.J. Kincaid (July 10, 2012) The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse (July 10, 2012) Glitch by Heather Anastasiu (August 7, 2012) The Kill Order by James Dashner (August 14, 2012) False Memory by Dan Krokos (August 14, 2012) Defiance by C.J. Redwine (August 28, 2012)  Black City by Elizabeth Richard (August 2012 - TBD) Rage Within by Jeyn Roberts (September 4, 2012) The Unwanteds: Island of Silence by Lisa McMann (September 4, 2012) Shadows (Ashes #2) by Ilsa Bick (September 11, 2012)   Flesh & Bone by Jonathan Maberry (September 11, 2012) What's Left of Me (Hybrid #1) by Kat Zhang (September 18, 2012) Because it is My Blood (Birthright #2) by Gabrielle Zevin (September 18, 2012) Adaptation by Malinda Lo (September 18, 2012) Outpost by Ann Aguirre (September TBD) Crimson Rising (Skyship Academy #2) by Nick James (September TBD) UnWholly by Neal Shusterman (September TBD) Yesterday by C. K. Kelly Martin (September 25, 2012)   Ashen Winter (Ashfall #2) by Mike Mullin (October 8, 2012) Rebel Heart (Dustlands #2) by Moira Young (October 30, 2012) Feedback (Variant #2) by Robison Wells (October TBD) Legend #2 by Marie Lu Reached by Ally Condie (November 13, 2012) Shatter Me #2 by Tahereh Mafi Ashes of Twilight by Kassy Taylor (November 13, 2012) Rootless by Chris Howard (November - TBD) The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken (December 2012) --------------------TBD------------------------   Level 2 by Lenore Applehans (2012 - TBD) Cybernetic by Laura Riken (2012 - TBD)  Altered by Jennifer Rush (2012 - TBD) Beta by Rachel Cohn (2012 - TBD) Renegade by J.A. Souders (TBD) The Soul by Stephenie Meyers (TBD) Elementals by Antony John (TBD) Breathe by Sarah Crossan (TBD)   In the After by Demetria Lunetta (TBD) The Fetch by Kat Falls (Fall 2012 - TBD) Half Lives by Sara Grant (Fall 2012 - TBD) Elusion by Claudia Gabel and Cheryl Klam (TBD) Stung by Bethany Wiggins (Fall 2012) Which Sci-fi/Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic books are YOU looking forward to reading in the big 2012? Let me know in the comments!