February 15, 2012

Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl revealed the title for book 4 in the Caster Chronicles. Click here to find out what it is! Scott Westerfeld teased us with more artwork from the Uglies manga; this time we get to see the dastardly Dr. Cable. Click here to put a face to the razor voice. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.   Sometimes a book comes along that just defies age categories. You could read it in fourth grade, or in your fourth year of college, and it wouldn’t matter—the story just soars off the page, and you want everyone to experience it, no matter their age. Wonder is one of those rare books.   August or “Auggie” has been home-schooled his whole life. He’s about to start the fifth grade, and his parents think it’s time for him to attend a real school, Beecher Prep. Starting school for the first time would be daunting for most kids in his position, but it’s even more so for Auggie. Due to an improbable interaction of recessive genes, he has an extraordinary face—the kind that stops people in their tracks and causes horrified gasps. His features "look like they've been melted, like the drippings on a candle." 27 surgeries have done little to improve the situation, but Auggie is used to it, and surprisingly well-adjusted to his circumstances.   Click here to read the rest of our review! The Breathless Reads tour kicks off today! See if you're lucky enough to be in its path below. This intense trailer for The Butterfly Clues gives us a front row seat to Lo's dangerous quest to piece together the mysterious "butterfly clues," as she tries to solve the mystery of who killed Sapphire, the girl whose butterfly pendant Lo found at a flea market. With the unlikely help of a street artist named Flynt, Lo quickly finds herself caught up in a seedy, violent underworld much closer to home than she ever imagined--a world, she'll ultimately discover, that could hold the key to her brother's tragic death. According to Deadline, we now have a release date for the Beautiful Creatures movie! Mark your calendars for February 1, 2013. Casting news has been fairly rapid-fire over the last couple weeks, so hopefully we'll round out the rest of the cast shortly. So far Viola Davis has signed up to play Amma, with Emma Thompson taking on Mrs. Lincoln/Sarafine. Jack O’Connell and Alice Englert will take on the starring roles as Ethan and Lena, respectively.  A new issue is up on the Hunger Games Capitol Couture fashion site—and this time Cinna, aka "District 12's Other Volunteer," is on center stage. Describing his understated personal style (save for the gold guyliner), Cinna says “I put so much passion and creativity into my work that sometimes there’s not much leftover for myself.” The full track listing for the Hunger Games soundtrack, "Songs From District 12 and Beyond," is up on iTunes, available for purchase on March 20th. To hear a preview of the available songs, click here! Check out this new extended trailer for John Carter. Taylor Kitsch has obviously been to the Christian Bale Dark Knight school of line-delivery, and it WORKS. In this behind-the-scenes peek at the upcoming season of Game of Thrones, we get a preview of the Icelandic landscape for Jon Snow's journey North of the Wall. Seeing the actors and crew endure bone-chilling temperatures and rough shooting conditions is going to make curling up with hot chocolate and watching it even more (smugly) satisfying...

Shannon Hale and Stephenie Meyer pose with extras on the set of Austenland, the movie based on Shannon's novel by the same name. To get Stephenie's perspective on producing the movie, head over to her blog.