“While “Hunger Games” is being compared to “Twilight” by many people, because both are based on books series that are tremendously popular with teenagers, Lionsgate’s upcoming film has one key advantage: While the four “Twilight” films have generated their nearly $1.1 billion in domestic box office primarily from women, surveys show that men are interested in [...]
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As you might have heard, we launched another bookish project this week: BookRiot.TV. The idea is simple: we collect new, awesome, or otherwise notable book trailers and put them all in one place. Because, well, book trailers are getting pretty damn good. Each week, we’ll post the three most popular trailers on BookRiot.tv. This week’s [...]
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“One of my favorite parts was the discussion of “irregardless,” which has always annoyed me, and apparently it should, since I “care about language.” From Why You Can’t Always Trust the Dictionary by Victor Wishna ____________________________ “3.) They have magical cards that get them books for free.” From How to Spot a Reader by Wallace [...]
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“Maybe the mode of doing it in print wasn’t appealing to editors or bean-counters,” said Mr. Kois, a former editor at New York magazine who helped develop its popular Vulture entertainment section. “So to my mind, I wanted to bring to Slate this idea of a concentrated, intense focus on books over the course [...]
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Wish, hope, and sacrifice goats as I might, the On The Road movie inches closer to release. Yesterday, the first official poster was released. Here it is: I don’t know if the movie is going to be bad. It probably won’t be. It also probably won’t be good. It will probably be, as are most [...]
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I have a manuscript. Let’s call it my Top Secret Mystery Prose Project, because the subject matter of the manuscript is not relevant to this piece. What is relevant is that it’s out in the world right now, looking for a home, and the waiting has caused my heart to beat at the rate of [...]
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Around Oscar season, there’s always a lot of talk about book-to-film adaptations. But personally, I’m more interested in seeing it done the other way around. Often, I’ll be watching a movie, one whose tone and narrative really speak to me as a reader, and I’ll think,“Damn. I wish this were a novel.” So here’s a [...]
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Whose birthday is it? Or whose not-birthday isn’t? Why Dr. Seuss would be one-hundred-eight right this minute! At BookRiot we’re all book readers and lovers; so we owe gratitude to whom through we discovered a whole world of language so playful and fun. To you, Teddy Geisel, we say — job well done!
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So, I’m re-reading my way through all of Toni Morrison’s novels in the run-up to our first Riot Reading Day on May 8th. If you’re thinking, “she’s insane,” you’re probably right. I love Morrison with many loves, but holy emotional rollercoaster, Batman! To document this experience, I’ll be sharing highlights of my notes and marginalia [...]
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“While “Hunger Games” is being compared to “Twilight” by many people, because both are based on books series that are tremendously popular with teenagers, Lionsgate’s upcoming film has one key advantage: While the four “Twilight” films have generated their nearly $1.1 billion in domestic box office primarily from women, surveys show that men are interested in [...]
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Get the fantasy place cards ready! We’re back around the Dinner Table in the Sky, imagining which writers, living or dead, we’d like to round up for a meal together. I’m currently seating food writers, party of eight. Dreaming of a massive banquette… and Jacques Pépin cooking for us before joining us for an extra [...]
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We start by giving you one clue, then one additional clue per hour through the afternoon. The first person to guess the author correctly wins a book of our choosing, and all other correct guessers will be entered into a drawing at the end of each month. You can submit your guess using the form [...]
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“Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris,” says Cletus, the Slack-Jawed Yokel, in a memorable Simpsons episode.** When that episode first aired in 2001, I had a near melt-down of excitement — the kind of giddiness you only experience when you get a really obscure reference. Trinity is in my Top 5 favorite books of [...]
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WARNING: SPOILERS & NON SEQUITURS FULL STEAM AHEAD! LH: So, we’re going to talk about books that have made us cry. My list is short: I cry at movies all the time, but not many books have made me shed tears. The first book I remember weeping over was Where the Red Fern Grows – [...]
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During a recent conversation, the topic of celebrities that we (being a group of readers) would like to see at a book event came up. A list of names was tossed out – including Alec Baldwin – and the first question asked was “What do any of them have to do with books?” At [...]
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After four months of the most tame winter I can remember, we finally got a walloping winter storm across Minnesota on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sadly, I didn’t get to take a snow day during the blizzard. I live about seven blocks from my office, so there’s no excuse for me not to make it in. But that, [...]
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“The New Republic: 11 Female Book Reviewers, 71 Male Book Reviewers.” Uncool, traditional media. Way uncool. ____________________________ “Why eBooks now? [Jackie] Collins said she is drawn to the format “just to be innovative and as a gift for my fans. It’s a total experiment. It might sell two copies or it might sell 200,000. Who knows?” [...]
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Stop!…Grammar Time is an occasional feature that looks at grammar and style questions. Sometime with 90s Top-40 references. Sometimes not. The main character in Richard Russo’s That Old Cape Magic is driving around Cape Cod, looking for a suitable place for his father’s (cremated) remains when he has the following thought: “it would be ironic if he got [...]
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Last week, I changed the game a little and gave you visual clues instead. Before the answer is revealed, here are the clues again: Here we go: 1. 2. 3. 4. And now…the answer.
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This is a guest post by David Abrams. David is a novelist, short story writer, reviewer, and book evangelist. His novel about the Iraq War, Fobbit , is forthcoming from Grove/Atlantic in 2012. He blogs about books at The Quivering Pen. Follow him on Twitter @davidabrams1963 As I turned the final pages of Charles Dickens: A Life, my hand went [...]
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