Showing posts with label The Bane Chronicles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Bane Chronicles. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 April 2013

News Round Up! 13th April

Time for another News Round Up! This is where I discuss the news stories that have popped up on my radar this week. Enjoy!

Firstly, debut author Lenore Appelhans has revealed that her novel Level 2 will get a new title for its paperback release. According to this post on her blog, the 2 in the title was putting some readers off as they thought it was a sequel. The new title will be The Memory of After. I haven't read this book yet (it's one I really want to check out!) but I really like the new title. Personally I can see Level 2 being problematic as whenever I try to search for it online it's proved very difficult to find amongst the wealth of results with that phrase in.

More Mortal Instruments news this week, something which always makes me happy! It was revealed that if the first film does well (fingers crossed!) and they go on to make further films in the series, City of Ashes and City of Glass will be filmed back to back. That sounds good to me! And hopefully it would mean a shorter wait between films being released. Read more about this story on TMISource.

Also in Mortal Instruments related news, the cover has been released for the first instalment of The Bane Chronicles, the series of e-shorts focusing on the character of Magnus Bane from The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series, has been released. Check it out along with the release dates for the rest of the short stories on EW.com.

Filming has officially started in Chicago this week for the Divergent film adaptation! There's been so much news about casting lately that it's really exciting to see filming get underway. You can read more about this story and the full press release over on PagetoPremiere.

And in more film news, a steady stream of stills from the upcoming adaptation of Catching Fire are being released in preparation from the trailer! The photos include this sweet shot of Prim and Katniss. Be sure to check out the rest of the photos on The Hunger Games UK Facebook page.

Publishers Weekly recently posted this article which recaps the top selling books of the year so far. Amongst the Amazon Kindle top twenty bestsellers were Beautiful Creatures and Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, The Host by Stephanie Meyer, Hopeless by Colleen Hoover and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

Which of these news stories got you excited this week? Let me know in the comments!









Saturday, 6 April 2013

News Round Up! 6th April

Welcome to my latest news post! Each week I'm going to recap the stories that have popped up on my radar surrounding YA books.

This week the biggest news story has to be the City of Bones trailer! This is the second trailer to be released so far and includes so much more than we saw in the original teaser (including lots more Jace!). Watch it on Youtube here.

Also in film trailer news, the trailer for the second Percy Jackson film - Sea of Monsters - debuted this week. I've only read the first book and haven't seen the first film so really must sort out both of those issues! Watch the trailer over on Hypable.

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare will probably have heard of the Bane Chronicles - a series of short stories written by Cassandra Clare and other YA authors surrounding the character of Magnus Bane. This week it was announced that Jesse Willimas will narrate the first audiobook installment of the series. Read more about this story over on TMISource.

In Middle-grade news, details of the sequel to Chris Colfer's Land of Stories have been released this week including a title and cover. Read more about The Enchantress Returns and see the cover over on Hypable.

There's been a lot of buzz and excitement about the Delirium TV pilot filming, and this week Examiner.com posted a collection of photos from the set! You can see the photos at this link.

And in publishing news, the proposed merger of Random House and Penguin has been approved by the European Commission. The merger would make the group the world's largest publisher and is expected to be completed later this year. You can read more about this story on the BBC website.

Which of these news stories are you most excited about? Let me know in the comments!

New book releases:
This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
Buy: Amazon|Waterstone's|Book Depository

With All My Soul by Rachel Vincent
Buy: Amazon|Waterstone's|Book Depository

The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
Buy: Amazon|Waterstone's|Book Depository

A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
Buy: Amazon|Book Depository

That Time I Joined the Circus by J. J. Howard
Buy: Amazon|Book Depository

Light by Michael Grant
Buy: Amazon|Waterstone's|Book Depository



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