More Blockbuster Books

I know we're all recovering from The Mortal Instruments, but brace yourselves! more action-packed films are on the way.

ONWARD TO THE TRAILERS!




Seventh Son, based on The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
Y'all may have read this series when you were younger -- I read the first book and it is super creepy.  Will the movie deliver the chills, or is just a lot of explosions and dragons and Jeff Bridges swooping around?





Vampire Academy based on the series by Richelle Mead
Okay, I still have to read this one -- from the trailer I don't know what exactly is supposed to be going on here. Vampire prom? Why'd they kidnap that girl? Is there some sort of vampire society battle about to be unleashed here? And will those shoes still be in vogue by the time the movie comes out?




And of course you all know about Divergent! First look premiered at MTV's VMAs.




Many other popular series are in development or in production, including The Maze Runner, Fallen, Monument 14, The 5th Wave, and Uglies.


Are you excited for these movie adaptations?  Is there a series you want brought to the big screen?  Do you want more action adventure movies, or are you hankering for more realistic dramas like The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Spectacular Now?  And when is Hollywood going to knock it off with that dramatic foghorn effect already?


Share your ideas in the comments!

More Blockbuster Books

I know we're all recovering from The Mortal Instruments, but brace yourselves! more action-packed films are on the way.

ONWARD TO THE TRAILERS!




Seventh Son, based on The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
Y'all may have read this series when you were younger -- I read the first book and it is super creepy.  Will the movie deliver the chills, or is just a lot of explosions and dragons and Jeff Bridges swooping around?





Vampire Academy based on the series by Richelle Mead
Okay, I still have to read this one -- from the trailer I don't know what exactly is supposed to be going on here. Vampire prom? Why'd they kidnap that girl? Is there some sort of vampire society battle about to be unleashed here? And will those shoes still be in vogue by the time the movie comes out?




And of course you all know about Divergent! First look premiered at MTV's VMAs.




Many other popular series are in development or in production, including The Maze Runner, Fallen, Monument 14, The 5th Wave, and Uglies.


Are you excited for these movie adaptations?  Is there a series you want brought to the big screen?  Do you want more action adventure movies, or are you hankering for more realistic dramas like The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Spectacular Now?  And when is Hollywood going to knock it off with that dramatic foghorn effect already?


Share your ideas in the comments!

Fierce Reads author event June 15

This Saturday is our big event as we welcome the Fierce Reads tour to the Teen Room!  Gennifer Albin (Crewel), Anna Banks (Of Triton), Leigh Bardugo (Siege and Storm), Jessica Brody (Unremembered) and Emmy Laybourne (Monument 14: Sky on Fire) are psyched to talk about their newest books, answer your questions, and sign books. 

We have all kinds of cool Fierce Reads giveaways that you won't want to miss!  And of course we've got extra copies of the books here at the library, but they are going fast -- stop by soon if you want to check these out before the event.
 
Saturday, June 15
2:00PM
Teen Room, Main Library
449 Broadway

Iron Man 3, Embarrassing Stories and Book Trailer News

• I must have been living under a rock not to realize that Iron Man 3 is in theaters tomorrow.  Luckily I can catch up on all things Tony Stark over at Marvel's Iron Man news page.  Now I am stoked to see Pepper Potts in the suit!

• That time when you had to read in front of the class and said "breasts" instead of "breath"?  Don't worry, we've all been there -- in real life and in fiction.

• Suzanne Young's new book, The Program, is getting a lot of buzz!  It's comforting to know that in the dystopian future that lies ahead, at least our hair will be perfect.

• It chills my blood just thinking about Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave. They are making short trailers for each of the "waves"; this is the first one.

• I think the trailer for Julie Kagawa's The Eternity Cure is stylish, despite the foghorn meme.

• And our last video is an invitation to be part of a book trailer -- for Suzanne Collins's Catching Fire!!

Book & Movie Trailer Roundup!

It's getting so you can't tell 'em apart.  Please note how this one uses the omninous foghorn that started with Inception.  Catch up to the rest of us, book marketers! it's BEEN DONE [smacks upside head].

Still, I'm intrigued.  What's with that bracelet?  Will it track her, or explode off her hand if she tries to leave?

The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau




The City of Bones trailer is here in its extended glory!


Wow, now I don't have to watch the movie.  Although, is that Magnus Bane we're seeing there?  Holy hotness, Batman.  Plus the kid from The Misfits -- that is the most exciting casting ever.


Big big news for my fellow horror fans and anyone who finds Christmas kinda unsettling: Joe Hill's NOS4A2 will be on shelves at the end of the month.



While Mr. Hill is indeed too-cool-for-school kids, please please please wear a full face helmet while riding your motorcycle.

The Percy Jackson franchise is still...going strong?


OMG, you guys, they totally did the foghorn thing.  Logan Lerman, take the money and run!  Run your adorbs face into another indie picture!

Also, you guys are only worried about Kronos?  Because last time I checked, the entire Greek pantheon was made up of jerks and sociopaths.


And it wouldn't be a trailer roundup without the latest teaser of Catching Fire.

Get More: 2013 MTV Movie Awards, Latest Movie News, Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Banks

Anything else out there that we should get excited about?

November Readalikes: Reached by Ally Condie

Reached, the final book in Ally Condie's Matched trilogy, hit our shelves on November 13!  There are still copies left, so hurry hurry hurry on over.


















We've also put out some readalikes.  If you crave love triangles, forbidden romance and/or invasive and controlling future societies, then boy howdy is this list for you!

Boys Over Flowers

Origin

The Lost Girl

For Darkness Shows the Stars

Skylark

Temptation

The Selection

What's Left of Me

Under the Never Sky

SON

Lois Lowry's* new book in the series that started with The Giver (which you, along with thousands of kids across the country, might have read in 8th grade) has hit the shelves! Between now and when The Giver was first published in 1993 she wrote two other books about the world Jonas lives in, and is finally bringing his story full circle with the publication of Son. 

While you're waiting to get your hands on a copy, the Teen Room has put together a list of read-alikes. All set in an unknown future or parallel society, these books take a grim, exciting, and inspiring look at what it takes to survive when rights and choices have been taken away from people -- especially young people. 

Son   ***on bookshelves Oct 2***

Lois Lowry

Pure 

 Julianna Baggott

The Forsaken 

 Lisa Stasse

The Other Side of the Island 

 Allegra Goodman

Blood Red Road

Rebel Heart ***on bookshelves Oct 30***

Moira Young

The Forest of Hands and Teeth  

Carrie Ryan

The Knife of Never Letting Go 

Patrick Ness

Ship Breaker 

Paolo Bacigalupi

Shatter Me 

Tahereh Mafi

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Kristen Simmons

*Did you know Lois Lowry is from Cambridge? She IS! Some of her books are even set in Cambridge, and one of them mentions the library. You may have noticed a little plaque with her name on it in the pit in the Teen Room, that area is dedicated to her. We're big fans, is what is I'm saying.