February 2012
YA Wednesday: He-Said/She-Said with Chris Crutcher...
When it comes to relationships, there are always two sides to the story.
In Girl Meets Boy, 12 top young adult authors came together to create an anthology of diverse, original, he-said/she-said stories of love and heartbreak. One of these dual narratives is a collaboration between bestselling author Chris Crutcher and the mastermind and editor behind the book, Kelly Milner Halls. The two of...
Eleanor Brown Talks to Alex George About His New...
Eleanor Brown, best-selling author of The Weird Sisters, interviews Alex George about A Good American
Eleanor Brown: My crack investigative skills (and your charming British accent) tell me you’re not from the United States. How does an Englishman living in Missouri come to write a book titled A Good American?
Alex George: So it’s true what they say about novelists and their highly...
Making Delicious Discoveries On Vacation
Don’t want to rub it in too much for those of you stuck with a case of the winter blues, but it was 80 at Waimea Beach on the North Shore of Oahu on Tuesday. No, I didn’t go surfing. But sure have been having a blast watching the wave riders.
While many vacationers love to stuff their days with activities, my approach is super chill. The one thing I do get fired up about is exploring...
Valentine's Day Kids' Exclusive: R.J. Palacio on...
It’s Valentine’s Day, which I think is fitting for the on-sale date of Wonder, our spotlight pick for February’s Best Books of the Month in Middle Grade and a book that I want to give everyone I know.
Wonder is a perfect Valentine because it has love and heartache, but it’s also a story about choosing kindness and having the courage to be our authentic selves—both...
Media Monday - A Valentine to Books
Hello, and welcome to Media Monday. Judging by the time at which I’m posting this, there’s a good chance you’re reading it on Tuesday, so let me be the first to wish you Happy Valentine’s Day. On second thought, I hope I wasn’t the first. And hopefully I won’t be the last today either. Happy Valentine’s Day.
Here’s some book news…
The New...
Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens
Fans across the world are celebrating the birthday of one of the greatest writers of all time, Charles Dickens. The father of such classic characters as Oliver Twist and Scrooge, of such famous lines as “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” his work captures something about hope and the human condition that seems timeless. He was also just a really entertaining...
Read It Before You See It - Books to Movies
The 2012 Oscar nominations for Best Picture revealed the importance of books in driving the story industry. In a previous Omni post, we pointed out that 6 out of 9 Best Picture nominees originated as books. The nominees are:
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Midnight...
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Schematics and Repair...
For many years, the Alt-Universe time travel division of the United Nations has colluded with the nefarious Star Trek splinter group the “Federation for One SciFi Reality” to stamped TOP SECRET on the most technical and exacting specifications for various Star Wars spaceships. Certainly, there have been reveals and leaks from time to time— that was inevitable given the enthusiasm of the fan...