Showing posts with label Gayle Forman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gayle Forman. Show all posts

Monday, March 30, 2015

April Books bring May...more books! (April new books part 4)

Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons
Science Fiction
Living in hiding with other ragtag girls in a world where women are hunted and sold for breeding, Aya is caught by a group of businessmen who test her survival skills.

Gone Too Far by Natalie Richards
Mystery
When high school senior Piper Woods finds a notebook with mutilated photographs and a list of student sins, she is sure the book is too gruesome to be true, but when a student from the list dies, and although everyone thinks it is a suicide, she suspects something much worse, and her fears are confirmed when she receives an anonymous text daring her to make things right.

Half Wild by Sally Green
Paranormal
In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, seventeen-year-old Nathan has come into his own unique magical Gift, but he is on the run with the Hunters close behind, and they will stop at nothing until they have captured Nathan and destroyed his father.

I Was Here by Gayle Forman
Contemporary Fiction
In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.

Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes
Mystery
Max Cantrell has never been a big fan of the truth, so when the opportunity arises to sell forged permission slips and cover stories to his classmates, it sounds like a good way to make a little money and liven up a boring senior year. With the help of his friends Preston and Parvati, Max starts Liars, Inc. Suddenly everybody needs something and the cash starts pouring in. Who knew lying could be so lucrative?
When Preston wants his own cover story to go visit a girl he met online, Max doesn’t think twice about hooking him up. Until Preston never comes home. Then the evidence starts to pile up—terrifying clues that lead the cops to Preston’s body. Terrifying clues that point to Max as the murderer.
Can Max find the real killer before he goes to prison for a crime he didn’t commit?


Monday, July 1, 2013

Summer Reads! - July New Books (part3)

Silent Dragon by Irene Radford
In a realm on the brink of war, will an unsuspected heir to the kingdom of Coronnan and to magic long-banished from the land offer the only hope for survival?
And one slip could see Glenndon, Darville, Rosselinda, and even Jaylor doomed, for the lords and the people fear magic more than potential invasion, legendary monsters, and civil war.

 The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross
In 1897 London, sometihng not quite human is about to awaken When mechanical genius Emily is kidnapped by rogue automatons, Finley Jayne and her fellow misfits fear the worst. What's left of their archenemy, The Machinist, hungers to be resurrected, and Emily must transplant his consciousness into one of his automatons-or forfeit her friends' lives. With Griffin being mysteriously tormented by the Aether, the young duke's sanity is close to the breaking point. Seeking help, Finley turns to Jack Dandy, but trusting the master criminal is as dangerous as controlling her dark side.

The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman
When Jade Moon, born in the unlucky year of the Fire Horse, and her father immigrate to America in 1923 and are detained at Angel Island Immigration Station, Jade Moon is determined to find a way through and prove that she is not cursed.

Just One Day by Gayle Forman
Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid-back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self-discovery and the search for true love.

 Ali's Pretty Little Lies by Sara Shepard
It's the end of seventh grade, and Alison DiLaurentis and her friends are the girls of Rosewood Day. Ali runs her clique with an iron fist, and she's got enough dirt on Hanna, Emily, Aria, and Spencer to keep them in line. But Ali's hiding a dark secret of her own, something so huge it would destroy everything if it ever got out... and in Rosewood, deadly secrets have deadly consequences...

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Happy birthday to Rick & Gayle!

Two author birthdays today, Rick Riordan and Gayle Forman.  We have books by both authors, so stop in and check one out to celebrate.  Happy birthday you two!


Monday, December 10, 2012

Movie Monday: If I Stay

It's time for another round of MOVIE MONDAY!  What's up for today?

THE BOOK:

In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck... While in a coma following the automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.  A sophisticated, layered, and heart achingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make--and the ultimate choice Mia commands.

Sounds so sad!  This is one I haven't read yet, but I know it's been quite popular.

THE MOVIE:

Summit Entertainment (the same studio that makes the Twilight movies) owns the right to this movie and casting is apparently underway.  Catherine Hardwick (director of Twilight) was attached to direct, but has dropped out.  Now attached to direct is Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia, who directed Gone, the 2012 thriller film which stared Amanda Seyfried. (who I love!) 

There have been 3 names thrown out to there to be possibly to be cast to play Mia.  Let's take a look...

Dakota Fanning
Twilight movies - Jane (one of the Voltori)
voice of Coraline
Secret Life of Bees - Lily

Chloe Grace Moretz
Dark Shadows - Carolyn
Hugo - Isabelle
Kickass - Mindy/Hitgirl

Emily Browning
Suckerpunch - Babydoll
Uninvited - Anna
A Series of Unfortunate Events - Violet

All three are great actresses, but I think Dakota is the best fit for the part.  I think Emily and Chloe are more...bad ass chicks to me.  What do you think?  Leave a comment~

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Cake & Presents Time, Rick & Gayle!

We have two author birthdays to celebrate today, both fantastic authors with great books that you should totally check out :)

Happy birthday to Gayle Forman!

While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
Adam, now a rising rock star, and Mia, a successful cellist, reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart when Mia almost died in a car accident three years earlier.


AND!

Happy birthday Rick Riordan!