Wednesday, February 27, 2008

All the latest...

Jon Krakauer will release his next book in October, titled The Hero, which will tell the story of Pat Tillman, the football player-turned soldier who was killed in a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan. Krakauer is known for his riveting adventure accounts, such as Into Thin Air, Into the Wild and Under the Banner of Heaven.

The driver of the car crash that killed David Halberstam last year has been sentenced to 5 days in jail, 200 hours of community service, 2 years of probation and will have his license suspended for 1-3 years.

Philippa Gregory's next historical novel will be released in September of this year. The Other Queen will focus on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. The movie version of her book The Other Boleyn Girl, will be in theaters this Friday!

Target's latest book club pick is Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Target has a book club?

The Man Booker prize, which is awarded every year for best original novel written by a citizen of the British Commonwealth and Ireland, has announced a Best of the Booker prize in celebration of its 40th anniversary. The award will honor the best overall novel to have won the prize since it was first awarded in 1969. A panel of judges will choose a shortlist of 6 titles, from which the public will be invited to help select the winner.

James Frey (author of the controversial A Million Little Pieces) has a new book coming out in May called Bright Shiny Morning. Wisely, it is being published as fiction.

Stephenie Meyer, who is known for her widely popular young adult series (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse), will publish her first adult novel in May titled The Host.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Mmmm, a new Stephanie Meyer book!!