The Power of Six Cover?

I was in the bookstore the other day looking at the new I Am Number Four with movie tie-in cover and while flipping through the back of it I saw the cover for The Power of Six. I was surprised that I had never seen it before because I thought for sure that the second it was released it would be all over the book world. So I did a little bit of searching and saw that out of all of the blogs I follow only one had done a post on the release of the cover. I don't know if it's that I don't follow enough blogs but I thought that maybe if I hadn't seen it then you guys hadn't either. Am I really that out of touch or was this never a big thing?

"I can feel it in my bones that he is one of us. And I know somehow, that I must find him.”

Supposedly if you click on the cover here you will get to read an excerpt but it's only pulling up a blank tab for me. Let me know if it works for you guys!

The Best Book Adaptation I've Seen Recently

With all of the book adaptations coming out in the next couple of years I think a really good one was overlooked in all the hooplah. I recently rented Twelve from my local videostore because I have an insane girl-crush on Emma Roberts so I didn't really have any expectations. Only a couple of minutes in and my mine was blown. Now that I've read the book it is so insane how closely the movie captured the essence of the book, and it's so rare when that happens. It has been a long time since I've seen a movie like this. Twelve is an absolutely GORGEOUS movie! Guys, if you have the time to watch it then I beg you to do it!

I leave you with the trailer so you can get a taste of what I'm trying to say!

Based on the controversial Nick McDonell novel, "Twelve" follows high school dropout turned successful drug dealer White Mike (Chace Crawford) in New York's Upper East Side. Business is booming when all of the kids are home from boarding school and everyone has money to blow. Mike leads a double life, concealing the truth from his childhood friend Molly (Emma Roberts) while his supplier Lionel (Curtis Jackson) pulls Mike further into the world of the Manhattan drug trade. Mike's two lives begin to collide when his cousin is brutally murdered on an East Harlem playground and a new drug, twelve, emerges as the recreational drug of choice.

I just want to note this for my younger readers: there is nudity in this movie!

Want to learn more about the book? Click here for the author's website!

Perfect Cover Reveal

Ellen Hopkins revealed the cover for Perfect, her new book to be released on September 13 of this year. I have to to hand it to Sammy Yuen because he stepped out of the box on this one! It is very different from all her other covers but it still has that similar feel to it.

Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they'd rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.

Cara's parents' unrealistic expectations have already sent her twin brother Conner spiraling toward suicide. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. Kendra covets the perfect face and body—no matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. To score his perfect home run—on the field and off—Sean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. And Andre realizes to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, he'll be living a life his ancestors would never understand.

Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go? What would you give up to be perfect?

What do y'all think?

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!

I am so behind that it is a little sad. Awhile ago I read this awesome  book, A Season of Eden, and while looking around on YouTube for some fanmade trailers (which I don't normally do but I was in the mood to watch some tonight) I discovered something that could be good...or bad. It was made into a movie...a super low budget movie. I looked around and couldn't find anymore information on it than the movie trailer that I found. I did hear that it was a movie that was supposed to be released in the UK which sucks balls because that means I'll probably never get to watch it. Since I didn't find anything on it I don't even know if it was released. I am kind of hoping that it was and there is some place that I can find it because I am dying to see it. The book was so steamy that I can only imagine what it would be like to watch it! I am going to email the author and try to get more info about it. Do you want me to keep you updated on anything I discover?



I do have one thing to say about the trailer though...that girl...let's just say she wasn't what I had in mind for the main character. And the acting? Again, it's the girl because the teacher isn't bad. I'm sure if they found someone else to play Eden I would like the idea a lot more.

What do y'all think?

I'm a Little Skeptical...

I haven't been deeply involved in the book news lately but I recently saw the cover for Libba Bray's new book, Beauty Queens, but looking at it makes me a little skeptical of it. Libba Bray is literary genius and all but I don't know how anyone could make a summary and cover like this...good. What are your thoughts on her new book?

From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray, the story of a plane of beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.
 
Teen beauty queens. A "Lost"-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count.