Maggie Stievfater, author of the highly successful Shiver, has released to cover to the much anticipated sequel, Linger. Check the cover out here:

And the sneak peek paragraph:

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This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one.

Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend.

But now it is spring. With the heat, the remaining wolves will soon be falling out of their wolf pelts and back into their human bodies. Sam stays Sam, and Cole stays Cole, and it’s only me who’s not firmly in my own skin.

What do we think yaReaders?

Harper Teen have just re-released their Pitch Black Books campaign, featuring a whole stack of really awesome supernatural books for teens. Click here to take a look.

Yep, you heard right folks, Richelle Mead’s popular Vampire Academy series is now officially banned in Texas. While the novel has only been banned in one school district, we here at yaReads find this rather astonishing.

Vampire Academy is the second most challenged/banned book in Texas this year. Want to learn more, or read Richelle’s personal thoughts on this? Click here.

Morganville Vampire fans, check this out. We’ve got an official title and cover for the eight book in the series, due out April 2010.

Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Kiss of Death:

Here at yaReads, we’re loving this. What about you guys?

The Cybil Awards are on again. Is there a book that you think should be nominated, that isn’t? Click here and make sure you have your say!

The cover art for the fifth Vampire Academy novel, Spirit Bound, has been unleashed. Take a look:

What do we think yaReaders?

According to Rachel Caine’s Twitter page, she’s made a deal to hash out 3 MORE Morganville Vampire books! Now will be books 10, 11 and 12! That’s just music to our ears! Along with this news, remember that book 7, Fade Out will be released November 3rd!

In a recent interview yaReads conducted with author Maggie Stiefvater, it was uncovered that there were ‘talks’ of Shiver - her popular new werewolf novel – being made into a film. Well, it seems that these talks have actually eventuated into something concrete. Variety’s online magazine published an article confirming that yes, Shiver WILL be made into a film:

Unique Features has acquired screen rights to “Shiver,” a bestselling supernatural romance novel by Maggie Stiefvater that is the first of a three-book series.
Pic will be produced by Unique Features partners Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne.

Unique adds “Shiver” to a slate of pic projects that include an adaptation of the Paul McCartney children’s book “High in the Clouds,” a Barry Levinson-directed adaptation of the musical “City of Angels” and the Broadway-bound musicals “Elf” and “Secondhand Lions.”

So what do we think? Yay, or nay?

As the title of this article suggests, Holly Black, Scott Westerfeld & Cassandra Clare are embarking on a smallish book tour of Canada in November. Dates are as follows:

Wednesday November 4th 7pm – Montreal
Chapters Pointe-Claire
6321 Trans-Canada Highway, unit 1410
(514) 428-5500

Thursday November 5th 7pm – Ottawa
Chapters Rideau
47 Rideau Street,
Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 241-0073

Friday November 6th 7pm – Toronto
Trinity St. Paul’s United Church
427 Bloor Street West
(416) 922-8435

Tickets will be available on the door.

We understand that we’re a little slow on the uptake with this one, but Stephenie Meyer has announced that her only non-Twilight related book, The Host, is officially being made into a film.

From Stephenie Meyer’s website:

“I’m so excited to be working with Nick Weschler, and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz to bring The Host to a visual format. They’ve all been a dream to work with, so lovely and collaborative, and I feel like we’re in a really good place to make a great movie together. And then to have Andrew Niccol writing and directing? Truly awesome. If you’ve never seen Gattaca, go watch it now. One of my favorite movies of all time. It’s such a great example of character driven science fiction, which is ideal for The Host, no? I’m having an absolute blast imagining different dream casts, which I would post if people didn’t take my silly blogs so seriously these days. I’m looking forward to seeing the cast lists you come up with in the fansite forums, and if any of them match mine.”

So what do we think Meyer fans? Love it, or hate it?

Do you live in New Orleans, Raleigh, Providence, Salt Lake City, Miami, New York City, Birmingham, or Minneapolis and want to see Richelle Mead in your city for a book signing? Well, she’s putting it to a vote. Click here to vote for your town. The three most popular votes will be added to the tour list.

Melissa Marr, author of the ever popular Wicked Lovely books, announced today that Universal Pictures has acquired the screen rights to Wicked Lovely. Caroline Thompson, who wrote the screenplay for Edward Scissorhands has been hired to adapt the novel for the silver screen. No release dates or casting information has been released as yet.

Stay tuned for more information!

A book landed on my desk this week and although its not a fictional release, I thought some of you might be very interested in it. It’s called Defining Twilight and its essentially a vocab book aimed at aiding study for the SAT, ACT, GED and SSAT exams. It has a Twilight theme, something which a lot of you are pretty interested it. From what I can gather, I think the association with Twilight is suposed to make your studying a little less painful.

Will it? I really don’t know.

It has quizzes about words used in Twilight, comprehension tasks based on passages in Twilight, etc.

I admire the effort to encourage more kids to actually study, so if it works, then I say go for it. So I’m interested, would you use a book like this to help you study for the above exams?

Are you a fan of Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side? Want to have a say in the dress that she’ll be wearing when she actually becomes a princess? Then you’ll love this! Beth Fantaskey is holding a poll, asking you to vote on a dress and have your say!

Click Along for the Ride, click here. for more information.

Barry Lyga’s character, Kyra Sellers (from The Astonishing Adventures of Fan Boy and Goth Girl) has been immortalised in a toy.

Taken from Lyga’s blog:

That’s Kyra in “Minimate” form. Minimates are cool little block-style action figures. They’re two inches of articulated plastic awesome.

Over the years, there have been Minimates for Spider-Man and the X-Men and Star Trek and Ghostbusters and Battlestar Galactica and lots more (you can learn more at minimates.com). Now Kyra joins their ranks as a very limited edition Minimate, thanks to the folks at Stupid Kat LLC and Diamond Select Toys, who decided that Kyra just had to exist in three dimensions. (And, you know, in plastic.)

• Nose stud? Check!
• Lip ring? Check!
• Reverse-smiley? Check!
• All-black outfit? Duh!

How do you get your hands on this toy? Well, you can’t buy it in stores. In fact, you can’t buy it — period. The Goth Girl Minimate will only be available as a giveaway from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and from me.

The first people to get the Minimate will be the entrants in the Goth Girl Trailer Contest. Everyone who makes a trailer will get a Goth Girl Minimate.  But if you have neither the time nor the talent to put together a trailer, have no fear: there will be other ways to net yourself a Kyra of your very own.

For more information on the contest and the toy, click here

Please note, yaReads is not hosting this competition. Please do not leave a message at the end of this post asking to be entered.

Stepheniemeyer.com has released information regarding the New Moon movie soundtrack.

The first single has officially been confirmed for the New Moon Soundtrack! Death Cab for Cutie has written an exclusive song for the movie entitled ‘Meet Me On the Equinox.’ Below is a statement from the band about the song:

“We are very excited to be a part of this amazing series of novels set in our own backyard. It just seemed a perfect synergy that a band from the Northwest would create a song for a series of novels set in the Northwest. We wrote ‘Meet Me On the Equinox’ to reflect the celestial themes and motifs that run throughout the Twilight series and we wanted to capture that desperate feeling of endings and beginnings that so strongly affect the main characters. This song marks the first attempt that Death Cab for Cutie has ever made at contributing new, unreleased material for a film and we are proud to be a part of the Twilight legacy.” — Nick Harmer / Death Cab for Cutie

The album cover is the same as the first promotional movie poster and will be in stores on October 20th, 2009.

Yup, you read correctly, The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare has been optioned for a movie. Cassandra Clare announced the news today at the Bryant Park Event with other news as well– a 4th The Mortal Instrument book; this time it’s about Simon. Read more at the mundiesource twitter page: http://twitter.com/mundiesource

Remember the big party planned that Cassandra Clare, among other authors, were attending, and doing some signing, Q&A’s, and releasing big news? Well, that party is TOMORROW! Again, a reminder that if you are in the area (NYC), then attend! No need to RSVP or anything!

Naomi Shihab Nye, award winning poet, author and editor, is the winner of this year’s ALAN Award. She will accept her award at the ALAN Breakfast, which will take
place during the National Council of Teachers of English Conference in Philadelphia on Saturday, November 21, 2009. If you are interested in attending the breakfast, visit the ALAN website.

Stephenie Meyer is rumored to be accused of plagiarism charges, concerning the latest book of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. Jordan Scott, author of book The Nocturne, claims that Stephenie Meyer took many plot lines from her book.

Check out more here.