News For Nerds is a feature here on Katie’s Book Blog to help catch you up on all the bookish news you might have missed. Check back every other Sunday to find out about cover reveals, book deals, movie news, and more.
Ebook steals:
Movie news:
According to Deadline, we have our first castings for the Vampire Academy movie. It looks like Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, and Danila Kozlovsky will be joining the movie. Zoey will be playing Rose, Lucy will be playing Lissa, and Danila was cast as Dmitri. What do you guys think of this casting? I’m actually pretty pleased with it.
Delirium by Lauren Oliver has been picked up for a TV show from Fox! Zap 2 It has all the gory details including some changes you can expect when the book is adapted to TV.
The Divergent movie has a release date. Put March 31, 2014 on your calendars, guys. You won’t want to miss this one. For more information, as well as some possible casting choices, head over to Latinos Post!
Publishing news:
I’m sure you guys have seen news of this floating around but in case you missed it, this past weekend was ALA. The youth media award winners were announced. You can check them all out over at American Libraries’ website.
Book trailer of the week:
Noteworthy blog posts/articles:
You guys know how much I love contemporary YA books, right? Well, I’m not the only one. Emilie over at Emilie’s Book World posted a lovely discussion about her relationship with contemporary books. Head over to her blog to check it out!
Conferences are fun but sometimes cause drama. Jasmine over at Beneath the Moon and Stars posted her thoughts about book bloggers at librarian conferences. Head over to her blog to check out her thoughts and share your own.
Sex in YA lit has always been a touchy subject. Bekka over at Pretty Deadly Reviews shares her personal thoughts about sex in YA. (I couldn’t agree with her more!) Head over to her blog and see what the fuss is about!
Blogging has become very competitive in recent years. I’ve talked about this before but Rachel over at Fiktshun posted a wonderful discussion about it. Head over to her blog to check it out!
Giveaways:
Win a copy of Daynight from Little Book Star
Win an audiobook of Beautiful Creatures from Reading Teen
Win a preorder of The Uprising from Sparkles and Lightning
Win a signed copy of If I Stay from Assorted Insanity
Win an ARC of Pulse from Finding Bliss in Books
Win a signed copy of Othermoon from City of Books
Cover reveals:
The Summer Trilogy by Jenny Han is also being made into a TV show!
I got so excited when this popped into my dashboard, please keep doing these posts! So excited for the new Cat Patrick 🙂 It looks amazing! And so excited about Delirium/tv news too 🙂 Sierra
Keep growing beautiful!
Love your ‘News for Nerds’ post!
Thanks for sharing,
The Hodgenator
Awesome post! I can’t believe Delirium is getting picked up as a tv show! I am SO excited! Also I need to start reading VA before the movie comes out, and omg March 31, 2014 can’t come soon enough! Also, so many beautiful cover reveals!
– Juhina @ Maji Bookshelf
Have I ever mentioned this is one of my favorite features on your blog? Because it’s probably one of my favorite features on any blog ever. It’s like a one-stop shop for all sorts of book news. Also, the title is alliteration which is my favorite, so you win!
Aww, so glad you enjoy it, Rachel. =)
There is always so much going on all over. Can’t wait for the Delirium series to be on TV. Yay!! Great post. 🙂
Jenea @ Books Live Forever
An awesome post! I am always so behind on bookish news so this is a great way to keep informed 🙂 LOVE the VA casting.
I came by this late, but I wanted to thank you for the mention! You’re the sweetest 😀
(Also, I really need to start the Vamp Academy books. I feel like the only person in the world who hasn’t read them yet!)
Who I Kissed was a great read and Sean Griswold is a favorite of mine 🙂 Glad they’re still selling well 🙂