Site Meter Genre Fiction » Young Adult

Young Adult

Stephenie Meyer’s`Breaking Dawn’ Sells 250,000 in One Day

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Did you go to a Stephenie Meyer’s book release, vampire themed party this weekend at Borders or Waldenbooks? I did not, but apparently over 225,000 people did! The two stores proudly announce the huge success of the Breaking Dawn events, with a total of about 250,000 books being sold within the first few hours of the book hitting the market, including online sales.

Approximately 1,000 stores nationwide hosted a “From Twilight til Dawn: A Night with a Bite” party. The highly anticipated teen read came in second only to Harry Potter for number of pre-orders.

The photo shown here is a snapshot of a New York City party for Meyer this Friday evening. For everything Stephenie Meyer and the Twiglight Saga, head over to the ultimate and official fan page at TwilightLexicon.com.

Stephenie Meyer Book Release Party: Twilight til Dawn

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Over 900 Borders and Waldenbooks stores in the U.S. will celebrate the August 2 release of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. The book is the fourth and final installment in Meyer’s best-selling vampire series, The Twilight Saga.

In-store book release parties will be held from 10 p.m. Friday, August 1, until midnight, when the book will officially be on sale. The parties will have a theme of “From Twilight til Dawn: A Night with a Bite,” and will include events such as costume contests (come dressed as a character!), trivia contests (kicking off the parties promptly at 10 p.m.), and debates on themes related to the book series. Locate your closest participating Borders or Waldenbooks store at the Borders’ Web site. The Web site also allows you to pre-order a copy that can be picked up at a party.

All events are free – with no purchase necessary to participate – and many have prizes!

Sisterhood 2: Teen Novel to Revisit the Big Screen

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Sisterhood stars Blake Lively, 20; Alexis Bledel, 26; America Ferrera, 24, and Amber Tamblyn, 25 attended the premiere of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 in New York City, today, Monday July 28.

The four actresses revisited their roles from the 2005 film version of the teen novel series written by Ann Brashares for a sequel this summer. Playing Bridget, Lena, Carmen, and Tibby (in order as the actresses stand, left to right), they bring four unique stories together on the big screen once again.

In addition to the quartet - who are each showing their own distinguished personal style here - three of Blake Lively’s Gossip Girl (also based on a teen novel series) costars showed up in support. Chace Crawford, Leighton Meester, and Ed Westwick all made appearances.

The new movie, in theaters next week (August 6 official release date), takes pieces of plot from the second and third novel in the series, but is largely based on number four: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood.

Gossip Girl Author Cecily Von Ziegesar Heads to College

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Cecily Von Ziegesar’s teen fiction series Gossip Girl (2002 - 2007) has become a household title since being turned into a hit - albeit gossip-girl.JPGcontroversial - prime time soap opera on The CW network. With 11 books (three were ghostwritten) and one prequel, Von Ziegesar has seemingly exhausted the tales of Serena, Blair, and their Upper East Side of Manhattan crew.

Now, she is turning to write for her growing adult fan base.

Hyperion, a book publishing division of Walt Disney and ABC, announced plans to print two new fiction books by Cecily Von Ziegesar, targeted at adults.

The first book, Cum Laude (2009), takes a natural progression in Von Ziegesar’s character development as she moves from writing about high schoolers - which she admits to exhausting - to college cliques, gossip, and drama. The story revolves around a handful of incoming freshmen who meet one another at orientation and immediately begin stirring up chaos in their new, small town. The college students face back-stabbing, crushes … and a tragic murder.

Von Ziegesar has also penned two Gossip Girl spin-off series: The It Girl (2005 - 2008) and Gossip Girl: The Carlyles (2008). These titles are all credited to her name; however, most are her ideas put together by a ghostwriter.

About Genre Fiction

There's nothing quite the same as a good fiction novel. They weave you through triumphs and struggles, real life situations and fantasy lands, great characters that become like best friends and sickening antagonists. But how do you choose a good fiction book? How do you decide which stories will be worth getting to know? Genre Fiction has all these answers and more! Keep up with which books are soaring the bestsellers lists, which writers are on tour, and which books are being made into films. Read reviews of fiction books from both yesterday and today. Delve into the authors' lives. Most of all, find good fiction books to add to your shelf.

Genre Fiction Author(s)
    » Sally-Andersen

Blogging Flair

Books & Writing Channel Posts

  • Originality and Writing
    Is There Anything Original? I don't like those Facebook quizzes that tell me that I'm a 75.7% match with someone I barely know on movie preferences. I don't want to know how very, very like other [...]
  • Breaking Down the Kingsolver Formula
    I have read two books by Barbara Kingsolver recently: I just finished Animal Dreams (1990), and two books before that, Prodigal Summer (2001). I would still call Kingsolver one of my favorite [...]
  • Guest Author Kathi Macias - Beyond Me
    Hello everyone and welcome to The Book Stacks. Today I have a special guest Christian author here, Kathi Macias. She is here as part of her virtual tour. I hope you'll join me in welcoming her to the [...]
  • Random Word Bank Wednesday
    Hello once again everyone! Welcome to another mid-week random word bank. I rather like random word banks. There is a challenge in them that not only gets your mind working, but you can also end up [...]
  • Writing and Inspiration
    “One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.” Ralph Waldo Emerson If you [...]
  • The 99th Monkey by Eliezer Sobel - Author Virtual Book Tour
    Join Eliezer Sobel, author of the memoir, The 99th Monkey: A Spiritual Journalist's Misadventures with Gurus, Messiahs, Sex, Psychedelics, and Other Consciousness-Raising Adventures (Santa Monica [...]
  • A Few of My Favourite Things...
    Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are a few of my favorite things. Cream colored ponies [...]
  • Tuesday Book List of Pauses
    I had to pause to think of what I should call today's book list... Having done that, I still couldn't think of anything. So the list of pauses it is! :) Remember to play the Monday game for your [...]
  • `Twilight' Steps Up When `Harry Potter' Gets Delayed
    Harry Potter fans will have to wait almost another year before they can see the sixth movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Originally scheduled for a theater release date of November 21, [...]
  • Musical Monday - Tommy Emmanuel
    Today's musical inspiration is going to take a bit of a different turn this week. Instead of focusing on a theme, I am going to focus on an individual musician whose music has been inspiring me since [...]

Hot Off The Press

  • The Bachelor Still Not Canceled
    We didn't watch Hard Knocks last night. Well, we tried to, we got about fifteen minutes into it and our computer started to draw more and more of our attention to the point we weren't paying any [...]
  • Volunteering....
    I have offered to volunteer at my child's school several times.  I've yet to be taken up on the offer.  His kindergarten teacher did say she might need me yesterday or tomorrow but she has [...]
  • Would you wear Paris Hilton?
    If you can still remember, Paris Hilton announced last June that she’s teaming up with Dollhouse brand clothing to come up with her own line under the latter’s name. When I learned about [...]
  • Religious offerings diverse in Mount Pleasant community
    On-campus groups are not the only religious options for students. While many religious institutions can be found on campus, there are many others in the Mount Pleasant area. One of the larger [...]
  • Amigurumi
    Tonight I'm making my first amigurumi. It's a cute pig pattern. Amigurumi is Japanese doll or animals that are made from crochet. There are many cute crochet patterns for animals. Most of them I [...]
  • Take the Mud Run Challenge
    If you’re looking for a fun-filled sporting event involving a muddy obstacle course, then the Get Fit Tulsa Mud Run 2008 can fulfill your quest for an action-packed weekend. This [...]
  • Weekly Pop-Culture Roundup
    Ellen DeGeneres, 50 and Portia de Rossi, 35 wed last Saturday evening at their home in LA. The couple exchanged handwritten wedding vows in an intimate home ceremony. Ellen announced their [...]
  • Jen in the Big Apple
    Since her wetheaded outing on Friday, Jen has pretty much flown under the radar. We knew nothing of her whereabouts - until she surfaced in New York City on Tuesday night! Jen was snapped leaving [...]
  • "Ready, Set, View" Ad on ABC Website and Sherri Shepherd Rumors
    You can now watch the season 12 advertisement for The View on the ABC website. As I wrote about earlier, it is entitled "Ready, Set, View" and has a James Bond theme to it. Click on the image and [...]
  • Mose gets a well-deserved pay raise!
    Hooray for cousin Mose who has been giving a hefty seven figure salary by his studio. He is going to be be working on the new series with Amy Poehler. "The Office" writer/co-executive producer [...]