Hungry?

The YA book phenom that's Most Dangerous Game meets Running Man Hunger Games has a theatrical trailer out.

Best genre reads

Another best-of list, this time from Publisher's Weekly, of some of the best genre books of 2011.

Dec. 5, 2011 meeting

from Paula: "We're are it again! This time it's @ 101 Castlebar Rd. 7.m. on December 5. We shall read and discuss at length: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick."
A quick check of the library's Libraweb system finds multiple multiple copies available at numerous branches.

S.F. reading list

An interesting resource - it gives you the best science fiction books of a given year or timeframe based on awards won. It's already given me a couple ideas of what to add to my reading list.

Like words for chocolate

Sheldon Comics had a nifty couple days of comics that were about literature. Ostensibly. Enjoy.

Cloud Atlas - the motion picture

Filming of a movie version of Cloud Atlas is about to begin. Part of the creative team behind it are the brothers who did the Matrix trilogy. I'm curious to see how successfully the book - with those overlapping storylines - can be made into a movie. Successfully being the operative word.

The best s.f. reads

NPR Books asked readers to vote on the best s.f./fantasy books and the number of voters, apparently was overwhelming.
Among my nominees - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell and The City and the City by China Mieville.