Books

If you're missing 'Harry Potter' and are desperately in need of a good Potter fix, then J.K. Rowling has some good news for you. In a recent interview with BBC News, she admitted that she'd written many of the 'Potter' novels on the run and is sorely tempted to expand upon the universe by writing a "director's cut." While that's not a direct "yes, I am writing a new Potter book," it's still a good sign for the legions of her devoted fans who miss Harry and his adventures at Hogwarts.

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While wandering around the bookstore this past weekend, I stumbled upon a children's book that I fell in love with.  Let me warn you though, it might make you tear up a bit, so keep those Kleenex handy. 

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John Lennon would've celebrated his 72nd birthday next month and it seems appropriate that a new book about him will be released on October 9th, his birthday.  This one will definitely give us a glimpse of the real John Lennon.

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The interesting thing is not that 'Fifty Shades of Grey' debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List and spent the last 25 weeks at the top of the hill with the other two books of the trilogy at #2 and#3 respectively for just about as long. Nor is it interesting really that it was knocked off the list at all because it had to get dethroned some day right?

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Earlier this week, I wrote about 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and asked if it was worth reading.  The response has been overwhelming and extremely positive too.

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British author E.L. James is now a household name, thanks to her extremely successful 'Fifty Shades of Grey' trilogy.  The books remain at the top of the best-seller list and is one of the fastest selling book series ever.    A movie is in the works, along with a classical CD in stores September 18th.  

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Back in the day, we had Cliff’s Notes. These days, there’s the internet and magical sites like Yahoo! Answers where students can get easy answers for writing book reports. Well, that is until the author sees your post and calls you out for it.

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They're the classics of literature. You know the titles and they're likely to be on your children's back to school reading list but did you ever read or do you remember these books?

Donald J. Sobol, the author of the extremely popular boy-detective book series ‘Encyclopedia Brown,’ died last week of natural causes. He was 87.

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If you’re one of the bazillions of people obsessed with ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ it might be time to book your summer travel plans — several hotels are now offering vacation packages inspired by the steamy erotic novel.

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Earlier this year, Maine teenager Julia Bluhm launched a petition asking Seventeen magazine to stop using photo manipulation tools like Photoshop on pictures of its models. And now the publication has vowed to “show real girls as they really are.”

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A new book promises to delve into the private life of none other than the ultra-private Adele. We don’t think she’s going to like this too much!

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