Dates to Remember – Winter 2014

These are the dates this winter that you, as a booknerd, need to know.

from December 2, 2013 to March 1, 2014

On this blog:

March 1 – You get this again for the spring!

Never – When I finish everything I want to write here! Ugh, I have so much to do.

Books:

Note that these are only the books that Ivy, Somaya, and me have an interest in; you can find a huge list here.

December 17 – Release of "The Initiate" by Veronica Roth (Divergent Novellas #2; e-book only)

December 17 – Release of "The Last Stand of the New York Institute" by multiple authors (The Bane Chronicles #8; e-book only)

January 21 – Release of "The Son" by Veronica Roth (Divergent Novellas #3; e-book only)

January 31 – Release of Invasion by Galaxy Craze (The Last Princess #2)

February 4 – Release of Cress by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #3)

February 11 – Release of "The Traitor" by Veronica Roth (Divergent Novellas #4)

February 25 – Release of Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman (companion novel to Seraphina)

February 25 – Release of Tremor by Patrick Carman (Pulse Trilogy #2)

Movies:

December 13 – Release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

February 14 – Release of The Maze Runner

Authors' birthdays:

December 19 – Chris d'Lacey

January 1 – J.R.R. Tolkien

January 25 – Stephen Chbosky

February 22 – P.B. Kerr

Characters' birthdays:

December 6 – Rubeus Hagrid, Harry Potter

December 12 – Charlie Weasley, Harry Potter

December 17 – Hazel Levesque, The Heroes of Olympus

December 22 – Thalia Grace, Percy Jackson & the Olympians

December 31 – Tom Riddle, Harry Potter

January 9 – Severus Snape, Harry Potter

January 28 – Nico di Angelo, Percy Jackson & the Olympians

January 30 – Lilly Potter, Harry Potter

February 6 – Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter

March 1 – Ron Weasley, Harry Potter

 — Nick

Ivy's Book of the Month: December (Posted by Yeji)

Summary:
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a world that is a strange reflection of his own -- populated by heroes and monsters and ruled by a faded king who keeps his secrets in a mysterious book, The Book of Lost Things.

Taking readers on a vivid journey through the loss of innocence into adulthood and beyond, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly tells a dark and compelling tale that reminds us of the enduring power of stories in our lives.

This is my all-time favorite book apart from the Guardians of Childhood series. It may not be the type of book you'd read to a little kid before bedtime, but it leaves quite the impression. This isn't your typical "fairytale-gone-dark" stories, they're the original, GRIMM stories with equally dark twists. The Book of Lost Things is a memorable book that weaves beautifully ominous stories with changes in David's life and his coming into maturity.

Ivy's Quote of the Day- December 1, 2013

“Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?" 
"They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.” 

-Will Herondale and Jem Carstairs, Clockwork Angel, written by Cassandra Clare 

Well, that's that. By the Angel, it's Will Herondale who could pack more sarcasm in everything that him?

Signed,
Ivy