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Eeeeeepppp!!!! It's finally here the movie tie in edition of THE SCORCH TRIALS by James Dashner is in stores now! Trust me you're going to want this book! It has awesome pics in it (I have some so share with you too!) and a bumper sticker which is already on my car lol! So check out all the inf from Random House and the awesome pics and make sure to grab your copy now!
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Movie to Release on September 18, 2015
Publishing Program Includes Hardcover, Trade Paperback, and eBook Editions
Paperback Carries First Printing of 500,000 Copies
Delacorte Press is pleased to announce the movie tie-in edition of THE SCORCH TRIALS, book two in James Dashner’s #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER SERIES. Available in hardcover ($18.99), paperback ($10.99), and eBook ($10.99), THE SCORCH TRIALS movie tie-in edition will be on sale August 4, in advance of the Twentieth Century Fox film adaptation release on September 18. The Maze Runner series has sold 10.7 million copies in all formats, and the paperback edition of the movie tie-in will carry a first printing of 500,000 copies.
The movie tie-in edition of The Scorch Trials includes the original novel and features movie art on the cover, as well as an 8-page full-color insert with photos from the film and a foreword by director Wes Ball. The paperback edition will also include a sticker. The Maze Runner movie, which debuted last fall, was an international success, grossing over $340 million worldwide at the box office. The release of the second film in the franchise is highly anticipated, with fan favorites such as Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad) and Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) joining original cast members Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Ki Hong Lee. The buzz continues to build on a daily basis.
First published in October 2010, The Scorch Trials was an eagerly awaited follow-up to The Maze Runner and was hailed as “intriguing and surprising,” “fast-paced,” and “action-packed.” It is the second book in the series, which in addition to The Maze Runner includes The Death Cure and The Kill Order. A hardcover box set of all four novels will also be available on August 4. A fifth novel in the series,The Fever Code, a prequel to The Maze Runner, will be published in August 2016 and will tell the story of how Thomas and the Gladers came to find themselves in the Maze, how the Maze was created, and the true nature of WICKED.
Look for the third novel in Dashner’s bestselling Mortality Doctrine series, The Game of Lives, on sale November 17, 2015, wherever books are sold, and meet James on his six-city tour (details to be posted this fall on TheMazeRunner.com).
James Dashner is a CPA turned full-time writer and is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, the New York Times bestselling Mortality Doctrine series, the Thirteenth Reality series, and two novels in the Infinity Ring series. You can follow James on Twitter at @jamesdashner, Facebook at jamesdashnerbooks, and Instagram @dashnerjames. He lives in Utah with his wife and children.
THE SCORCH TRIALS by James Dashner
Delacorte Press hardcover & trade paperback / on sale August 4, 2015 / 384 pages / Ages 12 & up
Delacorte Press is an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, the world’s largest English-language children’s trade book publisher. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
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I was lucky enough to see an early screening of DIVERGENT last night (Thanks Sandwich John Films and Summit!)
I was really looking forward to seeing this movie. I loved the book and was hoping for a good YA book to movie adaptation seeing as some of the recent ones haven't been that great. DIVERGENT met all of my expectations and passed them! This was by far one of the best movie adaptations I've seen in a long time!
Shailene Woodley captured Tris perfectly! I was so ready to hate her I wasn't a fan of her casting but girlfriend proved me wrong!
And peeps lets talk about Four! Theo was perfect.... Wait I drifted off there for a second daydreaming about his shirtless scene and those tattoos! He was another casting choice I was iffy on seeing as he's older than Four but he was perfection!
The rest of the cast was amazing as well! I really loved Jai Courtney he was a perfect douchebag Eric and Miles Teller was an awesome Peter I hated him so much! And I loved Kate Winslet, Maggie Q, and Ashley Judd! Ooh and I found Veronica Roth she's in a small scene that is full of awesome!
Ok done with my ramble just trust me peeps go see this move on Friday!!!
It's here and I'm so excited! I love the book and can't wait to see the movie! Plus I'm a HUGE Dylan O'Brien fan!!!! Check out the first trailer for THE MAZE RUNNER!!!!!
Ahhhh It's all real and I'm so excited!!!! There will be the world premiere first look at DIVERGENT during the MTV VMA pre-show on Sunday, August 25th! Here's a sneak peak from MTV's website.
Love Theo as Four and I'm really hoping Shailene can pull off Tris I think I'm more excited to see this movie than I am to see TMI or Vampire Academy!!!! Will you be tuning in to watch? I know I sure will :D
Hey ya’ll Jaime
here! Lisa M. Stasse is my Rockstar author today at Two Chicks! Why is she my
Rockstar you ask? Well quite simply she wrote an amazing book! I posted my
review for The Forsaken and if you
want to see how awesome it is check out my review here! Also Lisa is super nice
when I asked her to be my rockstar she said yes without hesitation and, she sent
me a signed copy of her book and bookmarks! She’s a night owl like me so if you
check around on twitter around one a.m. she’ll probably be there. Oh and she
can rock a book trailer like no other don’t believe me check it out below! And she graciously offered a copy of The
Forsaken for a giveaway today so fill out the rafflecopter form!
About The Forsaken
A thought-provoking and exciting start to a riveting new dystopian trilogy for fans of The Hunger Games.
As an obedient orphan of the U.N.A. (the super-country that was once Mexico, the U.S., and Canada), Alenna learned at an early age to blend in and be quiet—having your parents taken by the police will do that to a girl. But Alenna can’t help but stand out when she fails a test that all sixteen-year-olds have to take: The test says she has a high capacity for brutal violence, and so she is sent to The Wheel, an island where all would-be criminals end up.
The life expectancy of prisoners on The Wheel is just two years, but with dirty, violent, and chaotic conditions, the time seems a lot longer as Alenna is forced to deal with civil wars for land ownership and machines that snatch kids out of their makeshift homes. Desperate, she and the other prisoners concoct a potentially fatal plan to flee the island. Survival may seem impossible, but Alenna is determined to achieve it anyway.
Lisa M. Stasse was
born in New York, and has since lived in Spain, Russia, Hawaii, and North
Carolina. She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Government and
English lit, and is currently a digital librarian at UCLA.Lisa loves watching science fiction movies,
cooking Spanish food, and dancing around her house to 80′s music.She lives in Santa Monica, California with
her husband and their two-year-old daughter.All three of them are learning how to surf. Where you can find Lisa.
"My 10
Favorite Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic Movies"
by Lisa M. Stasse,
author of The Forsaken
So I've written
and talked a lot about my 10 favorite dystopian novels, but I haven't said much
about my favorite dystopian movies. Which is weird, because I'm obsessed with
movies almost as much as books (especially if they are dystopian/sci fi!) So
anyway, here's a list of my 10 favorite dystopian and post-apocalyptic movies,
along with some thoughts about each one. I'm staring with #10 and moving up to
my #1 favorite dystopian movie of all time. Here we go!
10. THE BOOK OF
ELI. Okay, so this isn't the best post-apocalyptic movie of all time or
anything, but I have to admit that I did NOT see the huge twist coming. Not at
all! That's pretty rare for me. I was completely shocked. I thought this was a
very moving, humanistic take on the post-apocalytic genre.
9. TIME OF THE
WOLF. A highly disturbing European post-apocalyptic movie about a family in
chaos when the apocalypse hits. It is very slow moving, but very powerful. The
director, Michael Haneke, seems to specialize in dark and challenging movies
(CACHE, his thriller about a family besieged by mysterious and ominous
videotapes and drawings, is one of my all-time favorite movies).
8. THE ROAD. This
one is so bleak! Talk about no hope. Probably the most downbeat of any
post-apocalyptic movie I've ever seen. Viggo Mortenson should probably have got
an Oscar nomination for his riveting performance. The movie is not quite as
good as the book by Cormac McCarthy, but it's still fantastic.
7. BATTLE ROYALE.
Thanks to The Hunger Games, I feel like everyone has heard about this Japenese
movie now (due to some similarities in their plots). BATTLE ROYALE is
great--super violent and intense. If you like The Hunger Games movie, you
should probably watch this one!
6. MINORITY
REPORT. This one was definitely an influence on my own novel, THE FORSAKEN, in
terms of the whole "we can predict future crimes before they've even
happened" element. I love this movie because of its great premise and
great performances (yes, even from Tom Cruise!) It's a great mix of thoughtful
dystopian stuff and edgy action sequences. Highly recommended.
5. A CLOCKWORK
ORANGE. A really great movie. It has my favorite dystopian character (Alex) in
it. I love most of Stanley Kubrick's movies (THE SHINING is amazing) and this
one is no exception. It's super brutal, but paints a disturbingly convincing
vision of the future.
4. 28 DAYS LATER.
Yes! Gimme the zombie apocalypse! Everything about this movie is fantastic.
I've seen it about ten times. Intense, creepy and perfect. (The sequel 28 WEEKS
LATER is pretty good too). If zombies are in it, then I am watching it!
3. BLADE RUNNER.
Made when Harrison Ford was at the height of his awesomeness, instead of being
kind of old and grumpy-looking! ;) I just love this movie so much. I remember
renting it in the 90's when I was in high school and loving it obsessively. The
premise is awesome (I won't spoil anything for you) and so is the world of the movie.
It's just an amazing film. Oh yeah, and Rutger Hauer is in it, in a really
badass role, as a rogue "replicant." If you haven't seen it, you
really need to!
2. DARK CITY. I
saw it in the theater when it came out, and I don't think I fully appreciated
its greatness then. My husband is obsessed with this one, so I've watched it a
bunch of times with him, and it really grew on me. It's scary, funny,
weird--and it has a great twist. Plus some seriously creepy villains, and a
pre-24 Kiefer Sutherland. Definitely worth watching.
1. THE MATRIX. I
still think is the best all around post-apocalyptic movie. Keanu Reeves is
quite easy on the eyes, and it's by far his best role ever. This movie
completely blew me away when I first saw it. I haven't watched it in a few
years, but it remains incredibly vivid in my memory. I know everyone loves this
one, so it's not really a surprising choice for a favorite post-apoc/sci fi
movie. But still. It's great! And I'm really excited to see what the
Wachowski's do next--have you seen the trailer for their new movie (an adaption
of the novel CLOUD ATLAS)? Check it out here:
So, that's my
list! Thank you so much for having me on your blog! I really appreciate it.
Come visit me anytime at all the usual places.
