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- Booktrack adds a soundtrack to your readingThrough the program, authors and readers make a playlist of music and sound effects for a novel.
- Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly will release a book on gun controlThe book is expected to be published this June.
- Johnny Depp will reportedly star as James 'Whitey' Bulger in 'Black Mass' film adaptationA movie adaptation of the book has long been rumored, but it's now reportedly moving forward and will soon begin production.
- Landry ParkLibrarian Bethany Hagen spins a futuristic tale for young adults that echoes 'Gone with the Wind,' Jane Austen, and 'Downton Abbey.'
- Reader recommendation: Help Thanks WowMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- What is the most literate city in America?Central Connecticut State University president John Miller recently released his annual rankings for most and least literate cities in the US.
- Valentine's Day: 10 quotes about love from great authors From the good to the bad and from the humorous to the sublime, 10 authors express their thoughts about romance.
- First binge-watching, now binge-reading?Some publishers are embracing a 'binge-read' publication schedule in which installments in a series are released only a few months after the last. Will readers respond?
- Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American HeroTrue crime historian Douglas Perry separates myth from fact in his new biography of the lawman.
- Reader recommendation: A Cold Day for MurderMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Bestselling books the week of 02/13/14, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
- Ernest Hemingway’s Cuban archives now available in the USA set of 2,000 records found in Hemingway's Havana estate has been digitized and transferred to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
- 'HRC': What does the new Hillary Clinton bio reveal?'HRC,' by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, tells the story of Clinton's defeat in 2008 to her place in Washington today.
- 'Vampire Academy' film adaptation receives mixed reviews'Vampire Academy' is based on the book series by Richelle Mead.
- J.K. Rowling: More of her thoughts on the Harry Potter romance controversyHarry Potter fans were incensed when J.K. Rowling said – in excerpts released from an interview – that she'd had misgivings about Hermione and Ron as a couple. The full text of the interview offers more clarity, along with Rowling's feeling about a controversial scene from the movie series.
- CarthageJoyce Carol Oates's latest novel is the story of a teenage girl's disappearance and the decay of a seemingly perfect family.
- Reader recommendation: All Quiet on the Western FrontMonitor readers share their favorite book picks.
- Dept. of SpeculationJenny Offill's new novel portrays a writer's life at a crossroads – as seen through snapshots from the mind's eye.
- Chris Christie will be the subject of a new biographyThe work will reportedly include the recent scandal, dubbed "Bridge-gate," involving the politician.
- Black History Month: 10 must-read classics by African American authors Check out some of the most celebrated books to offer insight into the broad range of the African American experience in the United States.