According to PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY, Harper Teen is going to publish three novels by Josephine Angelini for teenage girls that are being compared to the Percy Jackson books. The first book in the series, Starcrossed will be published in the summer of 2011.
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STACKGirl, Shannan
June 18th, 2013
February 21st, 2012
Tempest by Julie Cross Release Date: January 17, 2012 Publisher: St. Martins Griffin Julie Cross online: Website / Twitter Find Tempest: Amazon / Goodreads From Goodreads: The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the [...]
October 4th, 2011
Enthralled Publisher: Harper Collins Available: Amazon Barnes&Noble I’m not an anthology person. I’m just not into short stories. OR AM I??? I have to say that this is the first anthology in a long while that I really enjoyed reading. I usually skip the authors stories that I don’t really follow but I actually read all of [...]
June 3rd, 2013
There are so many great books hitting the shelves this month, from a super heart achy contemp to a compelling Poe re-telling that my book budget has been shot. Like, by a lot. Like, so much my husband my actually insist I get a J O B (I know, that word is blasphemy). [...]
And let us not forget that was a SEVEN figure deal…
that’s a lot of figures…
Exactly! That is a lot figures, especially for a debut writer.
I read all the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” books and enjoyed them very much. Percy, like Harry Potter has a universal appeal. I’m not sure Greek Tragedy will catch universal attention but I will read them with interest when they come out.
@Aunt Carla, ashamed to admit I have read only the first Harry Potter and none of the Percy Jackson books. I think I will read this new series though, the premise sounds interesting, plus the publisher is putting a lot of faith in the new writer.
@Stacy The first Harry Potter was not the best of JK Rowling’s tale, by the 3rd book I was committed to Harry, Ron & Hermione and by the 6th & 7th book I actually cried as characters died. Percy Jackson is a great read. Very interesting and full of action. I loved the books and was very disappointed in the movie.
Hi Aunt Carla!! I loved the Percy movie but didn’t read the books. If you don’t read them, the movies always seem good. I am almost always disappointed in movies if I read the novels first. That is why I refuse to read Eclipse for the umpteenth time so close to when the movie is to be released. I don’t want it fresh in my mind and be disappointed. I have to separate myself from what I pictured while reading and someone else’s interpretation of the same book who is trying to sell tickets and action dolls (ha!).
Someday I will read Harry. I will. Someday…
Now off to read about fairies, <3 Shannan