Mitch Albom, bestselling author of Tuesdays With Morrie, will release the nonfiction story Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, & the Making of a Family through HarperCollins in November of this year. Only a few days before the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, a little girl named Chika was born and transferred to an orphanage in Port Au Prince—the same orphanage run by Mitch Albom and his wife. IMAGE VIA MITCHALBOM.COM Chika remained at the orphanage until she was five, when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and Albom and his wife decided to bring her with them to …
We already know that Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s novel Good Omens has been adapted into a show for Amazon Prime, but did you know there are two new books in the works as well? Neil Gaiman is a literary superstar, writing novels like American Gods and The Ocean at the End of the Lane (both of which I can vouch for—they’re GOOD). If you haven’t read his work, you have to check it out! IMAGE VIA EPSILON THEORY Gaiman’s fans love him for the colorful, imaginative worlds he creates, an aspect of his writing which adapts exceptionally well to the small screen, …
If you’re into fantasy films, or historical films, or any films, you’re probably a fan of Guillermo Del Toro’s 2006 film, Pan’s Labyrinth. Typically, books get turned into films, but HarperCollins recently announced the opposite: a novelization of the Del Toro classic. IMAGE VIA LETTRBOXD The film came out more than a decade ago, so you may not remember the finer plot details, but I bet you remember the astonishingly creepy “Pale Man,” or, “Mr. Eyes-On-My-Hands.” *Cue hysterical screaming.* If you managed to escape that image being burned into your retinas, consider yourself lucky—I’ll refrain from providing the visual, but if you’re …
You may know Stephen King from one (or more) of his famous books like It or The Shining, but you might not know that he also wrote a memoir titled On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. One writer, Summer Anne Burton, picked up a copy of this personal work at a used bookstore. While Summer Anne was probably expecting somewhat of a departure from King’s typical, horror-inspired work, she most likely wasn’t expecting the heart-wrenching note she found on opening the book… IMAGE VIA TWITTER The note reads as follows: Anthony — Please listen to me! I want you …
The second season of You, the adaptation of Caroline Kepnes’ novel of the same name, is coming soon to Netflix! The season one finale had us all on the edge of our seats, and we simply cannot wait to see how it plays out. IMAGE VIA WHATS-ON-NETFLIX.COM This is what we know so far about season two. First off, It will be based on Hidden Bodies, Kepnes’ follow-up to You, (so if you haven’t read the sequel yet, now’s your chance) and will continue to feature Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg. And, though things didn’t exactly work out with Beck (eek) …
