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Hot Summer Reads 2008

Hot books for a hot day - grab one of these on the way out the door!

Summer Reading 2008

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Breaking Dawn Author Taking Questions Now

Tuesday August 5, 2008

Breaking Dawn, the final novel in Stephenie Meyer's best-selling Twilight saga was released this past weekend in the U.S. (and yesterday in the U.K.) to a Harry Potter-like reception, and now that you (truly committed) readers have plowed through the book's 768 pages, MTV is going to give you a chance to ask Stephenie some questions.

Submit questions at http://moviesblog.mtv.com by commenting on the post. There are already over 200 questions posed as of this writing, and Stephenie Meyer will be in MTV's studio later this week to answer them, so get yours in now!

Review of Out Backward by Ross Raisin

Tuesday August 5, 2008

Out Backward is a riveting debut from English author, Ross Raisin. Expelled from the school in town after having been accused of attempted rape, Sam Marsdyke keeps to his parents' Yorkshire sheep farm and steers clear of the outside world, that is until fifteen-year-old Josephine moves in next door. What follows is an engrossing tale of obsession with a dark turn, told through Sam's own Yorkshire dialect and colorful inner life.

Full review of Out Backward

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