Book Trailer: “Bomb: The Race to Build — and Steal — the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon”

Posted on March 20, 2014 by M. Allen

Robyn Schneider author of “The Beginning of Everything”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by M. Allen

OK. Robyn Schneider is funny. Just how funny? Check out the following video regarding her book The Beginning of Everything.

According to Schneider, the book was inspired by Fabio, who was tragically hit in the face with a bird during a roller-coaster ride in Virginia. Intrigued? Read it! Already read it? Let us know what you think.

Book Trailer: “The Fifth Wave”

Posted on March 17, 2014 by M. Allen

Not sure which Top 10 book to read next? Book trailers can help! Like a movie trailer, a book trailer provides a short preview of a book’s plot and characters. Over the next weeks, we will be posting trailers for many of the Top 10 books. Today we bring you a creepy quartet: Four short trailers that set the backdrop for The 5th Wave.

Book Trailer: “Every Day”

Posted on March 15, 2014 by M. Allen

David Levithan’s Every Day has inspired many readers to create their own creative book trailers. Here is one that tries to capture the mood and feel of the novel with music and images. If you could choose a soundtrack to Every Day, what song(s) would you choose?

Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler authors of “The Future of Us”

Posted on April 5, 2013 by M. Allen

Today’s interview is a 2-for-1! In this video, Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler talk about the plot of The Future of Us, the toughest part of the book to write, and the characters of Josh and Emma.

John Green author of “The Fault in Our Stars”

Posted on April 4, 2013 by M. Allen

If you’re familiar with John Green, you may know that he is a pretty big Internet celebrity. He and his brother Hank have a YouTube channel called VlogBrothers, where they post video blogs to each other and talk about whatever they find interesting or funny. They started this project in 2007 and today they boast a huge following (known as Nerdfightia) – over 1 million subscribers and 300 million video views.

In this video, Green answers Nerdfighters’ questions about The Fault in Our Stars at breakneck speed

Veronica Roth author of “Divergent”

Posted on March 28, 2013 by M. Allen

Did you know Veronica Roth is the youngest of the Top 10 authors? She wrote Divergent when she was 21 and it was published when she was 22. Now she’s 24 and has two best-selling novels and a movie deal under her belt!

Want to find out more about this wildly successful young author? Check out the following video where Roth summarizes the plot of her debut novel and discusses her favourite characters (apparently Peter was really fun to write).

Ruta Sepetys author of “Between Shades of Gray”

Posted on March 21, 2013 by M. Allen

In this video Sepetys shares her Lithuanian heritage, gives a brief history lesson on the Soviet takeover of Lithuania, and explains how she conducted her research for Between Shades of Gray.