Category Archives: Books
BOOK ADAPTATIONS: GONE GIRL
I am starting a new section in the blog. It’s about the translation of amazing book story to a movie. The title of the series will be Book Adaptations.
The very first example is a fresh one – Gone Girl. The Gillian Flynn’s incredible novel was published in June 2012. The feedback of the story was huge. Thousands of readers praised the suspense story. Millions of copies were sold, while family members discussed the fate of Nick and Amy in their evening gatherings.
The novel was published in June 2012
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ROBIN MURARKA: I DON’T REALLY HAVE ANY WRITING HABITS
Robin Murarka was born in Canada, but currently resides in Sydney, Australia. Our next guest published his first novel Akin in the summer. The cover of the book is really attractive. If you want to know more about the inner part don’t waste any time, and take a look in the following interview.
– What is your debut book Akin about?
– Akin revolves around a young man who awakens in his small, desert village to voices he both fears and is attracted to. Due to the strongly cultural and religious environment he is surrounded by, his behavior is met with hostility, and he is soon launched on an adventure in this archaic world, witnessing both incredible beauty and a deafening brutality. The novel is epic in its grandeur, and contains no fantasy or supernatural elements despite bridging that elusive gap between a fable and the real world.
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MR GRAHAM: I COLLECT BOOKS, HATS AND BLADED WEAPONS
Year ago MR Graham released the first part of Liminality series – The Medium. It’s a story about vampires and wizards. Our next guest published a total of five books. All of them are with very high rating in amazon – one of the most sure proofs of quality.
– What is your book The Medium about?
– The Medium is a somewhat non-standard paranormal novel. The good guy is not a hero, and the bad guy is not exactly what he seems.
Lenny is a defective vampire. Shy, insecure, and literally unable to kill, he tries very hard to avoid notice until the night he is kidnapped and imprisoned by Sebastian, a psychopath bent on turning him into what a vampire should be. The situation is only made worse by Lenny’s dual nature: he is also a medium, a creature born for the sole purpose of aiding the dead, and Sebastian is definitely a dead thing in need of help. His only hope is Kim, a practical young wizard tasked with hunting Sebastian down, but her ancient and powerful family is not nearly as accepting as she. Trapped by Sebastian’s mind control and by his own pathological need to heal his captor, Lenny quickly realizes just how easy it would be to slide into evil, himself.
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SCOTTY MULLEN: WRITING IS THE HARDEST PART IN EACH BOOK
Horror and Gay&Lesbian genres mixed up in the latest release of Gay Zombie Gym: Membership – Book 1 by Scotty Mullen. Sounds scary, but in fact the readers loved the novel. Currently the book resides in Amazon with average 4.8 stars from 6 reviews, and it’s for just two weeks on the market. Are you curious to know more? Let’s jump into our next chat.
– What is your latest release Gay Zombie Gym: Membership about?
– The GZG series is about a flabby, socially-awkward college professor who attempts to win back his ex-boyfriend by joining a gym to get a better body. What he doesn’t know is that the gym is tied to an ancient Greek cult whose members achieve their physical fitness goals through devious, supernatural means.
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HELEN RAPPAPORT: MY NEXT BOOK IS ‘CAUGHT IN THE REVOLUTION: PETROGRAD 1917’
Award winning author Helen Rappaport’s last book The Romanov Sisters was selected by Goodreads members as the best non-fiction for 2014. The New York Times best-selling writer is one of the top researchers of the Russian history. We’ve got a great chance to make an interview with her around the holidays. Enjoy!
– What was the most touching moment around Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia that inspired you to write The Romanov Sisters?
– There wasn’t a single touching moment that inspired me, but I was very taken by the girls’ extraordinary composure and stoicism during their long months in captivity and the ways in which they tried to keep everyone’s spirits up. I wrote the book because I felt the girls had been neglected and because I felt we knew so little about their real personalities. I wanted to give them back their identities as four very different and fascinating young women.
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KATHY DISANTO: I WRITE FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR MYSELF
Kathy DiSanto has four books behind her. The most popular one is Amanda’s Eyes. The novel was published in 2012. The story was accepted nicely by the readers, who gave an average 4.4 stars from 70 Amazon reviews.
We’ve got a chance to speak with Kathy DiSanto about her most popular novel and coming up projects.
– What is Amanda’s Eyes about?
– Crime reporter Amanda “A.J.” Gregson comes to in a hospital with a broken arm, a colorful assortment of abrasions and contusions, and a face swathed in bandages. But she can’t remember what hit her.
The bad and the ugly are A.J.’s business, but learning she had a ringside seat for an explosion that vaporized two federal agents, incinerated an entire block of warehouses, and peppered her eyes with so much shrapnel they had to be surgically removed? Well, that gives the darker side of life a whole new meaning.
When her memory floods back in brutal detail the night before transplant surgery, A.J. remembers the architects of her personal disaster, a lethal band of killers-for-hire known as Ferrymen.
AMAZON TOP 10 BESTSELLERS: DECEMBER 2014
Dear friends, Happy New Year. In the first day of 2015 it’s time to check out the biggest hits in the literary world for December 2014. Once again the competition for the top spot lasted until the final week. The winner beats by just two points the second placer.
It’s time now for our countdown:
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LIANE MORIARTY: I DON’T REALLY ENJOY SOCIAL MEDIA
It’s time to end the year with our very last interview for 2014. Our guest of honor will be the one and only Liane Moriarty. The New York Times Best-selling Author published a total of 6 adult and 3 children novels. Her last one Big Little Lies is currently on the second spot of the most wanted Amazon books on the planet. For five months since the publishing date the novel gathered 4200 reviews with average rating of 4,6.
The success of the book grabbed the attention of Hollywood. Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will be the stars of the TV series, based on the novel.
Thanks a lot to Lady Liane for the time she shared around holidays. I wish her best of health to her and her family. Happy welcoming of the New Year to all of you who enjoyed the blog. Don’t forget to check out our first post for 2015: Top 10 of Amazon bestselling books for December 2014.
– Lady Liane, your last book Big Little Lies became a big hit. How would you describe the novel to all readers who still didn’t take a look on it?
– It’s a story about three mothers of children starting school and a series of events that lead up to a murder at a school trivia night.
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MIKE CROWL: WRITING IS A PROCESS OF CONSTANT REVISION
Mike Crowl’s latest release The Mumbersons and The Blood Secret was published in November. It was his third book. The story was written for kids, but as one of the reviewers in Amazon mentioned the parents will enjoy it as well. Let’s welcome our next guest.
– Mike, what is your book The Mumbersons and The Blood Secret about?
– It’s a book for children between 6 and 12. It begins when a barber cuts Billy Mumberson’s ear instead of his hair, and then takes some of his blood. 11-year-old Billy soon discovers this was no accident. His blood holds a dark secret, and he has enemies who want to make use of it for their own greedy ends. With his impulsive friend, Olivia, Billy sets out to discover the extent of his enemies’ plan. But Billy and Olivia soon find themselves ˗ and Billy’s family ˗ in more danger than ever.
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ANDREA R. COOPER: I WRITE WHENEVER THE KIDS ARE IN BED ASLEEP
Andrea R. Cooper is driving her literature car taking fantasy and romance turns. Her last novel Son of Dragons was published on April and was very well received (av. 4,8 stars in Amazon from 9 reviews). Our next guest has a very busy schedule, including raising three kids, but she finds time to write. Let’s hear from Andrea more about her novels.
– What is your last book Son of Dragons about?
– Son of Dragons is about a Prince torn between love and duty – and a secret not even he knows. Mirhana, is an Elvin warrior, and has vowed never to love another human … until she meets Prince Landon.
This novel is a fantasy/ paranormal romance. It is book two in my Legends of Oblivion series.
– How did you decide to write the story?
– When I finished book one, The Garnet Dagger, in this series, the story demanded more books. I didn’t plan on that. I thought it would be one book.
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