Books

The third book in bestselling author Morgan Rhodes’ Falling Kingdoms series, Gathering Darkness, releases in stores on December 9, and we’re celebrating by giving away a bunch of great goodies! Our friends at Penguin Young Readers have Read More

The best part about books — at least for authors — is series. They allow a bibliophile to get really addicted. They have to continue reading because it’s more a necessity than a want. So to cap off this month I'll get right to it — the best book series Read More

The day of overeating and sleeping on the couch afterwards is upon us. Time to loosen our belts and get ready to dig into some delicious foods. It’s also time for a crushworthy remix. I’ve picked some of the most interesting characters you can bring to Read More

Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein sparked my fascination with words, along with evenings with Wheel of Fortune, but it wasn’t until a couple of series that I knew what it was like to be obsessed with reading. Goosebumps and The Baby-Sitters Club entered my Read More

Leslie Simon, our insider this month is a writer who has covered everything from various music scenes to the vast arrays of geekdom. Below you’ll uncover Leslie's proudest moment, advice on both sides of the reader/author spectrum, and more. Read More

Books are one of the original forms of entertainment. Learning to write really changed the game for societies. Storytellers no longer had to remember every detail, plays could be put on a stage, and today we have things like movies and TV to fill our Read More

With the Halloween season over, we're back to our regular format on Favorite Things, and this week's guest is writer and Fandomania staff member Mandi Harris Bowerman. Mandi is a big fan of classic literature, and that lead her into becoming a fan of Read More

Werewolf legends have been around since humans began telling stories. The mythos has evolved with time and cultural changes — and also with the imaginations of authors. I haven’t read as many werewolf novels as I have vampire ones. I do have a few books Read More

I’ve covered the main lady of Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress series. Now it’s time for the hero to get his due. This month has been about those fighting against supernatural evil. With Bones, he is a vampire fighting against the scum of his kind. He’s Read More

Bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima concludes her Heir Chronicles series this week with the release of the final volume, The Sorcerer Heir! Both a finale to the ongoing series and a standalone novel in its own right, the new book hits shelves on Read More

Last year, I featured my favorite supernatural characters; now, it’s those who battle the things that go bump in the night. Next up, another one of my favorite Mortal Instruments characters. And for the sake of simplicity, I went with the name we first Read More

Dracula has been haunting our nightmares or dreams since Bram Stoker’s novel was published in 1897 and there have been many interpretations of him since then. Media has taken this mythic figure and transformed him in a variety of ways. I’ve chosen my Read More