We are fully booked this week with our page-turner of stories. From celebrities to comic books to two years back, you are in for a treat with our featured topics for you:
- It may be 2012, but good books are timeless. Check out the top 15 titles you should have read in 2010, as complied by John Edwards.
- A book’s title is its selling point. For the most part, it is the determinant whether one will buy the book or not. Take a look at the original title ideas of some of the biggest classic books that we know today.
- Some say that acting is all about the looks. Andrew McCarthy proves the tale wrong. See how he has had success both in writing and acting, with his new book and future starring roles from this USA Today report.
- If you are looking for the next big book-to-movie trend, you may want to consider Matthew Quick’s The Silver Linings Playbook, which has been the People’s Choice Award recipient in the recent Toronto Film Festival. Susan Carpenter gives the complete dish for the LA Times.
- Tracy Grant shares with us what could probably be the right balance of fun and learning for children. Parents are likely to approve of these comic books and graphic novels which have high educational value.
- We conclude this week’s run with the timeliness and impact of book titles. Can a title make or break a book’s marketability to the reading audience? Read more on this from our commentary, ‘The Impact of First Impressions.’