Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen and Brittany discuss the latest book news, adaptations, and questionable conference.

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What we’re reading:
–Material Girls by Elaine Dimopoulos
–The Crown of Ptolemy by Rick Riordan
–To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
–Atlantis in Peril by T.A. Barron
–An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
–A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
–I am Princess X by Cherie Priest
–Modern Love by Aziz Ansar

Book Bites
-It’s BEA season!
-What Karen and Jen are looking forward to

Book news discussion:
–New Black Widow novel by Margaret Stohl Cover Reveal. No information about the novel yet, but we’re looking forward to it!
–New Once Upon a Time companion novel Red’s Untold Tale cover reveal. Will cover Red’s teenage years in the Enchanted Forest.
–Casting call: Harry Shum Jr. as Magnus Bane in the new ABC Family Shadowhunters. Ehhhhh, we need to see some costumes.
–John Scalzi signs 13-book deal, 3 of which be YA!
-We’re looking forward to it. Follow him on Twitter for the next 10 years to see how this pans out.
-Erin Stein will create her own imprint at Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group called… Imprint.
-Book deal news: Night Speed by Chris Howard summer 2016. Pitched as The Matrix meets The Flash.
-Book to series news: Dare Me by Megan Abbott to be adapted into HBO series. Her other book Fever is currently being adapted into series for MTV.

Our June book will be Undertow by Michael Buckley.

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