Just finished “The Postcard Killers” by James Patterson. Terrific summer page-turner. I’m not alone. Patterson sells book as if they were donuts — 170 million copies was the last figure I saw. So it’s no surprise that Mr. Prolific tops Forbes magazine ranking of the 10 highest-paid authors over the past 12 months with $70 [...]

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Guillermo del Toro, the director behind Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, is partnering with Avatar director James Cameron for the project  At the Mountains of Madness.  The horror novella, originally written by H.P. Lovecraft, surrounds an Antarctic expedition that uncovers ancient fossils.  The movie is being produced by Cameron and directed by Del Toro, who was [...]

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by Bill Yosses and Melissa Clark
W.W. Norton & Company
COOKBOOK
In shops now
When I started flipping through this new cookbook and spotted the recipe for Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Nutella I became completely hysterical. Within three minutes the keys were in my pocket and I was off the the grocery to replenish my Nutella supply and [...]

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“The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest,” the third and final installment of the Millennium trilogy by the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, hit bookstores with much fanfare on Tuesday. I can’t wait to read it… except I haven’t finished reading “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” the second book. I waited awhile before checking [...]

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“Presumed Innocent,” Scott Turow’s debut novel, a best-selling sensation when it appeared in 1987 — and a Harrison Ford movie in 1990 — set the standard for legal thrillers. Are you ready for the sequel?
More than 20 years later, the Chicago author and attorney continues Rusty Sabich’s story with Tuesday’s release of “Innocent.” The book [...]

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It’s kind of like Avengers, Tom Clancy-style. The popular espionage author (”Patriot Games,” “The Hunt For Red October”) will release “Dead or Alive,” his first book in seven years, on Dec. 7. In the novel, Jack Ryan, the C.I.A. analyst-turned-American president; his son and fellow analyst, Jack Ryan Jr.; the C.I.A. operative John Clark; his [...]

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“Twilight,” it turns out, is not invincible. Favorite movie at the 2010 Kids Choice Awards on Saturday night on Nickelodeon — “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel.” Still the kids voted Taylor Lautner “Favorite Movie Actor,” and Jacob and Bella the winners in the new Cutest Couple category. Here’s the complete list of the winners:
Favorite [...]

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