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This week, Amy Poeppel's sophomore novel, LIMELIGHT, released. Her debut novel was SMALL ADMISSIONS. LIMELIGHT is the perfect novel for Broadway lovers, going behind the scenes of an up-and-coming show.  Today, BroadwayWorld is sitting down with Amy to pepper her with questions regarding her new novel.

Don't let the sweet, easy cover fool you: If you're a fan of Nicholas Sparks and Jojo Moyes, you're going to LOVE Julia Whelan's MY OXFORD YEAR!

Yesterday, George R.R. Martin and his publisher Random House unveiled a brand-new book in the A Song of Ice and Fire [aka Game of Thrones] line coming this fall--but no, it's not the highly-anticipated, long-overdue THE WINDS OF WINTER.

book by Kevin Kwan. The movie is already making major waves because it's the first all-Asian cast in more than two decades, and long overdue. The movie stars Henry Golding in his first movie role as Nick Young and Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat) as Rachel Chu. The story revolves around Nick wanting to take his girlfriend to meet his family in Singapore, but he never tells her that he's insanely rich and that everyone in Singapore will be gunning to break them up upon their arrival. The book was hailed as a modern-day Jane Austen spin on upperclass life and spawned two sequels, CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND and RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS.

Twitter Takeover! Bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix will be discussing some of her 'firsts' and answering reader questions about her books! April 23rd, 7 - 9pm ET

There aren't a lot of fiction novels set during humanity's earliest days, especially in YA. The first, and perhaps only, to spring to mind are Julie Eshbaugh's excellent Ivory and Bone duology, set in prehistoric times and full of clans, sabertooth tigers, and wooly mammoths, and Lesley Livingston's THE VALIANT, set in the time of Julius Caesar and gladiators. With shows like The History Channel's Vikings and the BBC's The Last Kingdom (Based on the Saxon Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell) becoming wildly popular, the genre is starting to bring its A-game to the dinner table in the form of books. This month, readers are lucky to see the release of not one but TWO novels centered around vikings, BEYOND A DARKENED SHORE by Jessica Leake (available now!) and SKY IN THE DEEP by Adrienne Young (available tomorrow, 4/24!). Having read IVORY AND BONE and now SKY IN THE DEEP, I've discovered I'm really intrigued by historical fiction about our long-forgotten past and am now excited to read BEYOND A DARKENED SHORE, which adds some Norse mythology into its mix.

Exciting things are happening at Disney Hyperion revolving around #1 New York Times Best Selling Author Rick Riordan and his brand-new imprint Rick Riordan Presents. The line is dedicated to bringing mythology and lore from cultures around the world into print through #OwnVoices writers, and giving more writers a chance to tell their stories.

I've never been a huge sci-fi reader, but books like ATLAS FALLEN by Jessica Pierce make me want to go out and read all the sci-fi. Pierce's debut novel is like CINDER meets Big Hero 6. You have illegal bot fighting and a prince who must choose a bride in three days and a girl who is great at creating and building from scraps and metal. It's not a retelling, but it has a Cinderella flair to it. I was super engaged and had a lot of trouble putting this one down--I'm already ready for the sequel in the Cyber Crown series!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE being published in the USA. (Last year marked the 20th anniversary of HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE in the UK.) To celebrate this iconic anniversary, Scholastic has created new covers for every book in the series, out June 26th. There will be a special collectible boxset out in September with new box art.

Today, New York Times Best Selling Author Team Christina Lauren release their latest novel, LOVE AND OTHER WORDS. BroadwayWorld recently reviewed the duo's novel ROOMIES, centered around musicals and Broadway, as well as sat down to chat with them about the musical they created for ROOMIES.

In a time where people are speaking out and not letting anyone stop them or bring them down, it is more important than ever to find the trailblazers of the past and make your own path into the future. History repeats itself. Over the centuries, women and their rights and ideas have been squashed time and again. Yet there are always a few women so confident in themselves and what they want that they push back against society and carve their own path in life. They are heroes, idols, and people that we don't always hear about because history doesn't venerate them and teach their stories to young people. Times are finally changing, and so many books are now being published that celebrate women and teach young girls to be proud of being female.

The series starter ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME came out last week and I'm so happy to say it didn't disappoint! I was enamored with the world-building and the characters and have already been introduced to so much new mythology! It also feels like a great new series to recommend to kids who couldn't get enough of the Percy Jackson series. There's only so much I can give them in the children's department, and I love that ARU SHAH had all the humor, all the emphasis on friendship, and, of course, all the fun real-world questing that the Percy books have.

Fans are already clamoring to get their hands on the final book in The Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff's New York Times Best Selling adult fantasy series that began with NEVERNIGHT, continued with GODSGRAVE, and will now conclude on September 4, 2018, with DARKDAWN. This week, publisher Thomas Dunne Books / Macmillan revealed the cover and summary for the epic finale, and the internet exploded with excitement. The covers have all been composed by the amazingly talented designer Jason Chan, whose work graces the front of more books than you may realize!

#1 New York Times Best Selling Author Alexandra Bracken's series The Darkest Minds is coming to theaters this summer, and the first trailer has dropped! Today, we have the movie trailer AND the cover for the brand-new stand alone sequel novel THE DARKEST LEGACY!

Yesterday, ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME by Roshani Chokshi debuted into the world. Aru Shah is the first character to be introduced in publisher Disney Hyperion's new Rick Riordan Presents line, which BroadwayWorld talks about in more detail here. Today, BroadwayWorld is sitting down with Roshani to pepper her with questions regarding her new series.

Pretty Little Liars actor Keegan Allen has a new photo essay collection coming out April 24, 2018 from St. Martin's Press. His first photo essay collection, life.love.beauty, was a best seller when it debuted in 2015 and Hollywood: A Photographic Journey Through Foreverland is set to be as well. The book has taken him five years to compile and shoot.

Last year, it was announced that Jenny Han's best-selling YA series To All the Boys I've Loved Before was going to be a movie. Filming began last summer, but it was anticipated that the movie would head to the silver screen. Last August, Entertainment Weekly shared exclusive photos from the set that will have fans even more eager for the movie! This week, Netflix announced that it had acquired To All the Boys I've Loved Before and would debut the movie in its Summer 2018 line-up.

It's like Choi peered down into the lives of Sam and Penny, pulled out a few months of their life, and shared them with the world. Sam and Penny are so awkward, and feel so very, very human. A good portion of the book is told through texting because of their unusual relationship and that text-speak feels so realistic. It talks about mundane things such as the love of Pringles and whether or not Harry Potter should be re-read and whether a documentary about the life of a cat would be a good idea or not. The texts are a mix of fantastic grammar and the everyday way we send things without capitalization or periods. Sometimes, there's even shorthand. The shorthand is minimal, though, which makes it so much easier to read and get through. Especially since Penny is a writer and prefers to write with grammar, which Sam picks up on right away, and he starts spelling things out much more with her! I'm not a huge epistolary reader and struggle to get through books with texts, emails, letters, etc. EMERGENCY CONTACT used it so naturally that I didn't have that problem this time around and felt it only enhanced the relationship between the two.

Fans are already clamoring to get their hands on the sequel to 2018's breakout hit YA fantasy novel THE CRUEL PRINCE by Holly Black. Out this past January, it was an instant fan favorite and has been highly buzzed about on social media. This week, publisher Little, Brown revealed the cover and summary for the second book in the series, and the internet exploded with excitement.

Fans have been anticipating the debut novel of YouTube Celebrity Hank Green later this year. Green is one half of the VlogBrothers. His brother, John Green, is the other half of the video-making team and is the #1 New York Times Best Selling Author of YA novels THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, PAPER TOWNS, TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN, and more.