If Hermione had been American, she might have enrolled in Hex Hall. In Rachel Hawkins' wonderfully absorbing supernatural trilogy, we learn that Hex Hall is not your typical boarding school. Three years after learning she was a witch, Sophie Mercer performs a spell that lands her in Hex Hall, a reform school for Prodigium: witches, fairies, and ( Read more... )

If you enjoy the Percy Jackson novels written by Rick Riordan and enjoyed the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will probably be delighted to learn that Anthony Stewart Head will be playing Chiron in the next Percy Jackson film, The Sea of Monsters. Read The Hollywood Reporter article.Tony Head will be sharing the screen with ( Read more... )

Have you ever formed a time loop while tying your shoes? Probably not. But have you ever watched a TV show or film which showed someone experiencing a day over and over again? It's more than déjà vu -- it's actually happening on repeat, sometimes with different results, sometimes with the same results, and it seems as if it will never stop ( Read more... )

For years, as I would assist kids in the bookstore who enjoyed fantasy, sci-fi, and horror novels, I would think, "These kids will love books by Christopher Golden . . . in ten years ( Read more... )

Attention, fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, X-Men, and other such things made of awesome: You should read this interview. I'm pleased to be wrapping up this year's Summer Blog Blast Tour chatting with Sarah Kuhn. After a decade of working as a journalist, mostly in the sci-fi entertainment field, Sarah has added "author" to her resume. ( Read more... )

Imagine taking a trip halfway around the world, then finding out that you're half-goddess. What would happen when you went back to your normal life in your boring American town with your non-magical family and friends? Meet Morgan, Connecticut teenager and unlikely half-goddess, as created by author Maryrose Wood.

Morgan was first introduced in ( Read more... )

The official Buffy the Vampire Slayer score album by Christophe Beck is slated to be released September 9th ( Read more... )

IRL (In Real Life): The Bronze Documentary Project, which was written, directed, produced and edited by Stevie Tuszynski, is now available on DVD. Get it at createspace.com and use the discount code V3BNN4DJ to save $5! The disc is NTSC, region-free, and includes the complete 55-minute documentary plus promotional trailers, a gag reel, and more ( Read more... )

I created the following meme about books and organization just for fun. Feel free to leave your answers in the comments here or post your answers at your own blog and link back to Bildungsroman.

1. How do you organize your books? By genre, by last name, by title, by publication date?
   
2. Do you have a shelf reserved for your favorite books and/or ( Read more... )

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