James Patterson, Maxine Paetro: 4th of July (Woman's Murder Club)

Bestselling author James Patterson has recently honed his craft toward the social; that is to say, he's contributing to the production of a game that players will be able to engage with on platforms such as Facebook. The website, All Facebook, reported this in December, 2010. The game is an interesting take on the equally interesting books that the author's penned over the years. Below is a YouTube trailer of the game. James Patterson also wrote: Cross Fire (Alex Cross), Witch & Wizard: The Gift, and The 9th Judgment (Women's Murder Club).

Some Books Considered - Program 070 from TPR: Some Books Considered

Novelist Kathy Reichs talks about how her series of books about forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan inspired the television show Bones. She discusses her latest book, Virals, the first in a new series of novels for young adults featuring the Torey Brennan, the grand niece of Temperance Brennan. In addition to be great stories, Reichs hopes that young adults and girls in particular will be inspired to study science and pursue careers in science. More information is available at kathyreichs.com.

Download the podcast here. See also: Virals, Spider Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels), Deja Dead: 10th Anniversary Edition (Temperance Brennan Novels), 206 Bones

Book review: 'The Fall' by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan from Los Angeles Times - Entertainment News

Long before vampires were posing naked on the cover of a recent issue of Rolling Stone , they were vile, terrifying creatures that looked like rats, lived in crypts and hardly ever turned up at the gym. Fortunately for fans of the old-school literary villains, writing partners Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan are determined to resurrect that archetype with a series of novels centered on the exploits of the Master, an imposing, murine-like figure with long talons, no ears and a hinged jaw that conceals a shooting stinger to extract his victims' blood.

Check the LA Times piece here.