Two Bits O' Book news

I'm in between books right now - ever since finishing Let the Right One In last week I've not figured out what to pick up next - but here's a pair of things that caught my eye today regarding the wonderful world of the written word.

1) Over at BD they have a story on the slowly progressing film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games (previously posted on by me here); most importantly it brought this factoid to light:

"Collins' second installment, "Catching Fire," is due on bookshelves Sept. 1."

I hadn't heard news on the second book in the planned trilogy so this makes me smile. Bring it on, lady!

2) There's a new Chuck Palahniuk book coming out! It's called Pygmy and it's out on May 5th. Always cause to rupture a blood vessel, Palahniuk is.

Here's what it's about from Chucky's lips himself:

""Pygmy," a dark comedy about terrorism and racism. The lead character is a 13-year-old foreign exchange student sent to live with a suburban, white, middle-class family. Oh, and they're Christians. The visit is for six months, and he's one of a dozen similar kids, all shipped to America to live with typical families.

The secret truth is that Pygmy is a terrorist, trained since infancy in martial arts, chemistry and radical hatred of the United States. He has six months to build a prize-winning project for the National Science Fair. If he succeeds, he and his project will go to Washington, D.C. for the finals competition -- where the project will explode, killing millions. "

So... anybody read anything good lately? I have mountains of books on my dresser waiting to be read but nothing is exciting me.
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