It seems Richard Castle has a best seller on his hands. Who cares if he’s fictional? Heat Wave, which debuted at #26 on the New York Times Bestseller List, was authored by the fictitious author played by Nathan Fillion on Castle (no word yet on who really wrote the book), and follows Detective Nikki Heat (inspired by the character played by Stana Katic on the show).
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It’s Tuesday again, when we take a look at new music and books hitting the shelves this week just for you, our loyal RF readers! Today’s new music includes albums from Duffy, Death Cab for Cutie, Isobel Campbell, Girlyman, Filter, Simone, and Sixwire. Today’s new books include the final novel in the Legacy of the Force series – Invincible, plus other goodies including William Shatner’s new autobiography, a tie-in book for the new Indiana Jones movie, new novels by Dale Brown, Jeff Shaara, Boris Akunin, and another tie-in with the Band of Brothers series of books – Easy Company Soldier by Don Malarkey. Check inside for more.
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It’s been twenty-five years since Robert Ludlum published The Bourne Identity and fifteen years since the third and final book of the series, The Bourne Ultimatum, was published. With the popularity of the new Matt Damon movies, Ludlum’s estate gave the project of resurrecting the series to Eric Van Lustbader. In hindsight, it would have helped if someone had made sure Lustbader had actually read Ludlum’s books. Lustbader’s The Bourne Legacyis a sequel of the worst order; a horribly written dime store novel, filled with characters that are only shadows of their once vibrant selves, full of countless continuity errors as the author gleefully violates the rules of the series, rewriting it to make it his own. Anyone who thinks they can do a better job with an author’s characters than the author himself should read this to see what happens when such material is put in the wrong hands.
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I’ve been reading the Harry Potter series for just over nine years now. I’ve spent countless hours reading and rereading the books, discussing them with my friends, and even protesting a radio station for ruining the last book’s ending on-air before I finished it. With all of my history with the books, is it even close to possible for series author J.K. Rowling to end this story that I’ve grown up with to my satisfaction?
The book starts out in line with the other six entries into the series. Harry gets picked up from Number Four, Privet Drive and is escorted to the Burrow for another half-summer spent with the Weasleys. The only difference is that on the way there, Harry is nearly murdered and one of his friends actually is. Rowling makes it fairly clear from the beginning: this is war. People are going to die and they won’t stop dying unless the enemy bites the dust himself.
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Better watch out Muggles! After taking over the movie theaters last week the legions of Harry Potter fans are about to descend on your local bookstores. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final entry into the series by J.K. Rowlings is scheduled to be released at 12:01 am on July 21. Many bookstores around the country are staying open late to hold Harry Potter parties and promote the book’s release. Will Harry die? Will Voldermort be defeated? Will Ron and Hermoine get together? Will this be a satisfactory conlcusion to the series? All these questions, hopefully, will be answered in a few days.
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