Did you adore The Adoration of Jenna Fox? Check Out The Loft’s List of Readalikes

Not a week has gone by over the last two summer months without a copy (or several copies) of Mary E. Pearson’s amazing book, THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX, flying right off the Loft shelves and out the door.  Are you one of the many people who loved this unsettling, futuristic story of amnesia, family, Bio-gel, and the [...]

The Big Splash

Imagine it: you come to the Loft for a book discussion only to be told that not only will you be talking about the book, but that the book’s author wants to join in and answer YOUR questions! This is exactly what happened a few weeks ago when we discussed The Big Splash by Jack [...]

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

You’re in your parents bedroom. You’re looking for something, could be anything – a beach pass, your dad’s Swiss Army Knife, maybe a sweater your mom asked you to grab. Imagine it now. Imagine their bedroom. Now you’re shuffling through their things. And that’s when you find it. The Unwind Order. Your blood runs cold, [...]

A Certain Slant of Light

A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb, is another novel about a paranormal romance. But the relationship makes more sense and is more mature than many of the relationships in this genre. But perhaps this is because the relationship is between two adults who have been around for many years, in ghost form. The [...]

Happy Birthday, Sarah Dessen!

Yesterday Sarah Dessen turned 39! The North Carolina native and author of the hit books, Lock and Key and Just Listen, will release her ninth book, Along for the Ride, on June 16th, 2009. Along for the Ride tells the story of a girl named Auden who impulsively leaves home for a long visit to stay [...]

Coraline the Musical Now Playing in New York

First it was a novel, then it was a graphic novel, then it was a Wii video game, then it was a film, and now Coraline, the eerie story by The Graveyard Book author, Neil Gaiman, has been adapted into a musical. This tale of a young girl’s perilous journey into another world  where she [...]

Deadline by Chris Crutcher

What would you do with your life if you knew you only had a year to live? That’s the question Ben Wolf, the hero of Chris Crutcher’s excellent novel, Deadline, must ask himself when, during a routine physical before the start of senior year, he is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. His answer? [...]

The Percy Jackson Movie: Who Would You Cast?

When we first reported that director Chris Columbus (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Home Alone) has started filming the first in a series of movies based on Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, readers of The Virtual Loft drew lines in the sand proclaiming that Columbus had chosen a “terrible” cast.  One [...]

The Falcon Report…

The Loft’s falcon, usually found perched atop the bookshelves in the Loft (and occasionally spotted lounging in the egg chair), will be posting a list every Friday of some of the books he has spotted leaving the Loft during the week. (BTW – rumors are circulating that the falcon is part of an undercover investigative team operating out of the Loft. More [...]

Happy Birthday, Will Shakespeare!

  April 23rd is Shakespeare’s birthday and The Loft is celebrating The Bard’s 445th with this great list of books! Here you’ll find modern novel re-tellings of Shakespeare plays, stories inspired by the great scribe’s life (and the lives of his characters), Manga adaptations, as well as gripping non-fiction titles that explore his creative genius, biography, and thematic [...]