You may not know about this yet, but Divergent will soon be what everyone is talking about in book and movie circles: As USA Today reports:
“Here’s a look at what’s buzzing in the book world today.
“Off with a bang: Veronica Roth is ringing in the new year with the best-selling book in America. Divergent tops USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list for the first time (it was No. 2 last week), and the
other books in her dystopian trilogy, Allegiant and Insurgent, are not far behind at No. 5 and No. 7. (The boxed set is No. 43.) It’s the first of what are likely to be many 2014 milestones for the 25-year-old Chicagoan. The highly anticipated movie adaptation of Divergent, starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet, is due out March 21, and adaptations of the sequels are in the works.
“‘Hobbit’ happy: Filmmaker Peter Jackson has meant very good things indeed for J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 book The Hobbit. The fantasy novel moves up to No. 22 fromNo. 40 as Jackson’s latest movie, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, is doing boffo box office over the holidays. But that doesn’t match December 2012, when the book climbed to No. 2 as the first Hobbit movie filled theaters. The novel also did well from 2001 to 2003, the era of Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films. All told, The Hobbithas spent 183 weeks on the list since 1997. — Jocelyn McClurg
“Movie magic: More movies are having an impact on the list, which isn’t surprising, since the holiday movie season is one of the most important of the year. Also appearing in the top 50: The Book Thiefat No. 4 (up from No. 5); Lone Survivor, No. 16 (up from No. 26); Catching Fire, No. 18 (up from No. 33); and The Wolf of Wall Street, No. 50 (up from No. 95). Beyond the top 50, Twelve Years a Slave is at No. 66, up from No. 78. — McClurg Continue reading “Divergent reading”