New Books, Music and Movies

A Midmorning live chat, January 9, 2012

Books mentioned: "Bring up the Bodies" by Hilary Mantel. The sequel to "Wolf Hall."

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:08:16 PM
@kerrimpr The Twelve by Justin Cronin! (part two to the Passage)

by ReverendJohnson via twitter 1/9/2012 4:09:29 PM
Debut author Amelia Gray is an author that David Ulin is keeping an eye on.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:10:41 PM
Is the next Justin Cronin book coming out???

(Yep...in the spring.)

by Lastiel edited by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:11:13 PM
Ulin says he has not had time to read The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:11:49 PM
@KerriMPR Daniel Silva's newest Gabriel Allon novel, "The Fallen Angel," will be released on 7.17.12.

by OnTheJourneyGuy via twitter 1/9/2012 4:12:22 PM
@KerriMPR I can't wait to see The Hunger Games! If you haven't read the trilogy, you MUST. It's phenomenal. I hope the film is just as good.

(Ed's note: if you start reading the first...it'll be hard to stop. I can't wait to see the film. Gary Ross, the director, is a really talented and the previews looks fantastic.)

by bianca101 via twitter edited by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:12:25 PM
Still need to read Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter and will be re-reading Gatsby in anticipation of the Baz Luhrman movie version.

by Lucy 1/9/2012 4:13:51 PM
.@kerrimpr Missed in 2011: Emperor's Knife, Mazarkis Williams, Dragon's Path, Daniel Abraham, Among Others, Jo Walton, many others.

by PrinceJvstin via twitter 1/9/2012 4:14:07 PM
.@kerrimpr SF and Fantasy! "2312" by Kim Stanley Robinson. "Range of Ghosts" by Elizabeth Bear, "And Blue Skies from Pain" by Stina Leicht

by PrinceJvstin via twitter 1/9/2012 4:14:10 PM
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Looks amazing and dark and wonderful. Also Reamde by Neal Stephenson, I'm caught up in it now and it's very hard to put it down.

(Possible inspiration for you would be writers. Morgenstern wrote her book as part of National Novel Writing Month.)

by Katie Schaefer edited by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:15:47 PM
.@kerrimpr I have "The Queen's Command" on my Kindle, too.

by PrinceJvstin via twitter 1/9/2012 4:16:06 PM
Caller mentioned "Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood. The third in this trilogy comes out this year.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:16:31 PM
Planning to read soon. We the Animals by Justin Torres. Also the new Stephen King.

by mj100 1/9/2012 4:19:05 PM
Commentary by the author of the Night Circus.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:19:07 PM
James Lee Burke's "Feast Day for Fools" was amazing.

by Michael Martin 1/9/2012 4:19:13 PM
Anne Lamott's sequel in sorts to Operating Instructions comes out in March. It's called Some Assembling Required.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:20:04 PM
Robert Caro's 4th part of his Lyndon Johnson biography comes out this year.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:20:50 PM
The Mirage by Matt Ruff. A novel about Christian fundamentalists take down a tower in Mecca. "Outrageous" sounding says Ulin.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:21:45 PM
New Hari Kunzru novel. His My Revolutions is great according to Ulin.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:22:37 PM
In 2011, if you like Young Adult fiction, read Delirium. It's a future dystopia in Portland, Maine where even the word "love" is banished.

by mj100 1/9/2012 4:23:36 PM
@KerriMPR can't wait to read #TheBreeders by @MatthewBeier sounds to be politically relevant and turns thinking upside down on gay culture

by mattrussell5 via twitter 1/9/2012 4:23:51 PM
@KerriMPR I'm looking forward to Stephen King's 11/22/63

by jonathonjosten via twitter 1/9/2012 4:23:55 PM
Dana is talking about Sam Mendes directing Skyfall, the new Bond film.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:26:43 PM
Skyfall comes out in November.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:27:39 PM
Separation is an Iranian film that will open at the Landmark theaters soon. Edina, Uptown, Lagoon...Dana Stevens says it is her favorite film of 2011 and hopes to get the word out about it.

(Ed note: I concur. I saw it in December. A great movie.)

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:28:13 PM
Certified Copy was the Kiarostami film that came out last year. It is out on DVD and instant streaming now.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:29:49 PM
Caller says he is looking forward to World War Z. Brad Pitt stars. It'll open in December next year. Marc Forster who directed The Kite Runner and Finding Neverland.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:30:37 PM
@KerriMPR Books for 2012: Tomatoland, The Power of Duck / Music: Mumford & Sons ;-)

by BossyAcres via twitter 1/9/2012 4:30:55 PM
@KerriMPR "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. Read it twice, cover to cover. Great writing style, even better content.

by Copcardrvr via twitter 1/9/2012 4:30:57 PM
A new Wuthering Heights is coming out directed by Andrea Arnold. Also The Great Gatsby will be out, as someone mentioned previously.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:34:53 PM
Caller recommends Young Adult. He liked how they depicted the people who lived in the small Minnesota town.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:35:37 PM
Spielberg's Lincoln is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's A team of Rivals. It comes out late 2012.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:36:27 PM
I'm looking forward to Quentin Tarantino's movie Django Unchained. Coming out on Christmas 2012.

by John 1/9/2012 4:36:43 PM
Looking very forward to "Love," the new film from Michael Haneke, who directed "Cache" and "The White Ribbon." His new film stars Isabelle Huppert, William Shimmel (who was in "Certified Copy"), and Jean-Louis Tringtinant, who hasn't been in a movie in eight years.

by Peter Labuza 1/9/2012 4:37:28 PM
Here's a little about Django Unchained.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:37:40 PM
@KerriMPR Books for 2012: Tomatoland, The Power of Duck / Music: Mumford & Sons ;-)

by BossyAcres via twitter 1/9/2012 4:37:57 PM
Two movies that are being talked about by Dana and Kerri are Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams and and Von Trier's Melancholia

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:39:02 PM
@KerriMPR short film Anna's Playground by local director Eric Howell, is a must see!!

by haugphoto via twitter 1/9/2012 4:39:32 PM
Movies Dana is dreading: The Avengers anticipation seems like a "hype machine."

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:40:30 PM
The new Dark Knight Rises is coming out and the hype seems to drown out all other films.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:41:08 PM
Whatever happened to the movie version of "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak?

by Bill edited by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:42:39 PM
The song we just played was by the band The Civil Wars.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:45:04 PM
Ann says "The Civil Wars" are two singers who had separate careers and united to find their musical soul mates.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:46:03 PM
"The beauty of what happened was they got back to basics" says Ann about The Civil Wars.

by Stephanie Curtis, MPR News 1/9/2012 4:46:56 PM

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