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What's so great about Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse?

  uh...like, everything? We're just bummed that we were too late to enter to win one of these bitchin' Team Edward/Team Jacob tees, which they were giving away at the spiffy new Eclipse website. We're glad we caught up with megaseller Steph way back when she was a mere bestseller. 

Now, to get you in that back-to-school frame of mind, today's essay question....
Zac Efron as Edward: cool idea or horrible crime against literature?

Seriously, we'll pick a random winner from everyone who comments below on Eclipse...the lucky duck will nab an audio version of Eclipse...

Stephenie Meyer's prom-otional genius

Hey, did you hear about burger interviewee Stephenie Meyer's prom? How cool is this: she had a formal evening for her fans. It was completely sold-out, with tons of vampire-obsessed teenies turning up in tafetta  and tiaras to meet the author of bloody best-selling YA vampire novels Twilight and New Moon...

If you ask us, this was a pretty ingenious way to let the world know that Stephenie's got a new one coming in August, Eclipse. We'll try to get her back to the burger for a sit-down and a giveaway...in the meantime, here's a sneak peek at the cover...and we hear that if you go to a bookstore and pick up the new "special editions" of her last novel, New Moon, you'll find the first chapter of Eclipse...

randomness rules

We love "jennifer, aka litericat," not just because she masterminds not your mother's bookclub--but also for her response to our recent post in which we called for somebody to create a random title generator for YA/chick lit novels. She just went out and did it, and you can find it at  Rum and Monkey's Name Generator site.

We're proud to announce that, thanks to this nifty tool, we have a title for our soon-to-be-best-selling young adult novel:  Secret Diary of a Somewhat Underage Vampire

So look out, Steph Meyer...we're breathing down your neck!

Stephenie Meyer...between the buns

We had an eerie feeling a few months ago that fangs would be a must-have accessory this fall...and golly, we hate to brag, but our fashion sense is as sharp as ever, burgerpeople. Stephenie Meyer's New Moon, a follow up to the uber-popular Twilight, is number one on the NYT bestseller list this week. So we channeled Buffy and hunted down our favorite vampire-novelist....and when we finally found her, we asked her these impertinent questions:

Who are your favorite writers that most people have never heard of?

Eva Ibbotson, Polly Shulman, and Shannon Hale (though she’s better known than the other two).

What kid or teen books rocked your world growing up?

The Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, A Little Princess by Frances Burnett… (I mostly read adult books growing up—the thicker the book the better.  I think of Pride and Prejudice and Gone with the Wind as YA, but they probably don’t really count.)

Your life is a TV series. Name the theme song.

Hysteria by Muse.

Burger-flippers want to know: have you ever had a job that required you to wear a geeky uniform? Details, please!

I’ve only had one job that required a uniform.  I was working in the business center of a resort, and I had to wear a skirt and blazer in “eggplant” purple with a horrible kaleidoscope-print acetate blouse underneath.   Not flattering.

We'd like to name a burger in your honor. What kind of fixins should it have?

The “Stephenie” should be the name for the plainest burger you have.  I’m anti-condiments.

And finally, vampires have been around for so long. In your opinion, why are they (as a subject for books and movies) so totally undead?

  I think there are two reasons.  First, people love monsters and horror stories in general.  There’s nothing like being frightened in a controlled situation to get the adrenalin pumping.  Second, of all the monsters that we have to choose from, vampires are hands-down the sexiest.  Who can resist both adrenalin and pheromones combined?

 

one more freebie: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

We're giving away New Moon, the latest by Stephenie Meyer (author of Twilight) to a lucky member of the b-list--and this one is number one on the NYT bestseller list, lovelies...so sign-up over there in the sidebar, stage right....

what makes vampires so irresistible?

yes, we know they have supernatural powers and hypnotic eyes and dark good looks...but it's still amazing how their appeal continues to be so totally...undead. Case in point: Stephenie Meyers' follow up to Twilight, her best-selling tale about a very toothy romance, is way up there on the Amazon pre-order list. New Moon comes out in August, but in the meantime,  Stephenie's offering a free bite at her website. You can download a pdf of the first chapter...which starts off with a quote from Romeo and Juliet:

These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss, consume.

The burger predicts: Fangs will be a key accessory this fall.