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If you're one of the odd, elusive pop-culture literati who prefers to read your movies instead of watching them, thankyouverymuch, then this next bit of news will be right up your alley...and of course, if you just want to get your hot little hands on every last anything related to the upcoming release of "Snow White and the Huntsman," well, you'll probably be pretty psyched, too. Because this cinematic story—which used the classic fairytale about wayward princesses and hardworking little people as a springboard from which to create a Snow White who's bigger, bolder and altogether badder-ass than the original—is about to hit bookshelves as an honest-to-goodness novel. And we've got the EXCLUSIVE two-sided poster to prove it!

This glorious triptych work of art is our great privilege to debut, and the same pretty picture will be included inside the "Snow White and the Huntsman" book, which will be released on April 17 by Little, Brown.

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I'm sure we could all cop to a literary crush or two—Edward Cullen, Peeta Mellark, The Cat in the Hat (What!? We were weird kids!)—but what if your fictional boyfriend actually came to life? Like, you could touch him? Such is the wonderful premise of Jodi Picoult's YA debut, "Between the Lines."

You probably know Jodi as the author of adult novels like "The Tenth Circle," "Nineteen Minutes" and "My Sister's Keeper," which was adapted into a movie starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin, but the best-selling author is venturing into teen-lit territory with the help of her 16-year-old daughter and co-author Samantha van Leer.

"Between the Lines" is the story of teen Delilah, a loner bookworm who'd like nothing more than to abandon polite society and take up residence in a far-flung library somewhere. And there's one tome she's been favoring more than the others, which might have something to do with the fact that she's fallen in love with its fairy-tale prince Oliver...who's come to life! Trapped in the confines of the page, Oliver wants nothing more than to stop being book-ended and explore the real world, and with the help of Delilah, he might just get his wish.

Sounds totally cute, right? As a special treat to you, we've gotten our chocolate-covered paws on the story's first two chapters. Check out the EXCLUSIVE excerpt after the jump, download the full PDF, and be sure to pick up a copy of "Between the Lines" when it hits bookstores June 26.

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Tags Between the Lines, Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer

After spending last Valentine's Day in a state of "Delirium," about a futuristic society in which love is considered a chemically curable disease, we've been waiting all year for the chance to sink our teeth into Lauren Oliver's next dystopian tome. Because seriously, we feel about this book the way most people feel about a bottle of champagne and a box of chocolate truffles. (Which is to say that we want to hide in the bathroom with it and polish it off in one uninterrupted sitting while our significant other bangs on the door and shouts, "What are you doing in there?!")

But alas, it was not to be: There are still two weeks until "Pandemonium" hits shelves. Which means that under most circumstances, we would have spent our Valentine's Day morning composing the following poem to express our feelings...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Why isn't "Pandemonium" out yet,
Darn it, darn it, darn it angry.

...that is, if Lauren Oliver hadn't given us a wonderful Valentine's gift to make up for the disappointment!

But she did! Which means that rather than salving our feelings with angsty poetics, we'll be patiently awaiting the next book's release... whilst avidly reading "Hana," our EXCLUSIVE sneak peek at "Delirium" from a totally different point of view. Because while we've already followed Lena through the first chapter of her story, "Hana" takes us back and then takes a totally different tack: following the events of "Delirium" through the eyes of Hana, Lena's best friend.

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Tags Delirium, Hana, Lauren Oliver, Pandemonium

It was hard to think about anything last night but the haunting, gorgeous debut of Taylor Swift's "Safe & Sound" video...but somewhere in between watching that amazing end-of-the-world lullaby on continuous repeat, MTV did find the time to chat with Taylor herself about the process of penning the song and about the books that started it all. And one of the best questions came straight from a fan on Twitter, who asked: What would Taylor's strategy be if she found herself in the real-life "Hunger Games"?

Turns out, Taylor is just like all the rest of us in that she's already asked herself the same question plenty of times: "I've thought about this, because reading the books, you're so sucked into it that as you go about your life," she said. "You sit there, and you're like, 'Could I climb that tree?' 'Could I make a weapon out of this?' 'If I had to forage for food, what would I do?'"

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Tags Hunger Games, Hunger Games Soundtrack, Taylor Swift, Video

Sad news, "Mortal Instruments" fans. Screen Gems, the studio set to produce the big-screen adaptation of Cassandra Clare's urban fantasy, has untethered itself from the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Starring Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower, all signs pointed to a 2012 production date for the film, with "Priest" director Scott Stewart at the helm. "Pretty Little Liars" writer I. Marlene King had penned a revised version of the script, which she handed into the brass at Sony (Screen Gems' parent company) last fall. Scott has since left the project to work on the TV version of the studio's flick "Legion."

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Tags Cassandra Clare, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lily Collins, Mortal Instruments

With only a month to go before "The Hunger Games" hits theaters, now is the time for die-hard fans of the books to start really and truly panicking over what kind of terrible, shocking differences there will be between the literary trilogy we loved and the movie we can't wait to see. I mean, it's Hollywood! They could do anything! And what if they make Peeta a butcher boy, not a baker? Or what if Haymitch isn't as drunk as he's supposed to be? Or what if the infamous tracker jacker scene includes a surprise musical number in which the jackers don't just sting, but also sing, tap-dance and play jazz medleys on tiny dystopian saxophones?!! It'll be anarchy!

...Except actually, we don't have to worry about any of this. Because when Josh Horowitz sat down with director Gary Ross, he made sure to grill him real good about just how close he stayed to the source material when adapting the book for film...and Gary came back with the news that not only did he cling as closely as possible to Suzanne Collins' vision, but he was pretty close—literally—to Suzanne herself.

"She wrote the last draft of the script with me," Gary said. "We collaborated. We were in a room together! We locked ourselves up in a room and literally wrote the last draft of the script together."

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Tags Gary Ross, Hunger Games, Video

The first bit of casting news for the big-screen adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's "Beautiful Creatures" has finally been conjured, and it is spellbinding indeed: Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis has signed on to play Amma, according to a statement from Alcon Entertainment.

For the uninitiated, the Southern gothic series follows teen Ethan Wate, whose nightmares have been haunted for months by an unknown beauty. When he finally comes face to face with his dream girl (the raven-haired Lena Duchannes), he discovers they have an undeniable connection that cannot be ignored... And that she's a witch (known in this mythology as a "caster").

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Tags Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Viola Davis

The third book in Holly Black's brilliant "Curse Workers" series isn't out until April, but it's never too early to whet your appetite for the next installment of this story about love, lust and betrayal, laced with supernatural drama and set in the underbelly of the world of organized crime. And today, we've got a tease-y taste of the adventures to come, with an EXCLUSIVE look at the book trailer for "Black Heart."

Set in a world of Curse Workers—gifted assassins who can kill with the touch of their hands—"Black Heart" rejoins the tormented Cassel Sharpe as he tries to navigate a complex world full of mob ties, secret motives, missing relatives and a girl who he loves desperately but isn't sure he can trust. Will he cut ties with the mob and leave Lila to a life of corruption and crime? Will he compromise himself to help the government? Is this the end of the line for the Sharpe family and its web of lies and secrets?

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Tags Black Heart, Curse Workers, Holly Black, Video

With "One Tree Hill" set to wrap up forever after its ninth and final season, The CW is looking for a few good shows to fill the primetime drama slot.

The Hollywood Reporter has news that the network has given the green light to three new shows, and one of them might ring a bell or two for fans of a certain dystopian series featuring love, loss and a lottery for fortune and glory. Sounds familiar, no? But don't worry, "The Hunger Games" isn't getting the small-screen treatment (after all, we haven't even gotten our first peek at the blockbuster movie yet), but "The Selection"—one of three pilots picked up by the network—is following in the footsteps of the famous trilogy, with its vision of a war-torn future, a forbidden love triangle tinged with class tensions and one complicated heroine whose future hangs in the balance.

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Tags Kiera Cass, The CW, The Selection

L.A. Weatherly's "Angel Fire," the highly anticipated sequel to "Angel Burn," is set for release next week—and if you've already read the first book, you're probably wondering how you'll survive another four days without knowing what's happened to half-angel Willow and Alex, her angel-hunting boyfriend, now that they're fleeing for their lives. So, hey, isn't it nice that we're hooking you up with an extended sneak peek, posting the first three chapters before the book is available in stores?

YES WE ARE.

The story picks up with Willow and Alex, hiding out in a motel room and on the lam—not just from the law, but from the massive herd of avenging angels who've crossed over to wreak havoc on the human world. Will they survive long enough to join forces with a group of Angel Killers on a mission to save the human race? Will the malevolent Church of Angels triumph in its efforts to capture and kill her? Will the mysterious boy from Willow's dreams destroy her budding love with Alex?

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Tags Angel Fire, L.A. Weatherly