Flip through Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll with just the flick of a finger. Check out the entire catalog to see what other titles are available.

Not sure what you’re into? There’s even a Book Guide. Just answer a few questions, and 100 Classic Books will recommend your next literary adventure. After finishing a book, readers rate them for their fellow fiction aficionados.

“100 Classic Books transforms your Nintendo DS system into a portable library,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “Readers of any age will enjoy exploring the many worlds, characters and adventures created by these icons of literature.”

You can find out much more about 100 Classic Books on their official website.

“Novel-T offers an opportunity to express your support for the all-stars of literature. For those who feel a connection to certain writers or characters–be it Walt Whitman’s expansive exultations, Huck Finn’s mischievous morality, or Bartleby’s seemingly inscrutable insubordination–these super-soft, jersey-style tees are the way to ‘wear your read.’”

Checking out the designs, they are of course broken down into two different teams: the American Canons and the National Puncs. Each shirt has a symbol on the front that represents the character’s name that is on the back above a number. I can see at least 3 shirts I want, and my first will have to be the Darcy shirt. But there’s characters for everyone!

On top of the fact that the designs are great, Novel-T also donates $1 of every purchase to two different charaties: 826NYC and Doctors Without Borders. I only hope to see more designs from Novel-T in the future! You can see all of the designs on their website, and you can order one for $24.95 here.

The novel is already available pre-order at Amazon.com and other major bookstores.  

I do want to pose one question to our readers: Are you still excited about all things Carrie? or is it all, old news?

Spoilers to follow for those not caught up in the series or who want to wait for the full book! Ok now that you’ve been warned, Butcher definitely does not waste time in getting to the thick of the issue in Changes. The chapter starts off with a call from Susan Rodriguez, his former love, saying that their daughter had been taken and she was coming to see him. Not the best way for someone to find out they’re a father, especially someone like Harry Dresden, professional wizard.

In shock Harry heads off to McAnally’s, which was given my favorite description so far: “Mac’s place looks like Cheers after a mild apocalypse.” We are then treated to something not seen in any of the previous books yet, Mac talking in a full sentence. And he gives Harry some sound advice with handling the situation, but whether Harry heeds the advice and is careful about the situation is anyone’s guess. It’s easy to tell that there is a maelstrom of emotions swirling around inside of him and when Susan finally arrives in Chicago to speak with him I can see the potential of them boiling over.

So now I sit here anxiously awaiting the next chapter as I re-read the first chapter, hearing it in James Marster’s voice. So far it’s a good start to what I can only hope to be an amazing continuation of the Dresden Files!

Fiction
Barb Johnson, More of This World or Maybe Another (HarperPerennial)
Victor Lodato, Mathilda Savitch (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
C. E. Morgan, All the Living (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Nonfiction
Dave Cullen, Columbine (Twelve)
Toby Lester, The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map that Gave America Its Name (Free Press)
Neil White, In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir (William Morrow)

Very interesting surprise from Visceral Games. While Dante’s Inferno may not be out until February 9, 2010, gamers will be able to play the demo this December. The “Gates of Hell” demo is the entire opening level of the game.

In the demo, players will experience the fighting mechanics and take on Death.

“Our main goal from the start of this project has been to create a journey that will make gamers truly feel like they are going through hell,” said executive producer Jonathan Knight. “The demo will give everyone some insight into how we are treating the story and a taste of the gameplay. And with nine more circles of hell to explore once the game comes out in February, we are literally just scratching the surface.”

The title has not been rated yet and is due out in North America on February 9, 2010 and in Europe on February 12, 2010.

EA quietly released a trailer for American McGee’s Alice. A teaser site went live as well but it doesn’t really have anything on it.

The trailer is awesome if you are an Alice fan! I just played through it twice because it surprised me and was just that awesome. The trailer also reveals the date for Alice as 2011 when she goes Back through the looking glass.

On August 6th, Stealthslyth and I got together to talk about the books on the Banned and Challenged lists from the ALA.  Below are some of the books and links we mentioned during the show.  You can join us tonight (August 27th) when we talk about Urban Fantasy novels and authors: http://www.blogtalkradio/Cherithe

2008 Most Challenged List – http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/2008/index.cfm

Unfortunately, we had some phone/program issues at the very end as I tried to give away the game prize!  Forgive me, and we’ll be back again next week (August 6th), same time, same place for episode #11 – focusing on Banned and Challenged Books.

Hello and Welcome to Lit Angels Podcast #6
Music Intro – Ghosts II #8 NIN
Update – Books we’ve recently finished:
Jim Butcher’s: Dresden files #4 (Stealthyslyth)
Door into the Hedge by Robin McKinley (Cherith)

Steven King – The Shining, IT & Rose Madder
Dean Koontz – The Funhouse
Mark L. Danielewski – House of Leaves
Chuck Palahniuk – Lullaby & Haunted (although please note that we recommend this only if you’ve read other of Palahniuk’s work and can take the gruesomeness of it)
H.P. Lovecraft – The Call of Cthulhu & The Shadow over Innsmouth (Or just read everything!)
Poppy Z. Brite – Lost Souls, Drawing Blood & Exquisite Corpse

Music Close – Ghosts II #12 NIN

Make sure to tune in tonight where we’ll be jumping to the other end of the literary spectrum to talk about Fairytales!! Hope to see you there!