Bookish: How did you decide on a YA novel adaptation for your next project?
Evan Daugherty: I was looking at a lot of things – a lot of comic books–and reading a lot of books, and in the process of that…I read five of these YA books. I read “Pure” by Julianna Baggott, “Legend” [by Marie Lu], “Delirium” [by Lauren Oliver] and “This Dark Endeavor” [by Kenneth Oppel]–it’s kind of a cool, young adult version of the “Frankenstein” story.
Bookish: So you obviously read some popular stuff being shopped around–why did you choose to adapt ”Divergent?”
ED: It’s a mutual thing of feeling out whether your take on a piece of material meshes with what the studio wants to do. The things that drew me to ”Divergent” were the specifics of Tris’ character. She starts off in that incredibly sheltered, selfless, peaceful world and then basically she decides to join the equivalent of the Navy Seals. That’s a big character arc, it’s fun to track that. And “Divergent” differentiates itself by being in the vein of some movies that I really like, sort of the military training movie–like “Top Gun” or a...

Teen Read Week was October 14th through 20th, but here at The Hub, we’re celebrating for ten days so we can bring you interviews, guest posts, videos, and more with each of the authors whose books made this year’s Teens’ Top Ten. Today we feature Veronica Roth, whose book Divergent is #1 on this year’s list.

Divergent is a book about bravery, self-determination, friendship, family, loyalty, and making choices. It is a book that positively captivated (not just) teen readers across the nation, myself included. When given the opportunity, I jumped at the chance to ask Veronica Roth a few questions of my own. Here’s the interview:

If some of the Disney Princesses were to join factions from Tris’s world, in which factions do you think they might land?

I think most of the older ones would be Amity or Abnegation (Cinderella, hello), but obviously Belle, with her passion for books, is Erudite; Jasmine is Candor; and if Mulan counts as a “Disney princess” (I mean, she’s not a princess, but she’s my favorite Disney heroine, so I’m going to talk about her anyway), she would be Divergent the same way Tris is:...

Here is the link to an Insurgent ARC giveaway on bibloppunkk blogspot website.

www.bibliopunkk.net/2012/03/rothpunkk-insurgent-giveaw...tml

Here is what it says:

*Gaspshockamazement*

...Yes... quiver in delight, gentle readers... guess what I am giving away?

So, what that means of course, readers, is that up for grabs is one Advanced Reader Copy of Insurgent by Veronica Roth... and you want it, I know you do.


So, we are going to do a giveaway in the style of the Shiverpunkk and Clockppunkk giveaway from last year. And, of course, we are playing the guessing game. For those of you who have not ever entered a giveaway on Bibliopunkk it's simple... I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 5,000. Leave your number guess in the comments with an email so I can contact the winner later (the email is necessary to enter, folks). First person to guess the correct number wins. I'll repeat - if two people suggest the same number only the first person to guess it gets the book. I will close this contest on April 6th, 2012. This contest is International.