Alexis Bledel’s (Rory Gilmore) upcoming movie, Post Grad, has released a novel! Post Grad, the film, will be out in August, but you can read up on the story now in the Post Grad Novel or Audiobook.

The story, and film, tell the story of Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel), a recent college grad whose aspirations include landing her dream job at a publishing house and living in a posh apartment. Sadly, things don’t work out that way. Ryden’s college nemesis grabs her perfect job and Ryden is left with no choice but to move back home.

Stuck with her eccentric family and no job prospects, Ryden feels like her life is going nowhere. The only things keeping her together are her best friend Adam (Zach Gilford) and her next-door neighbor, David (Rodrigo Santoro).

If you want to check out the books before you buy them, you can read the first two chapters here! It also looks like the film will be adding some blog posts and webisodes as the movie comes closer to release! You can also enter a contest to win a trip to the LA screening of Post Grad.

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Last month I mentioned that Keiko Agena (Lane Kim on Gilmore Girls) wrote a comic for an upcoming graphic novel anthology, Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. I have had a chance to interview Keiko about her story, Learn to Share, as well as interview the graphic artist, Ming Doyle, who helped bring her story to life.

Preview of Keiko Agena’s story, ‘Learn to Share’, with art by Ming Doyle

Learn to Share is just one of the comic book stories in the Secret Identities anthology, each story telling the tale of Asian American superheroes. Check out the SI site for more about the editors, artists and writers behind these great stories.

Keiko Agena was paired up with Ming Doyle for their story, ‘Learn to Share’. This was their first time working together, which Ming calls an “honor” and Keiko saying Ming was “amazing throughout this experience.”

GilmoreGirlsNews.com - How did you get involved with the ‘Secret Identities’ anthology?

Keiko Agena: I’m good friends with Parry Shen who is one of the editors of the book. He approached me a few months ago and asked me if I was interested in submitting anything.

GilmoreGirlsNews.com - What was your inspiration behind writing Learn to Share?

Keiko Agena: When I first heard about the project this image of a young girl isolated from the rest of the world came to mind. I was attracted to this sense of her lonliness and separation.

GilmoreGirlsNews.com - What is your story about?

Keiko Agena: Sera is a young Thai girl who, due to her traumatic childhood, loses her sight. She discovers she can momentarily regain her sense of sight by “stealing” someone else’s. In those moments she can see both from her point of view and theirs. She becomes aware of a young girl who has gone missing and uses this “power” to see through the eyes of everyone in the city to find the girl. By the end, she’s happy and can see, but only by permanently borrowing it from someone else… Read more

Milo Ventimiglia (Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls) may play a superhero on television, but he’s also changing things up a bit with his new comic book, Berserker, created with Top Cow Productions and Milo’s Divide Pictures partner Russ Cundiff.

The series has been drawn by Jeremy Haun, cover artist Dale Keown, and written by Rick Loverd. The new comic follows the lives of 2 lead characters who realize they have incredible strength when they get angry. These people are descended from Norse berserkers, fierce warriors, but have little control over their abilities. It’s just blind rage. The story was originally conceived as a screenplay, for television or film, but Russ & Milo saw its strength lies in the comic world. You can already buy the preview, edition #0, with #1 coming soon! Read more

A former editor for USA Today, A.S. Berman, has put together a new book about Gilmore Girls. Berman, who has written other insider books about television and film, is releasing ‘The Gilmore Girls Companion‘ in July, 2009. The book gives an unauthorized behind-the-scenes look at the series; it will include interviews as well as insights into each episode of Gilmore Girls.

According to the author, he chose to write about Gilmore Girls because it was a “groundbreaking show that remains an important cultural experience for many fans around the world.” Berman was driven to know what went on behind the scenes of Gilmore Girls and what the actors thought of their experiences. Hopefully the final result gives us all some of that insight!

You can pre-order ‘The Gilmore Girls Companion’ here for $19.95.

Thanks to all 143 people who entered to win a copy "Coffee at Luke’s: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest" of in the "Which Gilmore Girls Character Are You?" Contest.

I have randomly drawn the winners from this contest, who will all receive a copy of the book of essays. The winners will be contacted by email.

The four winners are:

1. Stella (comment #117)
2. John (comment #37)
3. Elizabeth (comment #98)
4. Hanna (comment #129)

If you did not win, you can still buy the book here (BenBella) or here (Amazon).

Thanks everyone! And stay tuned to GilmoreGirlsNews.com for all the latest updates on Gilmore Girls actors, daily recaps, and more great contests!

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Coffee at Luke’s: An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest, edited by Jennifer Cruise. The book is a series of essays by various authors. There are essays on Emily Gilmore, on the Stars Hollow business world, . Many are light-hearted and extend the vision of what it is to be a part of the Gilmore world.

Gilmore Girls is more than just a tv show. It is a vision of how life can be. And it’s a world we all feel a part of. These essays explore that world and bring it to life.

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The recommendation from Rory’s Book Club right now is A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister by Julie Mars:

When Julie’s sister died, she made a decision to go to 31 different churches over 31 Sundays in search of answers.

This is her story.

Small Island by Andrea Levy

A story of war, prejudice, travel and searching for a place in the world to call your own.

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

Was it a misunderstanding, an illusion, or a true crime? No one will ever know what really happened in the Marabar Caves.

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