So, turns out...
...there are less ugly editions of Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy:Not that I would want to frame one of these, either, but they're infinitely better than the ones I own.
Beauty Pop
I'm happy to announce that Shojo Beat has picked up Kiyoko Arai's very funny manga Beauty Pop, and the first volume is due out on September 5th. Here's the official description:"Although a truly ...
Wordcandy loves the books of Jennifer Colt
Hey, all. Be sure to swing by Jennifer Colt's website and check out the sneak peek of the latest book in her McAfee twins detective series, The Vampire of Venice Beach. These books are funny, sma...
Suzanne Collins news
Still no release date beyond "sometime in 2007", but the fifth book in Suzanne Collins' super-awesome Underland Chronicles is going to be called Gregor and the Code of Claw, which is... kinda dork...
Be back soon.
Hi, everybody. The Wordcandy staff will be off on a road trip until Tuesday, August 29th (yes, we've all been shanghaied into helping Megan move). Have fun--but not too much fun--in our absence!
Wordcandy loves the retro cover art!
Check out these gorgeous Georgette Heyer mysteries from Arrow Books:Sadly, I expect those editions will only be available in the UK. US residents will get stuck with these:Eh. Serviceable, but p...
Back in the day...
Hey, remember this, Laurell? Back when you couldn't afford the truly classy cover art featured on your books now? When your budget was more Subspecies than Anne Rice?HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAO...
Peter Pan, part two
British author Geraldine McCaughrean has written the first authorized sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. It's called Peter Pan in Scarlet, and it's due out on October 5th. McCaughrean was chosen...
Upcoming adaptation news...
Sony has apparently acquired the rights to make a film version of Isaac Adamson's Tokyo Suckerpunch, starring Tobey Maguire. Judging by the outline of the script floating around, it sounds like th...
Wordcandy Weekly Book Snippet
Excerpt from: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 , by Sue TownsendWhy you should buy a copy of your very own:Adrian Mole's neurotic, self-obsessed diary entries are painfully funny. (Emp...
More totally gross Fast Food Nation movie news!
Behold! Today we have pictures:I don't think anything good is going to happen to those cows, kids. [Source]
Dover and Colette
You know what I want? I want a copy of Colette's Gigi that isn't stuck in a collection alongside The Cat, or Julie de Carneilhan and Chance Acquaintances, 'cause let's face it: those stories are ...
Alice, I Think, by Susan Juby
Teen literature is full of dorky main characters. Meg Cabot’s entire career is based on stories about low-on-the-social-totem-pole heroines falling in love with hot-yet-geeky Stargate fans. Loui...
Wordcandy particularly loves her short stories.
Just a reminder, Clarke fans: you can read one of the short stories found in The Ladies of Grace Adieu here. It's called The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse, and it originally appeared on ...
Wordcandy loves Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke's new book, The Ladies of Grace Adieu, is due out on October 17th. Apparently, it will be a collection of short stories set in the world of her first book, Jonathan Strange and Mr....
Welcome to our soap box.
We try to keep the blog as on-topic as possible... or, at least, we figure as long as it has something to do with books then we can write about it. However, today I am going to get on my politica...
Svankmajer!
In honor (...or something) of Jan Svankmajer's new Edgar Allen Poe-inspired movie Lunacy, we present to you a history of some of his previous dabbles in Wordcandy-approved literature:From his vers...
Selling out all over the place
A few days ago I was complaining about Meg Cabot's decision to include postcards advertising Clinique inside her new book How To Be Popular. I thought it was a pretty crass move, considering that ...
Harry Potter news
The Leaky Cauldron is reporting that the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will open on November 21, 2008, continuing the trend of one movie in the summer, the next in the fal...
Wordcandy Weekly Book Snippet
Excerpt from: M.T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales: Whales on Stilts!, by M.T. AndersonWhy you should buy a copy of your very own:It's a goofy send-up of countless children's adventure series, but it w...
Runners-up
In case we offended you by leaving your favorite book-to-movie adaptation off of our list of the Ten Best Book-to-Screen Adaptations, please rest assured that it caused considerable squabbling amo...
Wordcandy casting news
Bond girl Eva Green has been cast as Serafina Pekula and Nicole Kidman has been cast as Ms. Coulter in the upcoming Golden Compass movie adaptation; Helena Bonham Carter has been cast as Bellatrix...
Non-Ugly Cover Art: Part 4
See? It can be done! I've never read this adaptation, and I don't even like the fairy tale it's based on, but I still covet this book. It's weird and gorgeous--the kind of book that your aunt send...