A sequel to Catcher in the Rye?
...not quite.Apparently, some dude who calls himself John David California has written an unauthorized sequel to J. D. Salinger's classic novel, and the reclusive author (who hasn't given an inter...
The Awakening, by Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong’s 2008 novel The Summoning was her first attempt at writing teen fiction, and a rousing success. Set in the same world as her Women of the Underworld series, The Summoning...
New book from Jim Lynch
At long last, The Highest Tide author Jim Lynch has written another book. Border Songs is due out on June 16th:I am super-excited about this book (The Highest Tide was 100% awesome!), but I was sa...
Powells interviews China Miéville
China Miéville recently spoke with Doug Brown, one of the staff members from Powell's Books, about his new book The City and the City. Over the course of the interview he used the word "paradigm"...
Scholastic promotes Catching Fire
I'm impressed by this book trailer for the upcoming sequel to Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games:No bad acting, just tense music, shots of the cover, and a few quotes. Unexciting, but also non-emb...
Janet Evanovich's brave new world
Great news! According to the Times, Janet Evanovich is co-writing (with her daughter) a graphic novel for Dark Horse Comics based on her Metro Girl and Motor Mouth books. According to the article,...
Visiting scenic Forks
A Twilight-themed weeklong cruise? How has the world come to this, dear readers? How?
At long last...
Gakuen Alice fans take note: according to AnimeNewsNetwork, Amazon's Canadian site has listed an upcoming Tokyopop release of Tachibana Higuchi's earlier work, M to N no Shouzou ("Portrait of M an...
Eating James Bond
(Note: This idea is way creepier than yesterday's horror-story toilet paper.)Del Monte Superfruit Smoothies has created a line of limited-edition ‘licence to chill’ popsicles inspired by the stirr...
Inventive!
According to Yahoo! News, the Japanese have brought us another glorious new product: a horror story printed on toilet paper. Each roll of the paper contains several copies of a nine-chapter novell...
New Moon trailer's up
I really hope the CGI for that wolf transformation is still a work in progress, because WHOA is it ever bad.To be fair, that is a nice cake, though.
End of an era
What's this? That eternal manwhore Archie has finally made up his mind about which one of the two poor, deluded girls he's been stringing along for decades (and a staggering 600 issues) will final...
The Eternal Hourglass, by Erica Kirov
The Eternal Hourglass, the first book in Erica Kirov’s Magickeepers series, introduces readers to a tantalizing new fantasy world. Kirov’s protagonist is Nick Rostov, the teenage son of the ...
Classic manga for the budget-minded
While poking around my local comic shop yesterday, I ran across this:This Astro Boy collection from Dark Horse is the size and shape of a conventional paperback novel (I originally thought it migh...
Emma Watson wears muppet skin
...or maybe poodle skin. It's a little hard to tell. Emma "Hermione" Watson has appeared in another bizarre photoshoot, this one for the French fashion magazine Crash. The photographs were taken ...
If the Witness Lied, by Caroline B. Cooney
Caroline B. Cooney’s If the Witness Lied is a top-notch young adult thriller: suspenseful and atmospheric, with a solid line-up of appealingly flawed characters. If the Witness Lied is the story of...
A (messy) room of their own
There was a recent Apartment Therapy post about the writing sheds of various famous authors, including Mark Twain (v. swanky exterior), Roald Dahl (above--he apparently refused to have it cleaned)...
Illegal, by Paul Levine
In the first three pages of Paul Levine’s Illegal, disgraced trial lawyer Jimmy Payne bribes a judge, (literally) loses his shirt, and ends up with a gun in his face... and the pace of the book ju...
Vision in White, by Nora Roberts
As everyone who reads the Wordcandy blog knows, we have serious problems with the price of Nora Roberts’s latest book, Vision in White. What could possibly justify charging sixteen dollars f...
New clips from the upcoming 'Vampire Diaries' adaptation
I'm not sure what made me giggle more, the show's overall quality or that dude's eyebrows:But on the up side--the way, way up side--nobody appears to sparkle.
A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy, by Charlotte Greig
Charlotte Greig’s thoughtful, beautifully-written debut novel A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy hovers somewhere between the general fiction and YA shelves: the story’s heroine is very—...
Beach reads on a budget
Frugal (and environmentally conscious) Wordcandy readers might want to check out PaperbackSwap.com, an online service that allows readers to earn credits by sending their used paperbacks to fellow...
Free book-based movies GALORE
Those of you with kids (or those of you who ARE kids) might want to check out the Free Family Film Festival at various Regal Cinemas locations around the US this summer. Over nine weeks between J...
Sherlock Holmes, uncensored(?)
Ooooh, the trailer for the Sherlock Holmes movie is out: ...it looks a bit like "Iron Man In a Cravat", but that's okay, right?
Foldable-e-readers: gimmicky or cool?
I was reading an Unplggd post about the Readius e-reader, an upcoming e-reader with a newfangled roll-up display. Behold:I don't know anything about these machines (no info on price, etc.), but th...
Pride and Prejudice (Marvel Comic), by Jane Austen
Well, I just got the second issue of Marvel's Pride and Prejudice comic book, and I think it's even worse than the first one. I'm not sure where to start with my complaints, so I'll just type 'em up as they come to me...
At long last...
... the Achewood shop is back open, so if you've been panting to buy a copy of The Great Outdoor Fight of your very own, now's your chance!
Charlaine Harris stuff on the cheap
Charlaine Harris fans take note: the True Blood: Season One DVD comes out this week, and Target is running a promotion where if you buy the DVD (which they're selling for $34.99, but I have no ide...