Posts tagged with non-wordcandy-books

Sep 27 2011

Unwatchable

THR informs me that NBC has picked up a script based on Jacqueline Susann's soaptastic 1966 melodrama Valley of the Dolls*. The project will be written, directed, and produced by Oscar-nominated ...

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Oct 10 2008

After all, what other pressing issues could they have to worry about?

Don't worry, dear readers, that absolutely vital bill to declare Herman Melville's Moby-Dick as the official "epic novel" of Massachusetts has passed their state House of Representatives.Thank goo...

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Aug 25 2008

Nothing but good times ahead...?

According to this article in the Daily Mail, broadcasters will be showing a brand-spanking-new adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles (you know, the book about the hard-working, pi...

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Nov 14 2007

The real question is: will they be buried in Westminster Abbey?

The guest bloggers for FSB’s Love of Reading Online Bookfair were given a list of suggested topics, and I picked this one:"What current authors do you believe will come to be added to the canon of...

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Aug 22 2007

Props from the Seattle PI...

Dude, we're famous!Wordcandy had another exciting first--we had our first press mention in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's "What's Online" section. Hopefully many more will come!

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