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It’s December, bookworms, which means I can read all of my Christmas romance novel anthologies! And listen to Christmas music ad nauseam. As you read this week’s book news, just imagine me, humming “Jingle Bells” in the background.
- If you like books about chopping up meat, then this book is for you! Powell’s Books has an interview with Julie Powell (no relation – I think) of Julie and Julia fame. She’s promoting her new book, Cleaving, about her trials and tribulations as she sets out to become a butcher and cheats on her husband, but really, I’m sure most people are interested in the meat.
- Talk about beating a dead horse. Nearly 200 after the fact, scholars are debating the reason for Jane Austen’s death. All week, bloggers and Twitter-ers have been a-buzz with the possible causes of her demise. I love Jane Austen as much as the next person, but doesn’t it really matter how she died? It’s not like finding out is going to bring her back.
- Bloody hell! The recession across the Atlantic is affecting book stores as well. Just before Thanksgiving, Borders UK stopped taking orders on its website and is now looking for buyers for its 45 stores, even as those stores start closing down sales. This is most distressing, mostly because I had high hopes of moving to England one day. If there aren’t any bookstores, why bother?
- If it works for Harry Potter, then of course it will work for Twilight too! That’s the reasoning Summit Entertainment is working with this week. They’re leaning towards splitting the final book in Stephenie Meyer’s series, Breaking Dawn, into two films instead of one. For fans like me, it’s joyous news! Five films are always better than four! It will, however, mean shelling out big bucks to keep the principal cast members. To which I say: spend, Summit, spend!
- Since we’re (sort of) talking about Harry Potter, here’s a good time to add the link to the first official picture of the Deathly Hallows movie. Part one of the movie hits theaters next November (in 2010) and judging from the picture, it looks thrilling. A sure-fire, bona-fide blockbuster.
- Crazy kids these days. They keep clamoring for more “fight-to-the-death” games stories. So it’s a good thing publishers have announced the release date for the third and final Hunger Games book. Since both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire have been huge sellers, I have no worries for the third book’s chances. Alas, readers will have to wait until August 2010. Patience is a virtue, or so I’m told.
- Fans of Melissa Marr’s Wicked Lovely series, however, will get their fix much sooner. Marr’s website has the first trailers (seriously – trailers for books? That’s another post for another time) for the fourth book in the series, Radiant Shadows. Marr’s website also has fan-made videos of their casting wish lists for the upcoming Wicked Lovely film adaptation.
- Lastly, I know you’re all dying to know what I want for Christmas and are probably agonizing over my gift as I type and you read. In case you need some helpful suggestions, you could get me this nifty, weird-looking light/pillow. Or, when in doubt, a good fallback is always literary action figures. Please note that I’m already in possession of the Shakespeare action figure, but would gladly accept Jane Austen.
