Monday, January 30, 2012
Housekeeping
As you may have noticed, the Wordcandy main site is currently down. (Well, it's mostly down. You can click over if you want a sneak peek at the new colors and logo, but there's no actual data there.) This would be because we are finally working on our transfer over to the new site, and transferring seven years' worth of literature-related ranting takes time. Here's hoping we'll have everything up and running by the end of the week! Labels: Wordcandy main site
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Mister Rogers he isn't.
 The Colbert Report recently aired an enjoyably salty two- part interview with famous children's author Maurice Sendak. Mr. Sendak provides quite the soundbite; I bet Stephen Colbert is sorry he's unlikely to become a reoccurring commentator for the show. Labels: Interviews, Maurice Sendak
Monday, January 23, 2012
Growth market
 The Pew Internet and American Life Project just released a "mini-report" on the recent upswing in e-reader purchase and usage. According to the report, the number of Americans owning tablets and e-readers nearly doubled over the past month: from mid-December 2011 to early January 2012, the number of Americans owning a tablet computer and the number of people who identify themselves as e-book readers jumped from 10% to 19%. Clearly, all those dead-cheap e-reader promotions over the holidays worked. Labels: ebooks
And we hope they were delicious
 According to the Horn Book Blog, the 2012 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction has been given to Jack Gantos's book Dead End in Norvelt. When informed of this honor, the stunned Mr. Gantos apparently announced he was planning to celebrate by "eating a bunch of snacks". We approve. Labels: Awards
Friday, January 20, 2012
Ooh, fancy...
 The people who created the literature-inspired nail-polish art featured in this slideshow on Flavorwire clearly enjoy both A) more free time, and B) better fine-motor skills than 99% of the rest of people on the planet. Labels: Beauty, Fashion
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Propitious
 At long last, there is news on the film adaptation of Jeff Smith's Bone. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project has found a writer (Patrick Sean Smith, creator of the ABC Family show Greek), and director (P.J. Hogan, director of My Best Friend's Wedding and the 2003 version of Peter Pan). I still think there's a solid chance this project will never actually materialize—Warner Bros. has held the rights since 2008 without much movement—but these are definite signs of life. Labels: Bone, Jeff Smith, Movie Adaptations
EW!
 We posted the announcement for the upcoming Hunger Games nail polish line a few weeks ago, but Buzzfeed has just posted a look at the actual colors... and they include a tone called "Foie Gras". Was there a shout-out to goose liver pâté in the books that I've forgotten, or are they just upping the grossness factor for fun? Labels: Beauty, Fashion, Suzanne Collins
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Maybe a TV show...
 According to the website GossipCop, Lionsgate Films would really like to find a way to continue the Twilight movie series after the final* installment is released this fall. *Here's hoping, anyway. Labels: Money, Movie Adaptations, Stephenie Meyer
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