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We know publishing and book marketing follow a formula that involves mashing up previously successful books. We know self-help involves bullet points, and that Ladies Love Makeovers. We know paranormal and memoir (novel/memoir even!) remain sought-after genres. The people behind this book know all of these things too, and faced with a buffet of options, chose all of the above. More »
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When people ask me how I met my fiance, I always have a moment when I consider lying. More »
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In this excerpt from Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein wonders what effect growing up among Disney Princesses, American Girl Place, and Miley Cyrus has on older girls' sexuality. She's answering your questions (on any book-related topic) in the comments. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5745878&view=rss&microfeed=true At 1pm EST, Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, will be hanging out in the comments answering your questions alongside an excerpt from the book. Read previous coverage here. More »
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Anyone who loved the Little House series is in for a treat, because in a new book, writer Wendy McClure really put her money where her sunbonnet is. More »
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Over a year ago, author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez optioned the TV rights to her bestselling novel, The Dirty Girls Social Club. Christmas eve, Valdes-Rodriguez called the TV project racist on her blog. For Christmas she got a cease and desist letter. More »
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Did you miss her? She'll be back in August 2011 with a book that will go "behind the scenes of her race for the Senate and embody O'Donnell's identification with America's frustrations and concerns with the current political climate." More »
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Mine, Citrus County by John Brandon, did not make the cut :( But the annual release of the year's "100 Notable Books" list remains a beloved Thanksgivingtime tradition. Which have you loved, and which should be avoided? [New York Times] More »
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Angelina Jolie is a movie star, humanitarian, mother of six and special ladyfriend of Brad Pitt. Can she be summed up in a comic book? The folks at Bluewater Productions think so. More »
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Hey, remember when people were concerned about the summary way abortion was treated in Juno and Knocked Up? Sarah Palin loved that shit. Especially because it wasn't all "European." God bless America. More »
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"Women are willing to buy books by male writers, but men seem much more reluctant to buy books by women," notes a (male) Atlantic writer. His solution: To read one female writer's novel for every one by a man. More »
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With The Book Depository's new Watch People Shop feature, you can indeed watch people virtually book-shop in real time all over the world. Surprisingly addictive! But so much for buying those romance novels from the privacy of your own home... More »
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Andrew Morton's unauthorized biography of Angelina Jolie hit stores in the U.S. this week, and it's obvious that the book attempts to paint the actress and humanitarian as a vain control freak-cum-psychotic homewrecking succubus who feeds on married men. More »
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The discussion has started on Shelf Discovery's Facebook page. Brush up on Tiger Eyes with one of the columns that inspired the book of the Facebook page, then comment here about the movie based on Judy's tweet. Multiplatform! Synergy! More »
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You asked, we answered! If you're getting a sugar crash from trashy-reading but still want to spend the remaining summer months with a completely absorbing book, you're in luck: We've assembled 10 of our all-time favorite respectable page-turners! More »
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Sadie's trashy reads series and revisiting of the rapey romance novel inspired me to reread a rape-laden book that scandalized me in my adolescence. This one was called The Conqueror, and it had Fabio on the cover. More »
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Allison Janney — aka CJ from West Wing — joins Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Bryce Dallas Howard in the film adaptation of The Help, a story about black maids raising white children in 1960s Mississippi. More »
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How, you asked, could we neglect solid-gold trashiness like Harold Robbins! And Jilly Cooper! And Anne Rice! Don't worry, kids, we're not done: herewith, more titles, suggested by you, that make an argument for the anonymous benefits of a kindle... More »
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Kids! For some reason, sitting on a towel on some sand near water has always been viewed as a valid excuse to abandon all literary aspiration and read lurid, purple prose. And we'll take it! Some all-time favorites: More »
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Well, that was quick. Sarah Brown, wife of former British PM Gordon, has announced that she's penning "a behind-the-scenes memoir about life at 10 Downing St." It's tentatively titled Behind the Black Door, and due out in March. [Yahoo] More »
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The first of five books will be a prequel novel, where we can learn more about the characters who have warbled their way into our hearts. Still waiting for the Kurt and Mercedes spin-off show! [Mirror] More »
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For writer Marisa Silver, advice to the lovelorn and to aspiring writers is really the same thing, since both are bound for heartache. Best words of wisdom? "Don't panic." [TheElegantVariation via NYT] More »
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One of the books we're most excited about is Jezebel fave Marisa Meltzer's Girl Power, an exploration of the 90s Riot Grrrl revolution. Join us as Marisa talks Grrrls, the world's coolest mom, and "selling out." More »
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When I saw Danielle Steel's Big Girl, with its illustration of a woman lifting a spoonful of something fattening to her lips, I gave an inward sigh at the prospect of yet another patronizing fat-protagonist-makes-good tale. Upon reading, I was...surprised. More »
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"Why not make a heavier woman the star of the show? I don't have Victoria lose weight by the end of [Big Girl], but she gets a great guy...I thought that was important and more real." - Danielle Steele [USAT] More »
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Much like the Baby-Sitter's Club revamp, Sweet Valley High will return to bookstores, though the Wakefields will now be twenty-somethings. Meanwhile, reminisce about those iconic painted SVH covers here. [EW, New Yorker] More »
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"[Tillie] Olsen's tales show the shortchanged lives of gifted women from the working poor: unable to at once make a living, make art, and meet the needs of their families." [CSM, Image via TillieOlsen.net] More »
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InsideMovies' list of the year's best literary adaptations confirmed something we always suspected: it was a bad year for movies, and books. [via MediaBistro] More »
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Let's cut the crap and talk exclusively about Elvis' sex life: More »
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For a long time now I have been too emotional to really write about THE BEST SERIES OF ALL TIME: More »
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HarperTeen is releasing an edition of Wuthering Heights with a Twilight-eqsue cover which brags it's "Bella & Edward's Favorite Book." 4TNZ imagines what other classic novels would look like "Twilightized!" Example: The Scarlet Letter: "Same color as blood!" [4TNZ, HarperTeen] More »
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Finally! Because there just hasn't been enough coverage of what the First Lady is wearing. Oh, and guess what? The book hits stores right before Mother's Day. [The Life Files, Amazon] More »
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These books, published in 1880, recount the extractions of foreign objects from the body. One chapter deals with the vagina. Among the items found: Spools, bottles, beer-glass, threaded needle, goblet, tin cup, live leech. [BoingBoing] More »
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"His enemies would stop at nothing to block Lex St. Johns' nomination for the U.S. Senate - and Pam, who loved him, would stop at nothing to protect him." Welcome to a simpler time in American politics, and this week's career romance for young moderns, Teresa Holloway's A Campaign For Pam, from 1970. Handsome young politicians, earnest environmentalists, polyester knit dresses, feisty career gals, intrigue - and, of course, romance - after the jump! More »
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About a month ago, we posted about Graham Rawle's novel, Woman's World, which he wrote (then rewrote) by clipping words and phrases out of publications from the 1960s. Today, Nerve has an interview with Rawle, in which he details the writing process: "I might have had a sentence like, 'She stormed out of the room,' which then became, 'Red rage rose within her like the mercury in a toffee thermometer until she reached the boiling point of fudge.'... It forced me to be more inventive in the way I constructed sentences." And although the book it's a collage made with scissors and glue, the novel is still a cohesive story. "With the editing process, we had to be as ruthless as you would be with a straight novel. My editor would say, "We should cut chapter thirteen," and I'd have to go, "Okay. Well, that took eight months to make, but that's fine." [Nerve] More »
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When the New York Times moved out of its old building a few months back, the newspaper's library got rid of some older books that didn't make the cut for the new library. One orphaned book made itss way into the hands of Times book blogger Dwight Garner: Group Sex: A Scientist's Eyewitness Report on the American Way of Swinging, by Gilbert D. Bartell, Ph.D. Published in 1971 — at the height of wife-swapping's suburban allure — Garner believes he may have something priceless on his hands. Judging by the passages he's posted, he's probably right! [Paper Cuts] More »
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