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Join the Post-Birthday World Online Book Group Discussion

Over at the great book blog, Everyday I Write the Book! Sign up (at that site) now and you'll receive an advance copy of the paperback edition (on sale 2/26) that you can read in preparation for the book club discussion on the blog on Thursday, March 6th. I know some of you are already receiving advance copies from the promotion we ran in December so I hope you consider participating! Author Lionel Shriver will even answer a select number of questions from readers. You can browse inside a few pages of the book here, read my first post about the book here, and get all the info you need about the discussion at EDIWTB here.

I Saw Stardust Tonight and Loved It!

I finally got to see Stardust tonight with my family and I just loved it. It was old-fashioned storytelling with wonderfully inventive touches. And there were so many great performances, from Michelle Pfeifer's evil witch, to Robert DeNiro's prancing pirate, and the two leads, Claire Danes and Charlie Cox were perfectly dreamy.

We went to see it at Chunky's which is one of these new theaters that is a combination movie theater and restaurant. You can order an entire meal (not to mention wine) and you watch the movie from the comfort of a huge chair that you can recline to your liking and move around for the best possible view. Waiters (who are fairly unobtrusive) come and check on you throughout the film to see if there's anything else you'd like (or you can buzz them). The entire experience is pretty fantastic. If there isn't one near where you live, I suggest you start lobbying for one.

Oh, and the preview before the film was for another Neil Gaiman project, Beowulf, due out in November and it looks like it's going to be great as well.

A Great Site with an Even Greater Name -- Candy Covered Books

Today I found a cool site that reviews chick lit and women's fiction, with a fab name that's making me yearn for something sweet -- Candy Covered Books. And, they just happen to be linking to my review of Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, so thanks for that. They gather reviews of books from all over and give them a "candy covered rating,"  "so you don't waste valuable time reading anything less than fabulous." I've added them to the book blog list, should be a great resource for picking books for your groups.