BOOK NEWS FOR DEC 19: WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLERS & ‘AN ODD AND IRONIC FAIRY TALE’

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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLERS

The Wall Street Journal has released the 50 Top Best Sellers List:

Key: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback

1. “Going Rogue: An American Life” by Sarah Palin (HarperCollins) (NF-H)

2. “New Moon” by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

3. “Eclipse” by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-H)

4. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Doubleday) (F-H)

5. “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) (F-P)

Read more here for the rest of the list…

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WRITER KURT BUSIEK TELLS ‘AN ODD AND IRONIC FAIRY TALE’

It ain’t easy bein’ mean.

Think of that as one of the messages of The Wizard’s Tale, the graphic novel by Astro City writer Kurt Busiek and the award-winning painter of the illustated Hobbit, David T. Wenzel. 

Yet the story of the story has had a winding road of its own, jumping from Eclipse to Wildstorm, and now to IDW in a brand-new, remastered format. Newsarama sat down with Busiek to discuss the titular wizard, working with Wenzel, and the long journey to this OGN.

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How many books from the best sellers list have you read?