Jeff Kinney had a clear template when it came time to adapt his wildly successful "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" children's books to the big screen.

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'Diary of a Wimpy Kid': from stick figures to sweet flick (Erie Times-News)

Tempering chocolate is probably required for candy sold commercially, but most small-batch chocolate candies eaten at home or passed along as gifts don't necessarily require tempering. Charity Ferreira, author of Brittles, Barks, & Bonbons (Chronicle Books, $16.95), writes that although she works with chocolate all the time, "I almost never temper my chocolate. It's a multistep process involving ...

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Tempering chocolate (The Toledo Blade)

With the opening of Olde Towne Books, a page has been turned forward in the revitalization of a section of Brainerd Road, officials report.

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Used book store aids in Brainerd revitalization (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

There is a remarkable event going on in the world of journalism. In the Jan. 14 issue of the New York Review of Books, the scholar and political essayist Tony Judt announced that he was dying.

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There is a remarkable event going on in the world of journalism. In the Jan. 14... (San Francisco Chronicle)

CHATHAM — Tens of thousands of donated books are being sorted into more than 30 categories from Autobiographies to Zen for the Library of the Chathams annual Book Sale. The sale starts on Saturday, March 13, where, for the first...

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Library of the Chathams' annual Book Sale begins March 13 (Independent Press)

Grand Blanc used book store offers readers reduced book prices and book clubs.

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R & B Used Books in Grand Blanc has stories to tell (The Flint Journal)

Get your a.m. dose of celebrity news and gossip from The Plain Dealer's Melodie Smith.

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Angelina Jolie, author Patricia Cornwell ready Scarpetta film; rare 'Star Wars' images; and more: The Morning After (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Suffering from erectile dysfunction or benign prostatic hyperplasia? Go out and buy a book.

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Sex, death ... and Reading (Forbes)

The skill with which Ron Rash’s tales are constructed is apparent in “Burning Bright,” a new book of stories.

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Rural Pride and Poverty and a Hen’s Empty Nest (New York Times)

Growing to eating Some books will teach you how to grow a vegetable garden. Some will tell you how to cook the fruit of the harvest. But it’s a rare book that guides you through the entire process, from seed packet to serving dish

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On the home front: Growing to eating (Richmond Times-Dispatch)