The Wall Street Journal seemingly reads our blog comments (waves hello to the WSJ) they have an article on Midnight Sun. (Sorry about the weird link, it won’t let us direct link for some reason. If you copy and paste the URL into your browser, it should come up.) Found the problem, it’s something to do with newest version of my Firefox browser which for reasons unknown is throwing an attempt at javascript into everything.
According to an MTV broadcast last night, Kristen Stewart will appear on the MTV Music Video Awards on September 7. The program starts at 9:00/8:00 central (but check your local listings to be sure). Thanks to PrettyOdd14 for the heads up.
I’m sure we’ve all heard phrases like "fans devour Stephenie’s books" well it seems that one fan took that a bit literally. We’ve seen some grizzly bear cakes before, but this is the first book cake we’ve actually seen. Thanks to Christi for sharing.
As the Wall Street Journal article mentions. The Twilight Saga books as well as The Host are still topping the charts several week s after the initial release of Breaking Dawn. Here are the latest stats:
Wall Street Journal:
1. Breaking Dawn
2. Eclipse
5. Twilight
7. The Host
8. New Moon
Publishers Weekly (Note the Host is the only book eligible for their list as they don’t rank YA)
3. The Host
USA Today
1. Breaking Dawn
2. Twilight
3. New Moon
4. Eclipse
18. The Host
The New York Times (Note their list lumps all saga books together)
Fiction Listing
5. The Host
Children’s Series Listing
1. The Twilight Saga
Now overseas:
Australia (Thanks to Jenny)
1. Breaking Dawn
2. Twilight
3. New Moon
4. Eclipse
Whoa–that cake is so cool!!!
That is one Amazing cake!!!
that is soo coool
nice cake!
Aw..the article links not working!! =[
the article link does not work >.< I would love to read it sometime though!!
and that cake…. = less than three (aka <3)
hi! the Wall Street Journal link isn’t working…
Love seeing the book seller lists! It’s so cool to see that our fav books are still the tops!! Yay!!
every time i come here the links never work! Is it my computer or is the site?
I just direct pasted the link. Not really sure what the problem was.
I’ll duplicate the link here
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122040471575293473.html?mod=hpp_us_leisure
The WSJ link works if you copy and paste it straight into your address bar.
Me and my friends were going to make a cake like that for the BD midnight release party, but we didn’t because A) none of us have artistic talent, B) we’re all lazy, C) We argued on which book to do (I was like, ‘Eclipse will be easy, chess is hard!’ but Cami was like ‘No! It’s the BD release, so we have to do BD!’).
So… yeah.
Whoa, awesome cakeee!
Glad to see Aus got a mention in your charts :] thanks!! We love you Stephenie -sending love all the way from Australia-
Publisher’s Weekly ranks audio books which list Breaking Dawn and Twilight in the number 1 and 2 spots, respectively.
BREAKING DAWN IS STILL NUMBER ON ON AMAZON ALSO HMMMM I think more people are getting into the series !
YAY FOR TWILIGHT !!!!
Breaking Dawn is moving fast on ITUNES ALSO ! It just came out today.
Thanks for posting the picture of my cake and thanks to my friend Stephanie T. for making it! I’m so happy that all of you liked it! I was thrilled with it myself!!!
Cristi h. – Well done, its a beautiful cake.. Would be too good to eat!
Would love to see more :]
So much for the naysayers! Way to go SM
Hmm, I’m in the picture that WSJ has in their article.
wow. i want a cake like that. i’ll be 18 next year so tahts sound like a fun idea. i’d do twilight though.
Breaking Dawn topping the Charts…WOW!
Aw… That cake is super cool!!!!!
I’m glad all of Steph’s books are up top! That cake is AMAZING! I wonder how it tastes
I WANT THAT CAKE!!!
i should find out if i can get someone to make one like that for my birthday. i doubt that i will. oh well.
i bet it tasted good!! XD
Yummmm. that cake looks good. it must have taken a while to do all that icing. And the ribbon mus’ve been hard too.
Love the cake! I think I’m going to have to call me some Charm City Cakes and see if they can make one for me for my birthday! Or maybe I’ll make one myself, except that I just might fail at that. LOL. Thanks for all the info on the books, too! Great to see they’re still on top. Woo!
thats the craziest cake ive ever seen in my life
LOVE THE CAKE!!!! I sooo want one for my birthday!!!!! Oh and MTV + Kristen, Rob and Taylor = pure awesomenesssssssss
(I know I spelt awesomeness wrong so don’t correct me).
Ohhh Yummy! I had a humongous twilight, new moon, and eclipe, cake for my 16th birthday too. but it wasn’t as pretty….
i love the cake!!!!! yummy!!
omg LOVE the cake i sooo want one for my birthday!
I made for my daughters 14th Birthday which was the Breaking Dawn release night. It looked just like BD.
Let me know how I can submit it.
It is awesome!!!!
That cake is too pretty to eat!
I want that cake for my birthday or whatever it’s so cool!!!!!
Too bad about Midnight Sun, though… I read it and it was kind of sad for me, even though I knew about it
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/support-stephenie-meyers-midnight-sun-hiatus
This is the petition the Wall Street Journal talks about.
Sign it if you support Stephenie
Wow… Stephenie Meyer’s book AND a CAKE??? It just can’t get any better than this…
That cake was AWESOME!!!! Stephenie Meyer, you rock. All her books are in the the top 20. YAY!!! I want that cake @ my birthday party do you HEAR!! hahaha But, i waould just look at it, how can you eat something that amazing!
Hey yea, what’s up with only mentioning Kristen is gonna be at the MTV VMA’s? Aren’t Robert and Taylor supposed to be there too? They’re like, presenting an award, no? At least, I thought they were. Isn’t that what it said in a previous Twilight Tuesday? Or at least an article on MTV. Hmm.
And I too love the cake! I can’t believe someone had the talent and patience to make that!!
I had a cake JUST like that for my 16th birthday! =DD
i am sooooo getting that cake for my birthday.
maybe even put a picture of rob pattinson on it;-)
Sometimes the reality of Midnight Sun hits me again and impacts me at different times. And this is one of those times. Selfishly, I want the novel to come out as soon as possible. I hate that it’s on hold. But I also hate the betrayal of the whole situation. Stephenie has been nothing short of amazing to her fans, and I hate that this could not be reciprocated by everybody. Definitely am hyped for Kristen Stewart’s MTV appearance and that’s a cool cake, but the Midnight Sun issue is overshadowing it. I really do respect Stephenie’s decision. And she has been more than graceful about it, especially about posting her unedited draft officially, but I wish it didn’t go this way.
Oh, Stephenie Meyer. That woman. Once you start to love her books and her herself, it’s just a huge powerful emotional roller coaster from there through her books, news, and experiences. She makes you feel involved.
i just read the wsj article and now i’m really depressed. i agree with joanna – sometimes i feel really hopeful that stephenie will change her mind, but at other times i feel like i may never get to read midnight sun since i can’t read that manuscript without knowing whether it will have a proper ending or not. it’s just so confusing, and i’m deeply saddened that stephenie doesn’t feel like she can continue this book, even though she has the loving and patient support of her fans. i fully respect her decision, but i’m not sure if i wholly agree with it. technically… we are being punished for someone else’s mistake, when all we have done is be loyal to stephenie and wait for her to finish midnight sun properly. i hate to sound so negative; as i said before, i am often optimistic about midnight sun and believe wholeheartedly that it will end up being published. this is just really… emotional. oh my edward… it feels like i’ve just been broken up with.
wow!! i’m soo amazed at teh book cake!! i woudl LOVE TO DEVOUR THAT! HAHAH
Wow. That cake is so awesome.
The cake looks amazing. Anyone know what flavor it was?
it was a chocolate cake….my favorite flavor for my favorite book.
No one cares.
Books 1 & 3 are the decent ones. Her numbers represent hype, not quality. I can’t wait for a new book to come out and bump Twilight out of the list.
ka:
what do you mean her number represent hype not quality?
stephenie meyer has just had a tough few days and i honestly dont think she deserves that type of criticism.
At the end day it’s criticism. If she/he wants to criticise Stephenie then let him/her. I don’t think because she’s had a ‘tough few days’ is a good reason why somebody shouldn’t criticise her. Ton’s of writers have had a tough few days and still been criticised. It’s their opinion after all. I personally don’t think she’s a good writer. She’s a good storyteller but as a writer I think she’s average. It’s my opinion and i’m not going to sugar coat it or not say it cause Stephenie’s had a ‘few tough days’.
On another note well done to whoever made that cake. It’s very good