Book buzz: 'Real Housewife' book deal, Twitter Fiction Festival

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Carole Radziwill arrives to Us Weekly's 25 Most Stylish New Yorkers Event. She's writing a book targeted to widows.

Here's a look at what's buzzing in the book world today:

Reading Dickens: What classic books are gathering dust on your shelf? Brad Leithauser reflects on his most recent literary undertaking, reading Dickens' complete body of fiction, on The New Yorker blog.

James Franco: Take a first look at photos from James Franco's film adaptation of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.

'Real Housewife' deal:Carole Radziwill, a journalist on season 5 of The Real Housewives of New York City who was married to the late ABC News producer Anthony Radziwill, is writing a book, The Widow's Guide to Sex & Dating.

Twitter fiction: Telling a story is difficult in 140 words, but what about 140 characters? Twitter will host a Twitter Fiction Festival next month inviting "authors and creative storytellers around the world to push the bounds of what's possible."

Enhanced 'Inheritance': On Oct. 23, an enhanced e-book of Inheritance by Christopher Paolini will be released including 17 videos of author commentary throughout. The book landed at No. 1 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list in November 2011.

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