Saturday Miscellany – 7/18/15

This is one of those weeks where I’ve been working a lot here — and frustratingly enough, you can’t see it. I’ll try to finish a few things next week. Reading so many good things lately, I want to share them with you.

In the meantime, here are the odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

    This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:

  • Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee — maybe you’ve heard of it
  • Armada by Ernest Cline — Loved it — you should buy it (and read my take on it)
  • Scents and Sensibility by Spencer Quinn — Just finished this — so, so good. Chet and Bernie are at their best here.
  • Hostile Takeover by Shane Kuhn — I frankly didn’t see the need for a sequel to The Intern’s Handbook, but man I’m looking forward to it.
  • Last First Snow by Max Gladstone — The looks just as good and unconventional as the rest of this sequence.
  • Cold Iron by Stina Leicht — wasn’t that interested (not disinterested, mind you) until I read her Big Idea over at Whatever, and now it’s on my short list.
  • Alive by Scott Sigler — Book One of the Generations Trilogy. Looks interesting, I know at least one of my kids is going to be wanting this
  • Once Upon a Crime: by P. J. Brackston — Gretel (of Hans and…) is a P.I. Huh.
  • Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor — this First Contact tale looks a little…different.

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and welcome to Michelle Kim for following the blog this week, and to The Reader Who Lives a Thousand Lives for following the ugly BookLikes version.

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