A little skimpier than usual — just one of those weeks, I guess. 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:

  • Robert B. Parker’s The Devil Wins by Reed Farrel Coleman I just finished this last night. Almost as good as last year’s Blind Spot. Coleman does some really good stuff here — I probably spent more time guessing here than I usually do with a Stone novel. Love what Coleman does with Molly and Suit…I need to shut up before this becomes my blog entry on the book. It’s good, people
  • Witches of Lychford by Paul Cornell — I blogged about this a couple of days ago. It’s short, but does the work of a novel twice its size.
  • Make Me by Lee Child — If the links above, didn’t give it away, there’s a new Reacher novel. A case of mistaken identity leads to a cross-country investigation, and, I bet, a lot of violence.
  • All In by Joel Goldman and Lisa Klink — Looks like there’s sort of a Leverage-y, Fox & O’Hare feel to this. Looks fun.
  • A Guide To Being A Dog, by Seamus Wheaton by Wil Wheaton — Yeah, it’s a little spendy, but the tweets that form the basis of it are a hoot, and it’s for a good cause…