Saturday Miscellany — 3/1/14

You ever have one of those weeks, where despite your best efforts/intentions, you just can’t find the time or energy to read? (or, write about what you read?) I’ve had two of those in a row here. Hope that changes soon. 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:

• The first item this week was linked by Lee Goldberg, who tweeted it was “A monumentally stupid essay from a struggling author: If JK Rowling Cares About Writing, She Should Stop Doing It. Since then I’ve seen it a few places, never once mentioned positively. One of the better responses as An Open Letter to JK Rowling: Please Don’t Stop Writing (somehow I have a hard time believing such an open letter was necessary, even if Rowling somehow heard of the first essay).
• Doors of Stone sketching comic — Someone made a comic depicting what’s going on in the minds of all Rothfuss’ fans.
• The Endangered Art of the Movie Novelization — I loved movie novelizations as a kid, and will still pick the occasional one up. This piece makes a lot of sense.

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon. After a lean week or two, I’ve got a bunch this week:
• Hammer of Angels by G. T. Almasi — the first in this series as such a blast, I can’t wait to get my hands on this
• The Chase by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg — two of my favorites are back with their new Fox & O’Hare series, should be fun
• Honor’s Knight by Rachel Bach — And one more second in a series. As long as this is almost as good as the first, I’ll be happy
• The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison — the series gets one step closer to the end here. I’m ready for it to be over, but I also know as soon as the paperback hits the shelves, I’ll be diving in.