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:
- One of the best first novels in a UF series I’ve ever read, Rivers of London is the 2015 pick for Cityread London (published here as Midnight Riot. Ben Aaronovitch, the writer, responds ever so humbly.
- Get More Out of the Books You Read With an Idea Index — this handy tip from Lifehacker would work best for nonfiction, but looks clever enough I’m going to give it a try with a novel or three.
- Also, via Lifehacker, What is Literature for? is very nice. If you don’t want to spend 4 minutes on it (c’mon, it’s just 4 minutes!), you can just read the summary there.
- Here’s Patrick Rothfuss rambling, fretting, and writing about what went through his mind the day his new book came out.
- George R.R. Martin, Amy Poehler and Seth Play Game of Thrones Trivia — Martin was on Late Night with Seth Meyers not promoting the next installment of The Song of Ice and Fire (nor writing it). He has a fun laugh, though.
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- This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
- The Peripheral by William Gibson — if you need more than the author’s name to get you interested in this one, here’s Cory Doctorow’s review
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss was a little slice of wonderful. Review forthcoming, but in short: beautiful, strange, strangely beautiful.
- Drawn Blades by Kelly McCullough — the only reason I’m not more excited about the latest in the Fallen Blade series is because it reminds me that I didn’t read the previous one yet. Gah!
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