Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye (a strangely short list compared to the last few weeks). You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
- E-Books Are Damaging Your Health: Why We Should All Start Reading Paper Books Again — over at Medical Daily, Lecia Bushak goes on a rant about the health benefits of dead-tree books over e-books. Maybe it’s just me, but this seems to needs to be read with a salt lick nearby.
- Is there an ideal age to write a masterpiece? — Blinkbox Books put together an infographic showing when authors wrote their most famous works
- Kitty Saves the World & an announcement — Carrie Vaughn announces that she’s wrapping things up in the next book. I figured this was coming, but I thought it’d take a few more books. Wanted a few more books first. It’s time, but going to be sad to see this one go.
- Ernest Cline writing 2nd Ready Player One novel — words fail me. I don’t know if I’ve ever been as tempted to use that “Shut up and take my money!” line.
- This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
- Near Enemy by Adam Sternbergh — a worthy, and entertaining, successor to last year’s Shovel Ready
- The Way Into Magic by Harry Connolly — Book 2 in Connolly’s Epic Fantasy series, hearing nothing but good about this series. Need to get to it, soon. It’s on my Kindle, but I’m no longer sure I should use it after reading that Bushak piece 😉
Lastly, I’d like to say hi and welcome to whatshesreadingnow, Crossroads Reviews, and Curlydaz for following the blog this week. Thanks especially to whatshesreadingnow for the very kind description of this blog that she gave to her readers.
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Thanks for the shoutout!