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:
- Move over Harper Lee, there’s a newly discovered Dr. Seuss book coming out this July (just kidding, don’t move anywhere Harper Lee)
- Here’s a nice little interview with Janet Evanovich from the Savannah Morning News in advance of the Savannah Book Festival.
- Essential Books That Almost Never Saw The Light Of Day — an interesting list from the B&N blog. Honestly, the world would be better without a couple of these, but mostly, these are some treasures.
- Love DNA of Famous Classic Novels — meant to post this last week — fit the day better. Still, this infographic showing the variation in the use of love in novels since 1800.
- An important reminder from Michael R. Underwood about reviewing sequels.
- Beyond Harper Lee: This Season’s Hottest Literary Rediscoveries — chuckled hard a couple times at this one.
- This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
- Half the World by Joe Abercrombie — #2 in Abercrombie’s Shattered Sea series. Which reminds me, I need to get a hold of #1.
- Department 19: Zero Hour by Will Hill — been ages since I’ve read a Department 19 book, looking forward to digging in — this is a fun series about a group of Vampire Hunters mixed with a special operations force.
- Shoot This One by Javier Grillo-Marxuach — from The Middleman to LOST to Charmed to Helix, and did I mention The Middleman? by Javier Grillo-Marxuach is one of the more interesting TV writers around. This collection of essays looks very appetizing.
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