Saturday Miscellany – 5/9/15

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 Magicians’ Is The Grown-Up ‘Harry Potter’ You’ve Always Wanted — Whoo-hoo! Brakebills is coming to TV!
• 3 Reasons Why Booknerds Love the Smell of Books — yeah, seems right.
• 20 Books That Made You Fall in Love with Reading — Goodreads compiled a list of first favorite books
• Should You Read Middle Grade Books? A Flowchart — Karina Glaser put together a handy little flowchart for BookRiot
• Just in time for Mother’s Day: 7 Literary Moms Everybody Can Learn From

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• Unseemly Science by Rod Duncan — didn’t realize the sequel to strong>The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter was this close to being released when I read it recently. This should be really good.
• The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry — an MG book by Barry about a field trip gone bad? Should be a fun way to kill an hour or so.
• Revision by Andrea Phillips — this looks to be a trippy read.
• Corsair by James L. Cambias — Computer hackers and space pirates, sounds like a winning combo
• Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond — Lois Lane in high school (and, thankfully, not the version from Smallville).
• Burning Down George Orwell’s House by Andrew Ervin — the tagline, “A darkly comic debut novel about advertising, truth, single malt, Scottish hospitality—or lack thereof—and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four” is enough to get me looking for it.

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and welcome to legalreader for following the blog this week — and the tip — check out her blog, there’s some good stuff there. Thanks also to andrewknighton for the interaction.