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:
- Goodreads Choice Awards’ voting is underway, already. Any nominees you really like? (I’m writing in Tiffany McDaniel’s The Summer that Melted Everything for Best Fiction and Best Goodreads Debut)
- The Bronx Loses Its Only Bookstore
- Faith Hunter: 5 ways writing abused … er, changed my life
- Thomas Morris tweets some good (and amusing) advice for those feeling intimidated by great authors
- My Top Five Onscreen Bookworms — good list from BookRiot
- This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
- Curse on the Land by Faith Hunter — Great second book in the series. If you missed me blathering on about it, or the book tour stop from a couple of weeks ago, you should check them out.
- The Lost Child of Lychford by Paul Cornell — possibly the most disturbing thing I’ve read this year (with the exception of US election coverage), a more developed post is coming.
- Shadowed Souls by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L. Hughes — looks like a great collection of UF short stories — includes a new Dresden Files story — and a Simon Canderous tale. w00t!
- Burke’s Last Witness by CJ Dunford — Fahrenheit Press’ new release looks like an interesting take on Burke and Hare. Check out the book trailer
Lastly, I’d like to say hi and welcome to Canary (love the blog’s tag line) and William Duarte for following the blog this week.
Bookstooge
Do you get much reaction from the shoutout’s at the end? I like that you do them, as it lets me at least find potential people to follow, just wondering how it works out for you.
HCNewton
Not much — but enough to keep going. And it seems like a nice thing to do — if only because a lot of these could use/deserve followers.