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:
- Book bloggers are real readers — was unaware of this controversy, or whatever you want to call it. Still I’ve enjoyed some of the response to it this week, like this one.
- How Does Reading Level Matter in Fiction? — can’t stand what my kids’ English teachers are doing to them when it comes to “reading levels.” There’s a lot of fodder for my rants (and against them) here.
- Eight Characters From Literature We Love To Hate
- Dusk City Outlaws — a Kickstarter for an interesting looking fantasy game.
- This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
- What You Break by Reed Farrel Coleman — Gus Murphy returns for another mystery/exploration of grief. Which is a bad description (still, pretty accurate), I think I did better in my original post
- All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai — Mastai’s debut time travel novel that I’m really rabid about, as you can read about here
- The Turn by Kim Harrison — the prequel to Harrison’s Hollows/Rachel Morgan series.
- Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman — do I have to say anything?
Lastly, I’d like to say hi and welcome to iosappdevelopmentcompanyinbangaloreblog for following the blog this week.
Bookstooge
Oh man, “reading levels”. I only think they serve a purpose if it pushes kids higher. And sometimes kids need to be pushed. They’re just as lazy as us adults 🙂
HCNewton
Amen. Sadly, it’s like my daughter is being punished for reading above her weight class – “since you’re at level X, you can only read these things for credit,” and they’re things neither of us would willing read, much less a high school freshman.
Bookstooge
Ugh. Hopefully this won’t kill her love of reading. I went to small private schools for my whole life, so was always encouraged to read “higher” and to do book reports on books that I chose. It really makes a difference if you’re not being forced into someone else’s mold.