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:
- Trump, Oprah, Zaphod Beeblebrox: Why We Love Celebrity Overlords — I had some similar thoughts last time I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide, but not as concrete (it was pre-Trump or Oprah-speculation), but this piece puts it all better.
- An announcement about The Fairies of Sadieville — Alex Bledsoe has some sad news about his upcoming Tufa novel (although I get the reasoning)
- Why We Shouldn’t Shield Children From Darkness — a Newberry Award winner discusses how much darkness is appropriate for children’s books.
- Why Children’s Books Should Be a Little Sad — the great Kate DiCamillo responds.
- On a related topic, NPR asks: What’s The Difference Between Children’s Books In China And The U.S.?
- Dead Good asked several Crime Fiction writers What’s your all-time favourite crime novel? — I picked up a little bit of a theme . . .
- Frosting Sugar and Forgotten Stories — Seanan McGuire talks about Portal Fantasies over at Powells.com
- speaking of which, The Portalist lists: 12 Portal Fiction Books That Will Transport You
- This Week had just one New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon, but it’s a good one:
- Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire — the third volume of McGuire’s Wayward Children series is out and is fantastic. The only reason I haven’t posted about it was that I wrote so much that it didn’t make much sense and needed to get trimmed down significantly. It’s just wonderful.
Lastly, I’d like to say hi and welcome to 500words, Ethan Bayes and Haden Clark for following the blog this week.
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