Can’t think of an intro at the moment, so, no ado today, just the 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:
- Boise bookstore Rediscovered Books reconnects you to the community—this is a nice feature on my Bookstore of Choice
- Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn’t Matter—this won’t stop the “Is listenening to an Audiobook really reading” debate, but it might add a little variety to it.
- Reader, I Googled It: Amid fears about the death of books, finding new ways to bring them to life.
- The Children’s Book Map That Led Me Out of Depression—The power of The Phantom Tollbooth
- Rex Stout: A Crime Reader’s Guide to the Classics: Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, and a Crime Fiction Legend—a great post about one of Crime Fiction’s GOATs.
- Lorraine Mace interviews Russell Day—a nice interview with IR favorite Russell Day.
- Lisa Lutz on Creating Iconic Female Protagonists—My time management (or lack thereof) has prevented me from blogging about The Swallows, so here’s a placeholder until then.
- Loss and Norms in Seanen McGuire’s “One Salt Sea”—I would’ve appreciated this post anytime, but I listened to this audiobook a month or two back and the material talked about here is still ringing in my ears so the post really spoke to me.
- A pair of posts about getting into SF/F: I Know Science Fiction and Fantasy Can be Daunting and Gateway Sci Fi Books
- Are Tropes Truly As Terrible As We Think?—I’ve never understood the anti-trope sentiment I’ve seen so much of in the last couple of years. I’ve always seen the benefit of them, and appreciated how various authors use them (that’s why they exist). This is a good exploration.
- Discussion: Humongous Books and Do You Read Them?
- Another nice bit of timeline synchronicity: Kitty Marie asks: When To DNF A Book? and The Next Best Book Blogger talks about a memorable DNF (I couldn’t have done it at that point, I think I admire Lori for this…or I’m convinced she’s insane. Maybe both)
- Book Blogger Starter Kit—this should elicit a snicker or wry smile
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