Got a small hodgepodge of things this week—obviously (and correctly), most people are writing about more important and pressing things.

Odds n ends about books and reading that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
bullet Rediscovering One of the Wittiest Books Ever Written—Like 97.8% of humans currently on the planet, I have never heard of this book (The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis) before, but after reading this, I will be reading it soon(ish).
bullet My book is being reviewed by a dog. Who am I to argue with the star rating?
bullet SciFi Tech Is Here—And Criminals Can (and Will) Use It: Autonomous vehicles and augmented reality are ripe for illegal exploitation.—I’ve seen this already in fiction, but Murray’s right, we’re going to see more of it—in fiction and reality.
bullet Discussion: How to Choose Your Next Read—This is not a problem I’ve had often lately, but it’s a good collection of ideas.
bullet A pair of posts on the same theme: Are Book Blogger Reviews Honest?—focuses on non-book bloggers reading us while Can You Trust Book Bloggers?—focuses on book bloggers writing for bloggers
bullet How I Read More—good ideas. I’d struggle with #3, but it makes sense.
bullet Fantastic Fathers in Fiction—I’d have a really hard time compiling a list like this. Which is pretty sad. I don’t think I’d have a problem with coming up with a list of mothers, but fathers?
bullet 24 Tweets About Classic Literature That Will Make You Laugh: These jokes are a breath of fresh Eyre.

This Week's New Releases That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows—The Janes series jumps the Atlantic to bring us Calamity Jane and Werewolves. Promises to be silly fun.
bullet Broken Genius by Drew Murray—Hacker turned FBI agent investigates a murder that leads to something more.

Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome toFreda Mans, ellisnelson, Lola, Mary Grace Dañas and DL Orton for following the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger, and use that comment box, would you?