Back for my almost-the-end of the week check-in. Man, I can’t wait until I can spend time on this blog without feeling guilty for not working on the move. There’ve been some very positive things happening on that front this week. It’s still going to be a few weeks before I can get back to normal, but I see light at the end of the tunnel.

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 How the Debut Authors of 2020 Are Coping
bullet 10 of the best… last lines in fiction—great first lines get all the attention, but last lines stick with you a bit longer. Here are some of the best.
bullet 25 Writers On The Books That Inspired Them To Write
bullet Neil Gaiman: ‘Narnia made me want to write, to do that magic trick’—hard to go wrong with a Gaiman Q&A
bullet Top 10 Apps for Writers and Bloggers
bullet 7 Audiobooks for People Who Struggle with Audiobooks…—some good ideas here.
bullet Why I Rarely DNF Books—#3 & #4 are big ones to me
bullet Do you reread?
bullet Should Novels Carry Trigger Warnings?—Good question, good discussion, too.
bullet I Failed My Blogging Goals—yup.

A Book-ish Related Podcast Episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
bullet David Tennant Does A Podcast With…Neil Gaiman

This Week's New Releases That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet Fools Gold by Ian Patrick—I am so excited to start this one, Sam Batford #3 brings everyone’s favorite shady Undercover detective infiltrates armed robbers and continues to dodge a superior out to get him.
bullet Dead Perfect by Noelle Holton—another book 3 I can’t wait to dive into.
bullet Kitty’s Mix-Tape by Carrie Vaughn—a great collection of short stories in the Kitty Norville-verse. I had a little to say about it back when I did that regularly.

Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome toThe Spellbound Librarian, Mina @Stacked, and ravensprouts who followed the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger, and use that comment box, would you?