Saturday Miscellany—11/14/20

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 6 Reasons to Shop Your Local, Independent Bookstore—some of these stats are chilling
bullet How Books Designed for Soldiers’ Pockets Changed Publishing Forever
bullet Bookshops are a precious shelter from the storms of life
bullet The Mermaid’s Pool – A Q&A with author David Nolan—Nolan discusses his latest novel, the role of the North West of England. Great stuff.
bullet The Evolution of Jack Reacher: Lee Child’s biographer on the creation of an iconic figure, from the first draft to the published novel.
bullet His Dark Materials gave Lin-Manuel Miranda ‘new perspective’ on adapting Kingkiller Chronicle—huh. Hard to adapt, hard to finish the trilogy.
bullet Why the funniest books are also the most serious—from BBC
bullet The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020Time Magazine sounds off. Haven’t heard of almost all of these. Guess I have some catching up to do.
bullet What the size of your book collection says about you—I frankly object to the 500+ description…
bullet Books Are Awesome—Ryan Howse talks about judging books for what they are, not for what they are not.
bullet Reviewing and self-doubt—The Tattooed Book Geek has some nice, encouraging words.
bullet The 7 Deadly Reading Sins…—Guilty of a few of these

This Week's New Releases That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly—Mickey Haller defends himself against murder charges. You’ve gotta read this one, as I said recently
bullet The Mermaid’s Pool by David Nolan—Nolan’s Black Moss still haunts me, I cannot wait to read this sequel.
bullet Answers in the Form of Questions by Claire McNear—McNear probably would’ve preferred the news not providing so much attention to the book’s topic, but, what are you going to do? I’ve heard nothing but good about this book and have to get it right away.

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1 Comment

  1. I read that 500+ paragraph. It just goes to show the writers real colors. He can’t imagine that someone could own and read that many books, so he casually dismisses them. Actually, he doesn’t dismiss them, he denies them. What a pathetic little man he must be where even in his imagination he can’t think of someone having read 500 books. Glad I don’t live in his world.

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