Productivity came in fits and starts for me this week–and a couple of ambitious posts didn’t make their way out of the beginnings of a draft. I’m thinking of locking myself in my office for a few hours today to finish them. Some good reading this week, though, which makes up for it (and is partially to blame for unfinished posts). As is typical for the last week of the month, I didn’t find a lot of fodder for this list. But hopefully, you find something worth your while.
Thanks for dropping by!
that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
Why is California such a great place to write murder mysteries?: Five writers confess why the state’s an ideal backdrop for making a killing
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to a news story about a potential new Dragonlance book. Margaret Weis make it official—I’ve got to work in a re-read. Sure, I think I remember enough to dip back in, but I have children older than I was the last time I read the series. (H/T: W&SBOOKCLUB, my source for all things Dragonlance)
Alex Verus – The Future (After Book 12)—Benedict Jacka gives a peek at some of what’s next after the Verus series ends.
Unlucky Breaks: Famous Writers Who Suffered Slings, Arrows, And Misfortune
Why You Should Read The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss—This is a well-done video. And he’s right about the series, too.
How Do You Track Your Reading?—BookerTalk breaks down her methods and the comments are full of alternatives
Why I re-read books
Which Type of Reviewer Are You?—Apparently, I contain multitudes. In one week, I can be (and have been) all of these.
That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen—Chen’s take on Super-Heroes deals with memory, identity and friendship. Also, super-powered people do super-powered things. I had a few things to say about it recently.
Latent Damage by Ian Robinson—A pair of London detectives are on the hunt for a vigilante (which I just noticed is a paraphrase of the tag line on the cover, oops). Ian Robinson will be familiar to readers of this blog as Ian Patrick. Under that pen name, Robinson has a tendency to blow me away with his prose and his take on policing. I’ll probably have many good things to say about this soon.
I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to jenniereads and Bec @ bec&books who followed the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger, and use that comment box, would you?
Me
Any updates on when the comment section will get sorted?
HCNewton
To quote my favorite bowl of petunias, “Oh no, not again.”
I haven’t noticed any problems lately. What’s going on?
Me Again
I still have to use the Name,email,website thing and there is no option to save my info, so I have to enter it every time I want to comment.
I’m going to assume then that you are not going back to the jetpack plugin enabled comment box?
HCNewton
I’d like to go back to the Jetpack, just not sure I’m up for the headache, you know?
I thought I’d clicked the option to remember people so they wouldn’t have to go through the bother of Name, etc. But that’s apparently a Jetpack-only thing. Harumph. Let’s see what my energy is like next weekend. That’s such a pain to deal with…
The Other Me
With all the messing around I did with SD McKinley on his site, I found a way to get emailed for every reply on a site I follow, which how I’ve been keeping track of what’s going on here. So even if it doesn’t work perfectly, at least I don’t have to sign every comment.
WS_BOOKCLUB
The “What type of reviewer are you ” post was so fun!
And huzzah for being a source of Dragonlance news!😁