Saturday Miscellany—4/10/21

Spring is on the verge of springing here and the birds are chirping like crazy and one of the canines in residence really wants to go out and play with them (sadly, they have no desire to play with her). Hope the pollen isn’t getting to you all too much.

Short list this week—I’ve clearly been busy this week (not that you can prove it from my posting)—but there are some gems.

that caught my eye this week. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:
The Joy and Privilege of Growing Up in an Indie Bookstore
I Work in a Bookstore. Why Am I Still Shelving “Mein Kampf”?—I don’t think Abdalla convinced me here, but I almost wish she did.
The Best Spy Novels Written by Spies, According to a Spy—I’m tempted to take the next two weeks off from everything and read this list.
Why Murder Mysteries Are a Lot Like Science, According to a Neuroscientist and Novelist—I didn’t set out to post two pieces by Erik Hoel (someone is clearly trying to promote his new book), but I liked them both—and this isn’t anything like his growing up in a bookstore, so it’s not redundant.
The Myth of Accurate Representation – Neurodivergence in Fiction—this is good.
Dragonlance Week: A Celebration—This week, Witty and Sarcastic Book Club took a break from working in Dragonlance references to 63.2% of their posts and devoted an entire week to focusing on the series. It kicked off with that piece, but you can find them all here. This series is second only to Lloyd Alexander in making me a fantasy reader, nice to read all these pieces and remember why.

That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt—The second book in the Andy Carpenter spin-off series is another solid read. I talked about it a bit recently.

I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to deardailydiary81, Operation X, Siddharth menon, Hannah , and Ccoutreach who followed the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger, and use that comment box, would you?