Saturday Miscellany—1/1/22

Happy New Year, readers!

I don’t have a lot to say this week—so let’s just get on with things, okay?

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:
What’s the Best Book of the Past 125 Years? We Asked Readers to Decide.—From the NYT. I can’t argue with the results, I guess I could, but I won’t.
The 36 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2021—Not your typical year-end post.
Humor in Books, and Other Places, Too! An Interview with L.L. Stephens—another in Lockhaven’s series on humor.
Building a fantasy world map using Adobe Illustrator—never read Jackson’s work, but this was fascinating
Speaking of maps, this is impressive: Alex Verus Map Project—a valiant Alex Verus fan has created a google map of every location in the Verus novels.
Alcoholic Drinks to Pair With Favorite Fantasy and Horror Books—I attempted a post like this a couple of years ago, this is the way to do it.
The Simple Guide to Netgalley—A Handy Guide from Tales from Absurdia.
Of the making of Year-End Posts There Is No End (well, it just seems that way—there probably will be an end in a couple of weeks). Here are a few more that I found interesting:
The Best Reviewed Crime Novels of 2021—From CrimeReads
The Fantasy Hive 2021 Year-End Awards
FanFiAddict’s Justin’s Top 10 Reads of 2021
Ben from Literature & Lofi’s Favorite Books From 2021
Yearly Roundup & Favourite Books: 2021—from Spells & Spaceships
Reader Voracious has released their 2022 Ultimate Book Blogger / Reader Spreadsheet Template—if you’re looking for a tracker, you should give it a shot
2022 “Support Book Bloggers” Challenge—this seems like a really neat idea
What Book Series Did I Finish Reading in 2021?—quite the feat.
Out of Order Reading Methods—clearly, this is the work of a monster. This is not the kind of thing that should be normalized! (just kidding, this is a fun post)

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Beth Tabler who followed the blog this week.