There are a lot of good book recommendations in the posts/articles/essays below, but none are hot off the presses this week. This likely means I missed a few things, feel free to enlighten me.

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 ‘Books bring us into being’: how writing about reading became an inspiring literary genre of its own—A nice little piece on bibliomemoirs
bullet Interview with Author Wesley Chu—Beth Tabler talks to Wesley Chu about his new book and a few other things. Not that anyone asked, but I’m 150 pages or so into the new one and it’s likely ending up in my top 5 for the year…
bullet What’s Your Process?—I was pointed to this chat with various authors about their process because of the Reed Farrel Coleman segment (which was great), but the whole thing is fascinating. I love reading these kind of things.
bullet What’s In a Name? For crime fiction writers, few questions are more important.—a piece on naming characters two weeks in a row? Apparently.
bullet Five Essential Lad Lit Novels—If I’d compiled a list with that title, it’d look eerily similar to this one (I’d probably have used a different Tropper novel). Been too long since I’ve re-read these…
bullet The 50 Greatest Fictional Deaths of All Time—This list from Slate does involve several non-bookish deaths, but there’s enough literary content here that I don’t feel like it’s cheating to include it.
bullet Sometimes, Only the Most Heart-Crushing Book Will Do
bullet Why I Love To Read… Middle Grade
bullet Do you really have to pay for books?—It’s beyond tragic that this is a question that has to be answered (and that so many disagree)
bullet Why Men Avoid Fantasy Books By Women: Personal Thoughts and Theories—this is a thing I’ve never understood, but maybe I’m closer to it now Peat’s got some good things to say about it.
bullet Alternatives to Goodreads: BookSloth—another good look at a Goodreads alternative
bullet Where do you review?—wowzers…this is an impressive list. I feel tired just thinking of the labor involved.