I’ve got a hort list this week—it must be near the end of the month.

I’ve had three nights this week where I’ve shrugged off my plans (including writing) and just read—it hurt the blogging, but it was good for the reader. Hopefully, I get back on track next week.

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 Game of Thrones effect fires up reissues of ‘lost’ fantasy fiction classics: With big-budget TV series about to hit streaming services, publishers hope a string of cult novels will find a new audience
bullet The Organization of Your Bookshelves Tells Its Own Story
bullet How to read the longest classic books—Strategies/tips for tackling those big, intimidating classics
bullet Almost Two Centuries of Impossible Crimes: Locked Rooms in Detective Fiction—Another good piece from CrimeReads on Locked-Room Mysteries
bullet Finally, we have a Confess, Fletch Trailer—I’m mildly apprehensive, but I’m in.
bullet The 50 Best Fictional Dragons, Ranked: Thousands of Years of Dragon Lore, from the Rig Veda to Beowulf to the Hobbit—As with every list like this, there are omissions, odd inclusions, and dubious ranking. Still a good list.

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet Hell of a Mess by Nick Kolakowski—The fourth Love & Bullets installment—and this time, it’s full novel. This heist-in-a-hurricane is a wild ride, and nothing but fun. As I said (less succinctly) recently.
bullet Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs—Wulfe is missing, and for some reason, Mercy has to find him rather than celebrate his disappearance.
bullet The Marauders, the Daughter, and the Dragon by K.R.R. Lockhaven—A sweet and humorous Fantasy about Pirates (who aren’t really Pirates), a Father and Daughter relationship on the rocks, a dragon, and what happens when you throw all of them in the way of a power-hungry politician. (I should have a link to a full post from me on it, but I haven’t finished it yet)

Lastly, I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to Zsolt Zsemba, who followed the blog this week. I hope you enjoy the content and keep coming back.