This is the 4,010th post to this blog—the ol’ odometer rolled over on 4,000 on Monday. I wasn’t prepared for that, and probably should’ve done something to commemorate it. I’ll have to try to remember to do something big for number 5,000 in 2025(??).

This was a rough week on the reading front—3 books I’d planned on reading on Release Day* came out (ignoring that 2 of them came out the same day), but I’m so behind on Review Copies that I’d also planned on prioritizing them. And then I literally grabbed the wrong book off the pile Thursday and didn’t realize it until I was 100 pages in. I’m glad I’m not getting paid for this stuff, because I’m such a disorganized mess right now.

Super-short list this week, but there’s hopefully something you’ll enjoy reading.

* Nothing against the fourth, I just needed a little break from that series after reading the initial trilogy this summer.

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 In 2022, a New Urgency for Banned Books Week
bullet Library 101: Everything You Need to Know to Utilize Your Library—not sure any of this is news to anyone, but…who knows, you might pick up something new here
bullet Classic literature, rewritten for kids.
bullet Subtlety, Ideological Novels, and Me
bullet If you didn’t like this, try that…—This is a fun take on the tried-and-true method of recommendation (their more traditional list wasn’t bad either)
bullet How Do You Choose Your Next Read? (& 100 Reading Prompts!)—this post feels like it should forever eliminate take care of the “what do I read next question” (maybe I spent too much time going through the 100 prompts)

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet Final Heir by Faith Hunter—The final book in the Jane Yellowrock hit the stands this week (although, how much actually stays dead in Jane’s world?). I went on and on about it a couple of weeks ago.
bullet Robert B. Parker’s Fallout by Mike Lupica—Lupica’s third Jesse Stone novel shakes Paradise from a couple of directions. I had a good time with this and should have a few things to say about it next week.
bullet Hell and Back by Craig Johnson—This looks like it picks up a dangling string from the last book and gives it a good yank. Looking forward to diving in ASAP.
bullet The Night Watch by Neil Lancaster—a vigilante killer on the team investigating murders. DS Max Craigie has his work cut out for him.
bullet A Grimm Sacrifice by Jeffrey H. Haskell—Grimm has to contend with training new officers while helping an unlikely ally against a common foe in a Cold War that isn’t that chilly anymore.
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