Saturday Miscellany—10/8/22

I’m off doing non-book things today*, so assembled this early. And I know I left a few things off that I’d usually include–hopefully I catch up next week. Still, there are some good things to be read. I think.

* It happens occasionally. Maybe 3 times a year? (still bet I wander into a bookstore at some point this weekend)

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 Noted audiobook narrator, Dick Hill, died this week. I can’t imagine anyone reading both Lee Child and Dave Barry books and pulling it off, but somehow he did. He will be missed.
bullet A group of angry library patrons in Texas has gone to court over book removals
bullet Audiobooks: Every Minute Counts—A look at audiobook usage, how it’s affecting the book market, and too much for me to sum up.
bullet How to Break Out of a Reading Slump—am not sure they have new advice to offer, but this is a handy collection of tips from Netgalley’s blog.
bullet How Not To Do It: Why I’m Not Much of a Publisher—Harry Connolly talks about the woes of getting his new book, The Iron Gate, published last week. In case you thought writing a book was the tough part.
bullet “Too Many Clients” Reviewed by Anthony Boucher, November 20, 1960—I love this idea: this blogger is posting each mention of Nero Wolfe he can find in the archives of The New York Times, after a lengthy break, he’s back with this post.
bullet 10 literary classics that didn’t sell.
bullet I mentioned the An Author’s Monster Manual series last week, and the results have lived up to the promise:
bullet …Featuring Andi Ewington
bullet …Featuring J.E. Hannaford
bullet …Featuring Geoff Habiger
bullet …Featuring Rowena at Beneath a Thousand Skies
bullet ..Featuring Jonathan Nevair
bullet …Featuring Dan Fitzgerald
bullet Reading and Its Effects on Your Emotions
bullet A quick summary of the arc of American fantasy—a compressed history of the genre in the US.
bullet How to Make Book Blog Friends and Grow Your Audience—a handy-dandy guide that I’ll be returning to.

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon (and one from last week that I can’t believe I neglected!):
bullet Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty—A Great SF/Mystery Mash Up about an investigation on a sentient space station full of aliens and a handful of humans. I talked about it some this week
bullet 6 Ripley Avenue by Noelle Holten—”One House. Eight Killers. No Witnesses.” Holten’s standalone about a murder in a halfway home for ex-cons looks thrilling.

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6 Comments

  1. Thanks for the backlink to my post!! 🙂

  2. Bob Germaux

    Two quick comments, H.C. First, I hope your daughter continues to do well. Second, I read the piece about how to break out of a reading slump. Reading slump? I’m sorry, is that an actual thing, or is the author just having fun with us? This 76-year-old has never experienced anything approaching a reading slump. (I had batting slumps when I played ball during my teenage years, but that’s another story.) Back to the reading slump thing, here’s hoping none of your readers ever, ever, ever has one of those. So I’ll end with . . . keep on reading!

    • HCNewton

      Yeah, she’s doing better. Thanks.

      I haven’t had a slump in years, but I’ve experienced them. It’s rough, but this kind of advice would’ve been helpful to me at the time. Don’t have time for slumps anymore 🙂 (it helps to have authors like you hitting me up with their stuff)

  3. WS_BOOKCLUB

    Thank you for including my little series!
    I hope you enjoyed your non-book things!

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