Saturday Miscellany—3/11/23

I’m still dealing with the Tiki Idol necklace I mentioned on Wednesday, but at least I’ve been able to escape into a few good books this week–hopefully, I can find the time to talk about them soon.

In the meantime, let’s take a look at this week’s Miscellany.

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 Former resident born in library returns to celebrate 94th birthday—Enjoy a moment of “Awwwwww…”
bullet Bookstores enjoy a renaissance as readers embace [sic] real books
bullet How to organize your books, according to people with thousands of them
bullet Judy Blume Forever – Official Trailer
bullet Top 11 Funniest Mistakes in Popular Books—Maybe not funny ha-ha but funny weird.
bullet The series Conversations on Hope in the Fantastical series continued this week at Witty & Sarcastic Book Club with:
bullet …Featuring JCM Berne
bullet An Interview with Joyce Reynolds-Ward
bullet An Interview with Michael Lortz
bullet An Interview with Beth Tabler
bullet Amazon vs. Piracy: Who’s winning, and why?—one author’s perspective and experience
bullet The best and worst publishing trends—N.S. Ford has a few opinions on publishing trends
bullet Everything is Fantasy—Hiu Gregg has some thoughts on the wideness of the Fantasy genre

A Book-ish Related Podcast episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
bullet The Acknowledgements “The Part About the Dragon Was (Mostly) True” by Sean Gibson – Episode 2—1. The idea behind this podcast is ingenious. 2. This particular episode is great–I laughed multiple times and enjoyed learning a bit more about the novel, too.

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet Fox Spirit by Allyson Johnson—I intended to talk about this last week, but slipped up. This is an online novel being posted twice a week, the link’ll take you to the intro post. Johnson knows her stuff when it comes to books, I can only imagine that’ll shine through in her writing.
bullet Backpacking through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire—The latest InCryptid novel finds Alice and Thomas trying to get used to life on Earth again—just when the Covenant of St. George launches an attack. This looks fun.
bullet Teen Titans: Robin by Kami Garcia, Gabriel Picolo (Art)—the new graphic novel in this series focuses on Dick Grayson and Damian.
bullet But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems That Inspired Our Favorite Films by Kristen Lopez—”Turner Classic Movies offers an endlessly fascinating look at 52 beloved screen adaptations and the great reads that inspired them.” This looks like a fun look at what makes for a good adaptation—either a faithful one or one that isn’t.
bullet Instinct edited by L. J. Hachmeister—UF stories about animal companions of some of our favorite characters (and some brand new), with profits donated to a puppy rescue. What more could you want?

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

  1. Thanks so much for the shout-out about my online serial, “Fox Spirit”! Publishing on line in short episodes (<ajmccready.wordpress.com>) is an experimental alternative to traditional publishing through an agent/publisher or to self-publishing through Amazon/Barnes&Noble. I’m excited to see my followers list grow!

    • HCNewton

      My pleasure! I’m looking forward to dipping into it soon m’self.

  2. WS_BOOKCLUB

    Thank you for including my little blog again!
    Sean Gibson is so darn funny!

    • HCNewton

      He really is–loved his stuff about Victorian lit in that episode.

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