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:
The Authors Guild, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, David Baldacci, George R.R. Martin, and 13 Other Authors File Class-Action Suit Against OpenAI
Who Needs Plot When You Have Vibes?—this approach to novel writing appeals to me, but almost every book described here would drive me nuts. Maybe I need to try one or three, though.
The Early Days of American English: How English words evolved on a foreign continent.
Anjili Babbar On The Rise of Irish Crime Fiction
An interesting rebuttal to the publisher’s statement on the reading order for The Chronic (what?) cles of Narnia
5 Reasons We Love to Read—my local bookstore compiled a list of why their staff loves to read
10 Reasons to Leave a Book Review—I’d quibble with some of these items—but on the whole, a helpful post. Particularly for non-book bloggers.
Authors and Reviews—may the tribe of Douglas Lumsden increase
Arthurian inspired fiction: Where to start reading—So much temptation in so few words. A good companion list to the one Celeste posted a few months back, between the two of these, your Arthur-itch is sure to be scratched.
The Wish Givers Cover Creation: The Process in Pictures—A deep dive into the process of making this cover
Ranking books based on their first lines.—by Geaux Read Books, “Nothing heavy, just a fun video ranking books based on the first line of that book”
Are You a Stubborn Reader? Know Your Reading Tastes
This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
Slipped up and mentioned this last week, but I’m still excited for: The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman—The Thursday Murder Club is back in action—who cares what it’s about?
The Art of Destiny by Wesley Chu—the sequel to The Art of Prophecy is one of my most anticipated reads of the year, and I honestly have no idea when I’ll be able to get to it. Possibly January (at least 2024 will get off to a strong start).
Starter Villain by John Scalzi—”Charlie’s life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.” Oh, that sounds fun. Particularly when you add in “unionized dolphins [and] hyper-intelligent talking spy cats.”
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