Saturday Miscellany—1/6/24

As great/enjoyable/fulfilling they all may be, after all the days off from work, visiting family/friends, and folderol of the last couple of weeks, I’m looking forward to getting back to routine. A routine that will provide me more opportunities to mess around online and find things for this post, too, he adds feeling this is a bit skimpy this week.

Skimpy it may be, but if you make it to the end of this without adding at least looking into one book for future reading, I’ll be surprised.

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:
In Praise of Reading: How Literature Enables Us to Inhabit New Worlds —I don’t know if I buy this, but I enjoyed musing through the piece
Five for Them, One for Me, with S.A. Cosby—a nice, quick, interview with Cosby
Another week, another batch of Best of 2023 lists. I’m telling you, these are not helping me cut down on my TBR lists:
On Before We Go Blog, we have Nathan’s Top 25 Reads of 2023
Jo Linsdell’s Best Reads of 2023
Top 10 Books I Read In 2023—Steven Writes is done with his categories and goes nice and straightforward here at the end.
My 10 best books of 2023—from Spells and Spaceships
Fan Fi Addict’s David S’ Top 5 Books I Read in 2023
Raven’s Books Of The Year 2023
Peat Long’s Top 10 Books Read in 2023
The damppebbles Top Ten(ish!) of 2023
Bookstr Predictions: Bookish Trends We Think We’ll See in 2024
Trends I Think We’ll See in Book Blogging in 2024—Pages Unbound has another take
Getting on top of my TBR pile: a modest proposal—Mike Finn sets out to exercise an amount of self-will that I’m incapable of. I wish him well.
Top Book Bloggers to Follow in 2024—a good list
Why I Don’t Keep Track of New Book Releases—makes sense to me

This Week’s New Releases that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
The Cadillac Job by Stacy Woodson—a car thief on a noble mission with deadly stakes

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