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June 2020 in Retrospect: What I Read/Listened to/Wrote About Template

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On July 1, 2020

In Books, Calendar Items, Currently Reading, News/Misc.

In this month that ended before I realized it had begun, I somehow finished 23 works with a total of 6,881 pages (or the equivalent). I DNF’ed one book, but the rest had an average rating of 3.8. As usual, I didn’t write as much as I wanted to–which didn’t bother me until I saw how many things this month didn’t get covered. I’m sure I’ll get them done pretty soon, but, it made me wonder what I was doing.

Still, a pretty good month here. Hope you had one, too.

So, here’s what happened here in June.
Books Read

Burn Me Deadly Wait for Signs American Demon
3.5 Stars 3 Stars 4 Stars
Crossing in Time Fair Warning The Power of Habit
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 3.5 Stars
The Ghosts of Sherwood Anna Luck and Judgement
4 Stars 3.5 Stars 4 Stars
The Finders Working Stiff Out of Range
4 1/2 Stars 3.5 Stars 3 Stars
Imaginary Numbers Muzzled Why Would Anyone Go to Church?
4 1/2 Stars 4 1/2 Stars 3 Stars
Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why Captain's Fury How the Wired Weep
3 Stars 5 Stars 4 1/2 Stars
The Fangs of Freelance Looking for Rachel Wallace WONDER TWINS VOL. 1: ACTIVATE!
3 Stars 5 Stars 3 Stars
The Hope of Israel Of Mutts and Men Happy
4 Stars 4 1/2 Stars DNF

Still Reading

Tom Jones Original Cover Institutes of Christian Religion vol 1 Brief Cases
The Curator

Ratings

5 Stars 2 2 1/2 Stars 0
4 1/2 Stars 4 2 Stars 0
4 Stars 6 1 1/2 Stars 0
3.5 Stars 5 1 Star 0
3 Stars 6
Average = 3.8

TBR Pile
Mt TBR January 20

Breakdowns
“Traditionally” Published: 19
Self-/Independent Published: 4

Genre This Month Year to Date
Children’s 0 (0%) 2 (2%)
Fantasy 3 (13%) 18 (15%)
General Fiction/ Literature 1 (4%) 8 (7%)
Horror 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Humor 0 (0%) 1 (1%)
Mystery/ Suspense/ Thriller 8 (35%) 48 (39%)
Non-Fiction 4 (17%) 8 (7%)
Science Fiction 2 (9%) 11 (9%)
Steampunk 0 (0%) 2 (2%)
Theolgy/ Christian Living 2 (9%) 9 (7%)
Urban Fantasy 3 (13%) 17 (14%)
Western 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Review-ish Things Posted

Other Things I Wroteotherwriting
Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th), I also wrote:

How was your month?

20 Books of Summer 2020: June Check-In

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On June 30, 2020

In Andy Carpenter, Books, Chet and Bernie, Currently Reading, David Rosenfelt, Don Winslow, Fantasy, Fiction, General Fiction/Literature, Ian Rankin, InCryptid, John Rebus, Kevin Hearne, Luca Veste, Mystery/Detective Fiction/Crime Fiction/Thriller, News/Misc., Non-Fiction, Spencer Quinn, Urban Fantasy

20 Books of Summer
Here we are at the end of June, one-third of the way through the summer, and I’m roughly one-third of the way through the challenge. That worked out nicely. I’ve made one substitute because I had some trouble getting my hands on the one non-fiction book that was on the list. And, hey, I just read a non-fiction book, so might as well put that one in. Otherwise, I’m on track for finishing the list as originally conceived.

✔ 1. Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri
2. The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
3. Screamcatcher: Dream Chasers by Christy J. Breedlove
✔ 4. The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton
✔ 5. Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
6. One Man by Harry Connolly
7. The Curator by M. W. Craven
8. The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge
9. The Rome of Fall by Chad Alan Gibbs
✔ 10. American Demon by Kim Harrison		 11. A Blight of Blackwings by Kevin Hearne
12. Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
✔ 13. Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire
14. Curse the Day by Judith O’Reilly
✔ 15. Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn
16. Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin
✔ 17. Muzzled by David Rosenfelt
18. Bad Turn by Zoë Sharp
19. The Silence by Luca Veste
20. The Border by Don Winslow

20 Books of Summer Chart June

I Dare You! Book Tag

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On June 30, 2020

In Book Tag, Books, News/Misc.

I Dare You! Book Tag
I’ve seen this on various blogs, but can’t seem to find the creator, so I can’t credit them. I’d like to, if anyone knows who did it.

Rules:

  • Be Honest! (ummm, really? Why bother lying here?)
  • Answer all the questions (what’s the point otherwise?)
  • Tag at least 4 people (so I’ve failed, I’m going to break this rule)

1. What book has been on your shelf the longest?

That’s a very good question, I’m not 100% sure, but I think it’s an a copy of

title

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

I think I got it at a neighbor’s garage sale just before I entered 7th grade, and while my mother was hesitant to let me read such salacious material (and she should have been), she allowed it. Not only did it blow my mind, but I distinctly remember some high schoolers seeing me reading it on the school bus and being impressed. It probably saved me from some hazing.

2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you’ll read next?

Last read: Looking for Rachel Wallace by Robert P. Parker
Current read: Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn
Next read: The Curator by M. W. Craven

Looking for Rachel WallaceBlank SpaceOf Mutts and MenBlank SpaceThe Curator

3. What book did everyone like, but you hated?

Behind Her Eyes

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

As I said when I read it. I really, really liked it until the end. And then…nope. Just nope.

4. What book do you keep telling yourself you’ll read… but you probably won’t?

Maybe The Wheel of Time series, but I think I got honest about that a long time ago. Early Delillo? Oh, oh, Dennis Lehane’s Live by Night. I bought the hardcover the week it was released eight years ago, and I just don’t see it happening.

5. What book are you saving for your retirement?

The Wheel of Time series? I don’t know, I have a hard enough time planning the rest of this summer, I’ve got 20+ years until retirement, there’s no way I can think that far ahead.

6. Last page: Read it first or save it to the end?

Do I look like Harry Burns to you? The last page should be read last. That’s why it’s called that.

7. Acknowledgement: waste of paper and ink, or interesting aside?

I find them frequently interesting, if at a glance, they’re more than just a list of names, I’ll give them a read.

8. Which book character would you switch places with?

If the switch involved gaining his intelligence, then the choice is easy.

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe created by Rex Stout

He spends most of his days reading, drinking beer and eating gourmet food. What’s not to like?

9. Do you have a book that reminds you of something specific in your life (place, time, person)?

Pretty much every book on my shelves does.

10. Name a book that you acquired in an interesting way?

Er…I really can’t think of anything that fits. Like most people, I’ve had the suprise find at a Library Sale, or Used Book store, but there’s really nothing terribly interesting there. The closest I came was when I was checking out a new indie store last year, and I tried to special order a paperback of Tom Jones, but one of the clerks insisted they had a copy. Their inventory didn’t show one, but he went off and looked through books that hadn’t been entered yet and came back with this spiffy hardcover in a slipcase. No online store is going to do that.

11. Have you ever given a book away for a special reason to a special person?

One of my own books? Um…no. I’ve “given” a few away via loaning them and not getting them back, but that’s not what the question was going for.

12. Which book has been with you most places?

It’d be a tie between: God Save the Child, Mortal Stakes , Promised Land, The Judas Goat,Looking for Rachel Wallace, Early Autumn, A Savage Place, Ceremony, The Widening Gyre , Valediction, A Catskill Eagle, Taming a Sea-Horse, and Pale Kings and Princes by Robert. B. Paker (13 of the first 14 Spenser novels. The first (as I mentioned) didn’t make the move with my family in 1988. But those have been everywhere I’ve lived since, including the various dorm rooms in college (most other novels stayed at my parents).

13. Any “required reading” that you hated in high school that wasn’t so bad two years later?

I can’t remember hating anything that I didn’t keep on hating (e.g., Heart of Darkness, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Grapes of Wrath). I think I apprecaited The Great Gatsby and A Farewell to Arms more when I read them a couple of years later, but that’s as close as I get.

14. Used or brand new?

Either, but I skew new.

15. Have you ever read a Dan Brown book?

I read one of them twice–sure, it had different titles (Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code) and covers both times. More than enough for a lifetime.

16. Have you ever seen a movie you liked more than the book?

Sure, Matthew Vaughn’s Stardust is better than Gaiman’s (but if I read the latter a couple of more times, I may be swayed). I really dug Crighton’s Jurassic Park, but I might have enjoyed the movie a bit more. But the ultimate example of this is Let the Right One In (either version, though the Swedish is probably superior)–couldn’t finish the book (and I got pretty far, I think).

Let the Right One In

17. Have you ever made a book that made you hungry, cookbooks included?

A lot of what Elvis Cole and Spenser eat and/or cook does. I’d love to eat Nero Wolfe’s scrambled eggs (from The Mother Hunt. Faith Hunter’s Nell Ingram gives me cravings for stuff I shouldn’t eat as she discovers what food is like outside the cult she was raised in. Almost every cookbook I’ve eaten has made me want to eat. No fantasy novel has ever got me hungry (I like stew as much as the next guy, but not that much)–especially Martin’s “six page descriptions of every last meal”. But the best book along those lines is:

Sourdough

Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Even thinking about this book years later makes me hanker for the spicy soup and spicy sandwich. Still, that’s not what the prompt was about, technically, but as I noted when I wrote about it, I had to fight to not interrupt my reading and demand that my son bring some sourdough home from the bakery he worked at.

18. Who is the person who’s book advice you’ll always take?

Most people I know IRL are intimidated by giving me book advice (which is odd, I’m always open to suggestion) Still, Micah’s got a pretty good track record, Paul’s pretty spot on.

19. Is there a book outside of your comfort zone that you ended up loving?

Probably, but once I ended up loving (or at least enjoying it), I’d stop considering it outside of my comfort zone. The only thing that I can think of at the moment is the Romance Novel:

Finding Felix

Finding Felix by Jo Platt

Which was a heckuva fun read (and only outside of my comfort zone as it’s marketed as Romance). If a thing tells a story, it’s my comfort zone–or close enough, anyway.

As usual, I’m not tagging anyone in this—but I’d like to see what you all have to come up with.

Saturday Miscellany—6/27/20

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On June 27, 2020

In Books, News/Misc.

How is it the end of June already? Seriously…something’s just not right about that. Not much to blather about this week, so let’s just cut to the links!

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 I’ve been seeing a lot about some Goodreads alternatives lately, The Story Graph—”A site for readers to track their reading and find books that perfectly suit their mood.” It’s in beta now, I’ve seen screenshots of some of their graphs, and it looks appealing. Giving it a shot. Any of you try it?
bullet The other I’ve seen noise for is BookSloth—”Our mission is to help readers discover their perfect book with our personalized recommendations app.” I’m not so hot on the app part, as you all know, I tend to go on a bit when I talk about a book, and the two just don’t mix. Still, giving it a whirl.
bullet 12 SF must reads for grimdark fans—This is a pretty cool list, I’m not sure The Diamond Age is all that grimdark-ish, but it’s something that more people need to read.
bullet “I decided just to write stories”: Rex Stout on his Mystery Fiction—this is a very nice post about Stout moving from “literary fiction” to Mystery–where he found success. (I’ve tried his pre-mystery stuff, and wow did he make the right move). There’s a nice thread about the continued snobbery he encountered throughout his career and how he responded to it. Even for non-Stout readers, this is a good read for people fed up with
bullet Are We Only Capable of Writing Liars?: An author reflects on an attempt to write a truthful narrator.
bullet The Evolution—and the Future—of the Private Eye: Cheryl A. Head on the authors and books ushering PI fiction into the 21st century.—I’m a sucker for a good P.I. novel, and I could live off of this list for a month or two (and am tempted to)
bullet The Great Fantasy Debate: Which Game of Thrones House Would You Marry Into? with authors Jim Butcher and Tochi Onyebuchi
bullet When your job is book blogging but your community wants you to take on every single thing not book blogging—Bookish Enby takes a bold stance (largely one I share, but don’t feel the same impetus to advertise)
bullet How to write a book review in 30 minutes—if only it were that easy. I’m actually envious.
bullet If I Was…—Bookaholic Bex answers several creative “What If” questions
bullet Recommending Books Based on Spam Comments—great concept
bullet Why I read—This is a good post. I think I would share a lot of these reasons, if I examined the idea. Maybe I should (although it’s also tantamount to asking “why I breathe”)


Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome toCathy746books, Kiara McCabe, educater34 MSc, NickMay and NewDogNewTricks for following the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger, and use that comment box, would you?

WWW Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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On June 24, 2020

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

It’s the 24th day of June, which is a Wednesday, it’s time to ask those three magic questions!

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?
What are you currently reading?
I’m reading How the Wired Weep by Ian Patrick and am listening to The Fangs of Freelance by Drew Hayes, Kirby Heyborne (Narrator).

How the Wired WeepBlank SpaceThe Fangs of Freelance

What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Alexandra Petri’s Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why and Captain’s Fury by Jim Butcher, Kate Reading (Narrator) on audio (which was just so good, I’m going to have to re-read this series more often).

Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is WhyBlank SpaceCaptain's Fury

What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn (which’ll make it 3 dog-centric out of the last 5 novels I’ve read) and Briev Cases by Jim Butcher, with Narration by James Marsters, Jim Butcher, Cassandra Campbell, Julia Whelan & Oliver Wyman on audiobook, I’ve been holding off on this until now, so I can be primed and ready for Peace Talks in a couple of weeks.

Of Mutts and MenBlank SpaceBrief Cases

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)

Quarter 2: #ARMEDWITHABINGO Check In

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On June 24, 2020

In Books, News/Misc.

I forgot to do a March Check-in, so I haven’t talked about this Reading Challenge since December. I’m not doing too bad—I’ve got 2 Bingos and am not that far from others/clearing the board. My other challenges aren’t doing so well, to be honest—but I’m not terribly worried about any of them. For this Bingo Card, several boxes could have many entries, by and large, I went with the earliest book I read that would fit (for the 1 or 2 of you who wonder how this sausage is made).

Here’s my Board:
ARMEDWITHABINGO June

For the less-graphically inclined (also, those who might want to read the categories…), here’s the list with links to whatever I might have written about the book.

Saturday Miscellany—6/20/19

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On June 20, 2020

In Books, News/Misc.

This week…I’ve had zero energy for anything, it seems. Work hasn’t been particularly hard, but the days have been very full—so much so that I just haven’t had time to do any of the surfing needed for this post, little reading, and writing? Feh. It took three days to get yesterday’s 7 (brief) paragraph post finished. In the grand scheme of things, does that really matter? No. Won’t even matter in a week (but it wouldn’t surprise me if I’m saying the same in 7 days). But for the moment, it’s bugging me. Hope your week has been better.

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 Spencer Quinn on the Chet and Bernie Fandom—One of my favorites (probably starting an ARC of his latest Thursday) about his fans. If you’re not one of his fans, you should reconsider.
bullet The Making of Wild Sign’ An Alpha & Omega novel—Dan dos Santos talks through the process of making the next cover in the Briggs series. I always find this kind of thing interesting.
bullet How to write an important book!—Good things for Serious Novelists everywhere to note from the Orangutan Librarian
bullet Can Books Really be Funny? Appreciating the Humor of Terry Pratchett—While I feel pity for Black Sail’s Joe having to ask this question (and the answer he arrives at), it’s a good post. Is he alone? Am I some sort of a freak for audibly laughing/chuckling at books?
bullet Tips for Battling Reader’s Guilt—NetGalley-centric (it’s from NetGalley’s blog, so…), but the tips are applicable outside of it.
bullet What We Read – Are Older Titles Worth Exploring—On the one hand, this post from Way Too Fantasy could’ve ended after the first paragraph and have been worth sharing. On the other, the rest of it is just as good.
bullet Why blog tours are b******* and I won’t do them anymore—I’d demur from several of these points, but I wouldn’t say any of them are flat-out wrong.

This Week's New Releases That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet How the Wired Weep by Ian Patrick—a tale about a Police Informant, his handler and the Crime Ring they’re targeting by one of the best around. I should be starting this no later than Tuesday, and am wondering if I shouldn’t have rearranged things so I could be mid-way through it by now.
bullet American Demon by Kim Harrison—Harrison returns to her beloved UF series with one of its stronger installments. I recently had some pretty positive things to say about it.

Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome to San, Anketsu, benjamingohs, Umairah @ Sereadipity, writingfest and Elaine Howlin for following the blog this week. Thanks for checking this place out, don’t be a stranger, and use that comment box, would you?

WWW Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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On June 17, 2020

In Books, Currently Reading, News/Misc., WWW Wednesday

Between the Scylla of Tuesday and the Charybdis that is Thursday, we find ourselves at Wednesday, making it time for WWW Wednesday!

This meme was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived on Taking on a World of Words—and shown to me by Aurore-Anne-Chehoke at Diary-of-a-black-city-girl.

The Three Ws are:

What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?

Easy enough, right?
What are you currently reading?
I’m reading Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why by Alexandra Petri, Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire (finally!) and am listening to Out of Range by C. J. Box, David Chandler (Narrator).

Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is WhyBlank SpaceImaginary NumbersBlank SpaceOut of Range

What did you recently finish reading?
I just finished Jeffrey B. Burton’s The Finders and Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek, MD and T. J. Mitchell with Tanya Eby (Narrator) on audio.

The FindersBlank SpaceWorking Stiff

What do you think you’ll read next?
My next book should be Muzzled by David Rosenfelt and Captain’s Fury by Jim Butcher, Kate Reading (Narrator) on audiobook.

MuzzledBlank SpaceCaptain's Fury

Hit me with your Three W’s in the comments! (no, really, do it!)

Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag

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On June 17, 2020

In Book Tag, Books, Craig Johnson, Fiction, Harry Dresden, Jim Butcher, Michael R. Underwood, News/Misc., Nicholas/Nick Petrie, Seanan McGuire

Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag
I thought this would be a fun little tool to use to look back over the first part of 2020. I saw this one over on One Book More’s blog, and it seemed to have been created by Moon Creations.

What is the best book that you’ve read so far in 2020?

King of the Crows

King of the Crows by Russell Day.

No doubt about it. Epic in scope, but with personal story at its heart. If I really start talking about it, I won’t shut up. I talked about it a little here.

What has been your favorite sequel of the first half of the year?

That’s a tough call, there’ve been a few. But I think I’m going to go with:

Burning Bright

Burning Bright by Nick Petrie

As I said here, I should’ve read this shortly after I read The Drifter in the summer of 2018. The third in the series, Light It Up is coming soon.

Is there a new release that you haven’t read yet but you’re really excited for?

Broken

Broken by Don Winslow

Winslow’s The Border stands between Broken and me–so hopefully, I can get to this novella collection by September.

What is your most anticipated release for the second half of the year?

er, um…that’s a good question. I should probably say Betty by Tiffany McDaniel, because her debut novel was sood and I frequently have pretensions about being all literary and hoity-toity, proving that being an English Major wasn’t just a passing fancy. But if I’m being completely honest, there’s no contest:

Peace Talks Battle Ground

Peace Talks and Battle Ground by Jim Butcher

(it’s not cheating to say that–it was one book that was split into two…). I’m a rabid Dresden fanboy and we’ve been waiting so long!

What is your biggest disappointment so far?

Blood Storm Magic

Blood Storm Magic by Jayne Faith

The Ella Gray series in general. I really enjoyed the way this series started, and while I never figured these would be in the Toby Daye/Harry Dresden league, I didn’t expect that I’d get to the stage where I was disappointed in them, but I hit there. I haven’t even posted about it yet, guess I spoiled that one, eh?

What is your biggest surprise so far?

Highfire

Highfire by Eoin Colfer

Highfire. I never expected Colfer to write a novel about a Dragon for adults–if anything, I expected something along the lines of Screwed or Plugged. So that’s surprise number one. Surprise number two is that the dragon is a Drunken, Netflix-binging, Lousiana swamp-dwelling, crotchety one. Funny and full of heart–entertaining from snout to tail.

Runners-Up: The Audiobooks Back to Reality by Mark Stay & Mark Oliver, narrated by Kim Bretton and The In Between by Michael Landweber, narratoed by Brittany Pressley and Mark Boyett.

Who is your favorite new to you, or debut, author?

Darynda Jones, author of A Bad Day for Sunshine

A Bad Day for Sunshine

Darynda Jones has several novels published already, and I don’t think I’d heard of any of them until I was finished with this intro to her new series. She’s the favorite new to me author and the book has a couple of strong contenders for favorite new characters of 2020, as I stated here.

Who is your favorite fictional crush from this year?

The Finders

Elvira from The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton

I’ve never gotten into the whole Book Crush thing–I’m already in a long-term relationship. Still, I have to admit, as happily committed as I am, there’s something about Vira, the tough, spirited, brilliant Golden Retriever with a troubled past that just makes me want to make her part of my pack.

But please, no one tell this girl that I said that:
This Girl

What are 6 books that you want to read by the end of the year?

Other than Betty, Peace Talks, and Battleground, right? Five upcoming releases and one book I’m tired of beating myself up for not having read yet (not unlike Burning Bright above, I should have read the Cartmel book in the Fall of ’18)

Annihilation Aria Dead Perfect A Killing Frost
Last Stand in Lychford Next to Last Stand The Run-Out Groove

Annihilation Aria by Michael R. Underwood, Dead Perfect by Noelle Holten, A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire
Last Stand in Lychford by Paul Cornell, Next to Last Stand by Craig Johnson, The Run-Out Groove by Andrew Cartmel

As usual, I’m not tagging anyone in this—but I’d like to see what you all have to come up with.

Saturday Miscellany—6/13/20

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On June 13, 2020

In Books, News/Misc.

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 Donna Tartt on the Singular Voice, and Pungent Humor, of Charles Portis—a great tribute to the late author of True Grit.
bullet Just Read the Book Already: Digital culture doesn’t have to make you a shallow reader. But you have to do something about it.—Technically a review of one book, but it’s a lot more.
bullet How Publishers Determine When to Release Hardcover Books in Paperback
bullet There’s No Hype Machine for Selling Literature to Dudes—Some interesting thoughts about men and literature.
bullet The Linguistic Case for Sh*t Hitting the Fan: Idioms have a special power to draw people together in a way that plain speech doesn’t.
bullet The Top 10 Worst Book to Movie Fantasy Adaptations—I’ve watched a frightening number of these and I won’t disagree with their inclusion here.
bullet Audiobooks: Are They For You?—Bookidote’s Lashaan discusses his attempts to get into audiobooks.
bullet 8 Bookish Awards for the First Half of 2020—Black Sail Books looks at the first half of 2020
bullet The Act Of Multi-reading and Four Tips To Get You Started—In case this is a goal for you. I do this from time to time, but I’ve never thought about cultivating it as a skill. This would probably do the trick, though.

A Book-ish Related Podcast Episode (or two) you might want to give a listen to:
bullet Remember Reading?—I stumbled onto this podcast looking back at classic children’s books this week and have listened to a handful of episodes—it’s a lot of fun when they’re talking about the classics. When the conversation turns to the writing/books of the guests, I tend to lose interest (probably wouldn’t if children’s lit was a focus of mine). But I still recommend giving this stuff a listen.

This Week's New Releases That I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
bullet The Ghosts of Sherwood by Carrie Vaughn—The first in Vaughn’s duology (that I hope ends up expanding) about Robin Hood’s children. I wrote about it a couple of days back..

Lastly I’d like to say hi and extend a warm welcome tojohnnyholidayesq, Being Zab, Chris Green Reads!, Frankie | Chicks Rogues and Scandals, Turtle Quotes and Jacob Collins for following the blog this week. Don’t be a stranger, and use that comment box, would you?

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