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Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• Books for Boys and Books for Girls: Problems with Gendered Reading — I can’t agree with everything here, but it’s worth the time.
• Tumblr chooses Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Fangirl’ as first official book club selection — Not sure I care that Tumblr has themselves a book club (other than my general pro-book club stance), but really like the idea that Rowell’s getting this kind of exposure
• Author Terri Bruce stops publisher selling error-strewn books — Good for her!! Also, good that she didn’t get physically violent over this 🙂
• Ten Things That Drive Books Crazy — good for a laugh or two

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell — Rowell’s taken a firm hold on my “read ASAP” list with her first two books, really looking forward to this one
• Robert B. Parker’s Damned if You Do by Michael Brandman — 5 years ago, if you’d told me I’d be apprehensive about opening a new Jesse Stone, I’d have looked at you like you were crazy. Yet here we are. Still, Paradise, MA calls, and I answer.
• The Sound and the Furry by Spencer Quinn — I litterally hopped in my chair a little bit when I realized this book was released this week. This is going to be fun!

Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• Kindle Matchbook announced — I’ve heard a lotta pros and cons about this since the announcement. Not so sure it’s good for the author.
• Harper Lee settles ‘Mockingbird’ copyright suit — not a lot of details on this, but I’ll take any excuse to think about Lee and her novel
• Oyster: The Netflix Of Books — not sure what I think of this, what about you?
• Chevy Chase in Booked — from Funny or Die, perhaps it’d be a good idea for Chase to switch to audio books?

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• Never Go Back by Lee Child — whoops! listed this a week early.
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  Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire — new Toby Daye! new Toby Daye!

Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• A new theory could solve the mystery of ‘Mark Twain’ — Frankly, didn’t realize there was a mystery. Guess I swallowed a line of nonsense back in grade school and didn’t bother to take another look at it since. Anyway, interesting story about one of the All-Time Greats
• Why You Should Find Time With Your Favorite Authors — very nice piece. Makes me regret not getting my boys to see Brandon Mull a couple months back all the more.
• Why I love Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels — a Reacher fan comes out of the closet
• Books, Games, Art, and Awesome…. — Patrick Rothfuss talks about great way to pick up a fun UF read (Anton Strout’s Stonecast) and help out a great charity. Normally I’d suggest doing that through your local independent shop — like Rediscovered Books of Boise — but Barnes & Noble will give a little more if you pre-order through them (scroll to the bottom of this post for details)

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• Never Go Back by Lee Child — I’m so close to catching up with this series. Am 3 away from this.
• The Exodus Towers by Jason M. Hough — the sequel to The Darwin Elevator.
• Clean Burn by Karen Sandler — sounds promising, and disturbing.
• Blood Bound by Jeanne C. Stein — we’re nearing the end of Anna’s saga. Not sure how I feel about that.
• Chosen by Benedict Jacka — been too long since I got to spend time with Verus — one of the best UF series around. And Jacka’s The Big Idea post this week makes me even more eager for this one.

Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• Why We’d Be Screwed if Young Adult Books Were Real
• I’ve come across a couple of unique ways to do book reviews in the last week or so: Three Panel Book Reviews and The Bushwick Book Club — wish I was this creative/talented

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik — it’ll be months, at best, before I can catch up to this one in the series. I’m just happy knowing that Temeraire is still going strong (even if only for one book after this).

…eh, a light week. Sorry

Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• Being a lifelong bookworm may keep you sharp in old age — There’s hope for me!
• S&S Teams With Int’l Thriller Writers On Star-Studded Anthology — this looks very promising
• What Makes You Put Down a Book? — Very interesting infographic from goodreads
• Book Titles With One Letter Missing — there’s a snicker or two here

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• The Last Word by Lisa Lutz

Odds ‘n ends over the week about books and reading that caught my eye. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• 2013 Locus Awards Winners — in case you somehow missed it. They got Best SF Novel right, IMHO — haven’t read enough of the rest to say, though I’ve heard good things about the rest
• Infographic: Who Spends the Most Time Reading in the World? — not only do you get this interesting/troubling look at reading throughout the world, but you get a glimpse into Russian reading habits
• 14 Books To Read Before They Hit The Big Screen — this is a handy little list for folks like me that hate to have a movie spoil a good read. (I swear I didn’t read as many buzzfeed pieces as I do now before I started these posts)

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• Beyond Bacon: Paleo Recipes that Respect the Whole Hog by Stacy Toth and Matthew McCarry