The Irresponsible Reader

The end of last week rolled away from me before I could assemble this for Saturday. So, rather than dusting something off, I figured I’d throw up the odds ‘n ends from last week about books and reading that caught. You’ve probably seen some/most/all of them, but just in case:

• 5 Reading Rules for Book Lovers of All Ages — A nice little piece from Reading Rainbow, didn’t even know that was still around.
• There Is Reading, and There Is Looking at Letters — ever since stories about Spritz started hitting the web, I’ve been sounding like a cranky old man to any of my friends who’ve sounded even a little interested. But come on!! The headline says it all, but the post that follows does a good job explaining it.
• The 25 Best Tumblr Accounts for Book Nerds — I’d seen a couple of these before, but not many — and there’s some real fun feeds here.
• David Nicholls moves on from One Day with new novel — Like many others, I really liked One Day, (couldn’t finish Starter for Ten, though). Hope this is more like the former.
• Ernest Cline is the luckiest geek alive — Great profile about Cline — consider me a huge fan, and I expect Armada will only cement that.
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There Was One Release Last Week that I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• Night Broken by Patricia Briggs — a new Mercy Thompson! Know nothing about it, but that it’s sitting on my desk waiting to be taken on a road trip with me this week.

Still in the midst of the reading/writing lull I mentioned last week — working really hard at shaking it. In the meantime, here are some 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:

• The Strongest Brand In Publishing Is … — Fascinating look at publishing, book/author branding, etc.
• 19 Quotes That Will Make You Fall in Love With Books All Over Again — The headline oversells it a bit, but, there are some great lines here that will likely resonate with anyone who reads this blog. Favorites include: “The love of books is a love which requires neither justification, apology, nor defense.” – J.A. Langford and “I read my eyes out and can’t read half enough… The more one reads the more one sees we have to read.” – John Adams
• An Interview with Author Jonathan Wood — I thoroughly enjoyed the ebook versions of Wood’s first two novels — No Hero and Yesterday’s Hero. Very glad to see him get the better exposure that paper copies will bring — and that there’s a third volume next year.

This Week’s New Releases I’m Excited About and/or You’ll Probably See Here Soon:
• The Player by Brad Parks — the newest in the series about a mystery solving member of that very endangered species, newspaper reporter. I expect that it’ll be tense, amusing, and well-crafted.
• Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire — the third InCryptid novel. I’ve got this sitting on my desk, waiting for the road trip I’m taking in two weeks. I might be able to wait that long to tear into it.
• Notes from the Internet Apocalypse by Wayne Gladstone — this looks pretty funny.