Earlier this week there was a post on The Written Nerd about IndieBound (formerly BookSense), inviting booksellers and bloggers to share ideas on how it could better serve independent bookstores. I'm writing to the marketing person, but I thought I'd ping you guys for additional … [Read more...] about Improving IndieBound
Books
Break it to me gently
I've just zipped through the Dresden Files series at a pretty spectacular clip. I'd meant to do it before Jim Butcher appeared at ConDFW, but, y'know. Life. So. Exactly how bad was the TV series? (ETA: pretty bad.) … [Read more...] about Break it to me gently
Book reviews: The Agency, Beguilement
The Agency, by Ally O'Brien What a snarky, raunchy, sharp romp of a book. It's the story of a woman who works in a big London agency. Her biggest client is a somewhat dotty old lady who writes brick-thick environmentalist children's books starring pandas, but her favorite … [Read more...] about Book reviews: The Agency, Beguilement
2008 reading list
I had a very quiet New Year's. Allergies have been kicking my ass all week and I'm barely starting to feel human again, so I'm going to ramble at you about books for a while. For the last four years or so I've made an effort to read more new fiction. I'd noticed that I was … [Read more...] about 2008 reading list
Miles and Miles and Miles
The reason I haven't posted in a couple weeks? After kicking the cold I came home with, I started physical therapy for my ongoing neck and shoulder problems. (Turns out the muscles in my back are knotted up like strands of pearls. Not good.) The therapy is working, but it hurts … [Read more...] about Miles and Miles and Miles
Mercy movies?
Of all the recent werewolf/vampire/etc. series, Patricia Briggs's is the last one I would have picked to be optioned for movies, since it's perhaps the least fluffy. I'm just having trouble picturing this. Peanut gallery, what say you? … [Read more...] about Mercy movies?
Ubiquity command for BookMooch
A couple of weeks ago I posted about Ubiquity, a new Firefox extension. Today I wrote my first command for it: mooch, which will search BookMooch for selected text on a page (or whatever you type in). If you're using Ubiquity, you can now add the command to your installation. … [Read more...] about Ubiquity command for BookMooch
Vicky Bliss PSA
Laughter of Dead Kings, the new Vicky Bliss mystery, is out this week. Back to work. Frantically busy. First week of school. GAH. … [Read more...] about Vicky Bliss PSA
Olympic stuff
How much do I love Shawn Johnson for using the August Rush soundtrack ("August's Rhapsody") for her floor exercise music? Lots and lots and lots. And then they had to spend ten minutes on Bush. Who can't even pronounce the names of the world leaders he's been talking to, much … [Read more...] about Olympic stuff
Crack for English majors, Elizabethan edition: Ink and Steel
I am madly in love with a book (other than the one I'm writing): Elizabeth Bear's Ink and Steel. It's actually the first half of what was once one long book; here's the other half. I'm doling it out to myself in very small portions, lest I get drunk on Elizabethan dialogue and … [Read more...] about Crack for English majors, Elizabethan edition: Ink and Steel
