Around the Blogosphere
You really, really do not want to know the state of my RSS reader. Last time I checked, I think I had 666 unread posts, which just means the darn thing is possessed and determined to eat my soul. But my issue is your gain, as I’ve found interesting things to highlight from my blog reading.
- Jason Henninger makes those awkward conversations about books you haven’t read much easier to deal with by telling us how to lie about books. Check it out if you’re at all an SF fan. You will laugh.
- Jim C. Hines, whose The Stepsister Scheme is on my tottering TBR pile, answers the all-important question: Is your book appropriate for my child?
- Holly over at The Book Binge has an interesting post about why she buys from amazon.com. I have to admit that I agree with what she says. I don’t buy books from Amazon unless I’m buying gifts, but I do buy music from them all the time because it’s simply a better use of my limited funds.
- Over at The Good, the Bad, and the Unread, which you should all be reading, if you’re not already, for my own infrequent commentary, there was a fascinating discussion about reader and writer expectations in historical romance. I think I fall in line with Lawson on these things, but I’m not a history geek, and historicals aren’t my preferred genre, though there are always exceptions.
- Anime June, one of my newest blogging discoveries and all-around smart and articulate chick, writes about the author’s attitude re: negative reviews. I have only one thing to say about this post: word.
- Jessica, whose blog you should also be reading because she is smart and funny and your humble link gatherer wants to be her when she grows up, is hosting a retirement reception for some of her *ahem* favorite romance tropes. She also predicts some new romance tropes we’ll be seeing in the future, including my personal favorite:
Our courtship has been conducted on Twitter. What if he expects me to use more than 140 characters at a time in conversation?
I know I, for one, would read that book.
- And lastly, another of my blogger friends and one of the coolest people on Twitter, Jen B posted a recipe for homemade laundry soap that I am dying to try myself, and which I include here so I can find it again for whenever I get my lazy ass around to buying a food processor.
So, got any interesting links lately? Feel free to share in comments.
Lots of great stuff to read on blogs. It’s why I am never caught up! lol
thank you fro the linkage!
I actually abandoned my google reader, but I kind of regret it when I find out about all these cool posts. Off to go side with Holly and Jeff.
You only have 666 unread posts? Noob. I have like 6666. Ha! Who’s soul is getting sucked out now?? Yeah, that’s what I thought..
Some great articles. I’m off to finish reading them..