Now THIS is reading for fun.

A big shout-out and thank you to Bookie, for pointing me to the Guardian's Digested Read* of Jodi Picoult's Handle with Care, which is, quite frankly, the most brilliant thing I've read all week. I'm pretty sure this John Crace guy isn't making as much money as Jodi Picoult is, which is yet further proof, if you needed any, that this world is unfair.

Also a big hello and thank you to RickLibrarian, who posted a very nice review of my new book The Inside Scoop: A Guide to Nonfiction Investigative Writing and Exposes at his blog. Thanks, Rick! And, for all you readers of biographies, please note that Rick's reading guide, titled Real Lives Revealed: A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography, is going to come out this summer. I myself can't wait to see it!

*"I called you Willow. Though it's the readers who would be Weeping by the end." This is the sort of thing that makes me wish I lived in Great Britain and had access to the print versions of British newspapers. I'd totally subscribe to one of those. My suck-ass local paper? Not so much.

Comments

[Melanie]

That was absolutely hilarious.

[Linette]

Loved it.

[Bookie]

Hey thanks for the lurve...right back atcha!

[Citizen Reader]

Melanie, Linette:
I couldn't agree more. I've seen a lot of those "Digested Reads" that made me laugh but this one was in a special class of awesome.

And we owe it all to you, Bookie! Thanks again.

[Robin]

Please tell me your book has an index. Or else. Index or die!

[Citizen Reader]

Robin dearest,
You hurt me by supposing otherwise. Of course it has an index!! I don't know that'll it be a lot of help for librarians as it is (I know that no one really has time to turn to the ref books anymore) but it certainly wouldn't be very useful without an index. And although I AM lazy, I do try to be useful.

[Robin]

You'll index your first novel, I just know it!