Reader's Advisory

At Leisure with Joyce Saricks: Dead but Still Read (Or They Ought to Be).
via Booklist Online - At Leisure with Joyce Saricks on 2/7/08
Saricks, Joyce (author).

FEATURE. First published February 1, 2008 (Booklist).

Humor or Just Plain Odd

BEST TITLE THIS WEEK!
Study says many studies suckvia Library Stuff by Steven on 2/2/08SF Chronicle - “Research shows we are far too drunk on stupid studies that tell us what research shows” (via)

STAR TREK LIVES LONG AND PROSPERS
The Star Trek Jukebox
via SF Signal on 1/24/08

Better yet...
Live On Stage...It's Star Trek: The Music!
via SF Signal on 2/5/08

And the rest
Introducing the SOLAR PLEXUS WATCH!
via Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About by Rod Lott on 2/1/08


AACR2: The movie
via Stephen's Lighthouse by stephen on 2/5/08

Food For Thought

Customer Service as Community
via Tame The Web by Michael on 2/6/08


Nintendo Donates 21 Wiis to Encourage Use at Libraries
via Library Journal - Public Services on 2/7/08


Amazon Buys Audible
via ALA TechSource Blog by Tom Peters on 2/5/08

Awards Season

The American Library Association's Reading List Awards
via SF Signal on 1/25/08
The American Library Association's first Reading List Awards (winners as DOC link) for genre fiction includes many SF/F/H titles as chosen by a coucil of "ten librarians who are experts in readers' advisory and collection development".
Could this be the coolest response to receiving a major award ever?

Doris Lessing finally receives that Nobel Prize
via USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories on 1/30/08
Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing, who greeted news of her victory with the words, "I couldn't care less"


Hammett Prize Nominees
via Fantasybookspot - News Feed on 2/1/08

Book Reviews and Announcements

Stark House Press’ reprinting of out-of-print classics like Bill Pronzini's Snowbound / Games


Book of the Week: Robert Ferrigno's "Sins of the Assassin"
via Crime Fiction Dossier by David J. Montgomery on 2/5/08


Colorblind Conclusions on Racism
via NYT > Books on 2/6/08


Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen - release info and excerpt
via Fantasybookspot - News Feed on 2/6/08

By Katherine Hall Page:
The Body in the Ivy
via Bookgasm: Reading Material to Get Excited About by Mark Rose on 1/29/08

Minette Walters' 'Shadow' has keen eye for dark places
via USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories on 2/4/08

A Long Surrender: The Guerrilla War After the Civil War
via NYT > Books on 2/4/08


Dresden #10! Small Favor
via Urban Fantasy Land by Lindsay York Levack on 1/30/08
From www.jim-butcher.com, here is the blurb about the next (and 10th) book in Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series, Small Favor


February Releases!
via Urban Fantasy Land by Lindsay York Levack on 2/1/08


John Edgar Wideman: "Fanon" (Houghton Mifflin)
via WAMU: The Diane Rehm Show on 2/4/08


Grisham's 'Appeal' rules harshly on bought elections
via USATODAY.com Books - Top Stories on 1/30/08