Too Much of a Good Thing Weekly Link Round-Up

Lest you think that the title of my blog post is a complaint, rest assured that it is not. I'm getting so much reading done that I've begun slipping in an extra book review or two each week. If I stay with my three-a-week habit, I'll be scheduling reviews for 2014 any day now! At the start of each year, I put together a post that lists what I read the year before, complete with the graphs and pie charts that I love. At the beginning of 2013, I took a look at last year's reading and said that I wanted to see if I could read more male authors and more eBooks. So far, I have-- without consciously making myself do so. I also see some other new trends that have been forming, but we'll all have to wait until January to see what happens.

Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire

Just in case you didn't see it, I posted about the architectural highpoint of our UK trip-- Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire. If you'd like to see a splendid example of a Tudor half-timbered manor house surrounded by a moat, go take a look!

Next week Denis and I will be heading to The Poisoned Pen for an author signing, and this coming Monday, you'll be able to read my post about Jenn McKinlay's appearance there as well as a review of her newest book. (Didn't take me long to get home and start reading that one, that's for sure!)

Oh yeah... this is a link round-up, isn't it? Here linky, linky, linky!

Bookish News & Other Interesting Stuff

• Do social networks make us more lonely? 
• Since my father was a member of the first commissioned crew about the USS Forrestal, Is This the End of the Aircraft Carrier? caught my eye.
• A rare book in northern Arizona was given to one of my favorite mystery writers, J.A. Jance.
• Retailers are keeping tabs on consumers' return habits, and I understand why.
• Some readers take their fiction way too seriously, especially when it concerns a police officer's morality.
• You might want to read this if you take photos with your cell phone and post the photos online.
• The life of a library book.
• I hope some of the teens attending the Teen Choice Awards were listening to Ashton Kutcher and not just screaming. He had some wonderful things to say.
• Want to be prepared for a disaster? Pack a library card!
• Books do have the power to change things. Just ask the family of Henrietta Lacks.
• Kate Atkinson (another of my favorite authors) has one of her books-- Life After Life-- heading to the silver screen.
• Japanese seniors are more open to eBooks than young people.

I  ♥ Lists & Quizzes

• 9 everyday phrases that originated from poetry.
• The 12 best fictional libraries.
• A Pets in Literature quiz.

Book Candy

• 49 breathtaking libraries from all over the world.
• And if that isn't enough for you, here are 16 bookstores you have to see before you die.
• 11 bookish artworks from the Getty collection.

Blogs I've Discovered

• EditorialEyes Book Blog
• Scottish Islands Explorer

That's all for this week. Don't forget to stop by next weekend when I'll have a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure!