- This American Life’s next episode will be "Another Frightening Show About the Economy," which gives me some hope of finally understanding what’s been happening. (Their mortgage crisis show was outstanding.) See also: The Planet Money blog.
- Jay Walker’s beautiful library.
- Nancy Werlin writes about what makes a good thriller in a 2006 issue of the Horn Book. (Thanks to one of my MFA peeps for this one!)
- Read all the round-up posts about last weekend’s second annual kidlit conference and be sad you weren’t there. I certainly was sad to miss it.
- Diablo Cody sings Judy Blume’s praises in EW.
- Sheep! Blue sheep! So cute! (Via Scalzi.)
- Amazing science news: snow on Mars and further evidence that birds are dinosaurs.
- Liz Hand reviews Allegra Goodman’s The Other Side of the Island, and makes me want to read it soonest.
- Nicola Griffith’s daily rules for living.