- Margo Lanagan provides an example of how to respond to crazy reviews, if you're going to respond. Of course, she does have the advantage of being a genius.
- Tamagotchi graveyards! (via Jenny D.)
- Betsy recommends new picture book The Secret Circus, which sounds AMAZING.
- In honor of the now ended #yaauthorfeud that broke out on twitter over the weekend, a few links: Rachel Donadio writing about literary feuds in 2006; the Guardian book blog on same in 2007; and there's always Anthony Arthur's Literary Feuds: A Century of Celebrated Quarrels–From Mark Twain to Tom Wolfe.
- Glen David Gold interview in the Times.
- Back later this week with some thoughts on Sarah Rees Brennan's marvelous new novel, The Demon's Lexicon (Indiebound|Amazon).