Book News (and other fun stuff!): January 25th, 2012

Here’s my roundup of bookish news from around the web for the week! Sometimes I add stuff throughout the day on Friday, so be sure you check back over the weekend too!

Interviews, excerpts, articles, and more:

• At Pulp Curry, New York crime writer Wallace Stroby gives us the best 5 crime films you’ve never seen
• Author Myke Cole talks about use of force at his blog
• Over at Crime Fiction Lover, I wrote up a primer on Grit Lit (Southern Noir), so go get your grit on.
• Confessions of a Mystery Novel spotlights GHOST MONEY by Andrew Nette
• John DeNardo (of SF Signal) talks about Dr. Who at Kirkus
• It’s the War of the Awards at Tor.com!
• Cherie Priest is interviewed at Tor.com UK
• Kate Elliott gives us the new cover of COLD STEEL over at her blog
• Chelsea, of Vampire Book Club, talks about unusual urban fantasy at Heroes and Heartbreakers
• I interviewed the legendary CJ Cherryh at SF Signal!
• Matt Staggs talks to DEEP ZONE author James M. Tabor at Suvudu
• Steampunk fans! It’s time for the Steampunk Chronicle’s Reader’s Choice Awards, and you can vote for your faves in alll kinds of categories, so get to it!
• io9 gives us more famous historical and cultural figures who could become monster hunters (you had no idea you were missing this, did you?)
• This made me laugh ’til I cried: 10 insane self published books 
• Jesse Petersen guest posted on SF Signal today on Why Death (or Living Death) is So Funny!
• You can read an excerpt of GAME by Barry Lyga, the sequel to I HUNT KILLERS.

How ’bout a couple of book trailers? First off is THE TWELVE-FINGERED BOY by John Hornor Jacobs

And one for Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole:

3 Responses to “Book News (and other fun stuff!): January 25th, 2012”

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1. Margot Kinberg says:

   January 25, 2013 at 7:14 am

   Thanks very much for mentioning my blog and my spotlight of Andrew Nette’s Ghost Money. I appreciate it.

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   • Kristin says:

     January 25, 2013 at 11:36 am

     Margot-You’re most welcome!

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2. Chelsea / Vampire Book Club says:

   January 25, 2013 at 11:45 am

   I picked up a Myke Cole book. Looks like a good call.

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