A booklog, a meme, and other sundries

I.
May I introduce you to The Black Letters, a joint literary blog run by Emera, my good friend and fellow bibliophile. The Black Letters is slanted towards SF, fantastical and historical fiction, sprinkled with bibliophilia such as bookstore visits and book-curiosities. So far I’ve enjoyed reading their intelligent posts, so please pay Emera and Kakaner a visit!

II.
Where do you head for in a bookstore? was a question asked by Jeff VanderMeer a while back. On my part, I make a beeline towards the (1) SF/Fantasy section to scope out the latest interesting titles, then comes: (2) graphic novels/illustrated/artbooks, (3) kids/young adults fiction, (4) literary fiction, (5) non-fiction science/mathematics/natural history, (6) non-fiction arts/culture, (7) general fiction, (8) non-fiction artbooks (ie. architecture, design, photography), and finally (9) latest releases and bargain bins, by which time I’m tired of the bookstore and proceed to the exit. Most of the time I don’t make it past (3).
How do you make your rounds in a bookstore?

III.
Sundry updates! I’m still on my official graphic novel reading challenge; since it’s proven to be a great success I shall extend it to the end of August. I’m currently working through my back-log of book and film reviews. Also in the works are more Bookshelf posts (including the recent autograph session with China Miéville) and reviews and summary of the graphic novel challenge.

Stay tuned!