* I have a review of Rescued up at the Voices site - for those of you who were riveted to the Animal Planet channel in the days after Katrina I heartily recommend it. There's a ton of stories in this book about stranded animals and the folks who went after them.

* Subterranean Press announced recently a new mini short story collection from Poppy Z. Brite. Here's her description:

"After the events of 2005, I couldn't see pairing stories I'd written before the flood with those I'd written after; for better or worse, my life, my outlook, and, necessarily, my work has changed forever ... These are literally antediluvian tales, stories written before August 29, 2005... Whatever else they may be, the stories in this little collection now seem almost impossibly innocent to me."

I should also note that an ARC for Connie Willis's D.A. just arrived in my mailbox - review to follow soon on that one.

* As Wonder Woman snapped a guy's neck last year in The Omac Project miniseries (and crossovers) I fail to see how anyone could find her "the most boring comic book character". These guys are out of touch to put it mildly. (link via Ed)

* The New York Times has a very cool look at a current traveling exhibition from Spain covering the many famous writers (Orwell, Gellhorn, Hemingway, Saint-Exupery, etc.) who covered the Spanish Civil War and changed war journalism as we know it. (Oh how we all long for those days...) link via Jessa

* The British Library faces funding cuts which may result in: Under the "worst case" scenario sent to the chancellor, Gordon Brown, and MPs, the cuts would necessitate charges on those using the world-renowned reading rooms or limits on opening hours. Two galleries might also have to close. Spending on research journals and books would be slashed, "undermining 250 years of collecting".

* Joe Hill will be blogging at Powells next week. And I do have to say also that Eric Blehm's posts have been very good the past couple of days.

* I am reading The Whitby Witches for April's Eclectica right now. According to the book, it is for ages 8 and up. The third little old lady just got killed. I'm not freaking out, but I am a tad surprised. The book is really good - nice and spooky and obviously lots of the edge of the seat stuff, but, ummm are we killing little old ladies in [little] kid's books now? Just...unexpected, I guess.