Chasing Ray - Those Books You Can't Forget

Those Books You Can't Forget

Thursday
May 3
2007

One of the many things that has come up in all this blog vs print review madness, is that bloggers should spend more of their time writing long indepth reviews that champion books then running author interviews, link lists or entries full of pithy comments. As it happens, I spend a lot of time writing about great books that I wish the rest of the world would read. (Start with this most impressive essay collection on Abu Ghraib and the nature of violence in America.) I don't want to spend time arguing about who does more for relatively unknown books, but I will make it easy to find out about them (at least here). Starting next Monday, I will be spending the first Monday of every month singing the praises of a "Wicked Cool Overlooked Book". It might be YA or adult, or even a picture book. All genres are welcome (you guys know I'm just open-minded that way) and even the occasional comic book might be discussed. My goal is to write about books that few others (anywhere) seem to have noticed. This is something I think newspaper reviewers do not have the time and space (or possibly inclination) to do - but lit bloggers can - heck the big thing everyone has been talking about is that we answer to no one but ourselves.

Mad with power, anyone?

Check back here on Monday for my latest overlooked book recommendation. (I will be posting on other things before that, of course.) If anyone else wants to join the party feel free to comment or email and linking will commence.

Honestly, I don't know about the rest of you but I'm tired of listening to people who don't have a clue give their opinions on what I do, why I do it and what I'm wearing right now. (For the curious, it's not pajamas, I'm not in a basement, and I'm not anywhere near Terre Haute.) I read, I write, I blog. Come Monday I'm using my power (such that it is) to champion a title that I love.

Call me crazy, but who could possibly have a problem with that?