Working from home during all of this definitely puts some stress on trying to remain creative and keep the family happy. You need to be both flexible and disciplined, both in your habits and your environment. The more disciplined your environment, the less disciplined you need to be. In theory…

OK, let’s get to it this week.

Here are 3 crime fiction links, 2 quotes, and 1 question for this week:

3 LINKS

• Really liked that Stasio’s NYTs best crime novels of ’20 list goes beyond the traditional big names, big books. You’ll find something new here to read.

• CrimeReads examines the back catalog of David Fincher and his obsession with noir. I need to re-watch PANIC ROOM.
  

• An interesting look at US library borrowing data from the middle of this year. What are people really reading during the summer of the pandemic?

2 QUOTES

Two quotes about libraries this week:

• “You want weapons? We are in a library! The best weapons in the world!” – Dr Who

• “A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.” – Henry Ward Beecher

   

1 QUESTION

• What is your favorite book that involves a library or bookshop? The Eyre Affair and Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore come to mind for me.

Until next Thursday, happy reading,

Mike

Author the Max Strong thriller series