Blog-related...

I just wanted to let readers know that the daily books received posts, with photos, will return as a once-a-week Friday feature, starting this Friday. A week's worth of books, every week. Also, the promised John Le Carre post will actually appear on Amazon--I'll give you that link shortly. I'm also pleased to report that Ecstatic Days is the Guardian's book-related site of the week, on the strength of the 60 in 60 feature (I now have a separate tag/thread for them). Other highlights of the next couple weeks: a summary post of the guest blogging, a list of seven great gift books for the holidays, and some further year-end wrap up. (Also, if you missed it, my WaPo review of Pelevin's The Sacred Book of the Werewolf.) Finally, we're floating a private sale of some of my books, personalized, to US/Canadian readers to clear some space in the house. Email me at vanderworld at hotmail.com if interested.