For your Monday morning

Just when I wondered if Kate Atkinson’s CASE HISTORIES would be completely ignored in the newspapers (no reviews over the weekend? Huh?!) Janet Maslin comes along and well, likes it but seems to hold her nose as she does so. Weird.

Patrick Anderson, who sometimes can be accused of having a sense of humor, delivers by dubbing David Baldacci a victim of the James Patterson Really Bad Thriller Sweepstakes. Heh. Although for those of whom who are fans, alas, I have more news on that regard later today…

It’s been mentioned mightly around the ‘sphere, but today’s the day for full, unfettered access to the Paris Review’s interview archive from the 1950s as part of it’s “DNA of Literature” project. Dive in and enjoy its wares.

Ron Hogan’s been knocking it out of the park lately, interviewing all five of the National Book Award Fiction nominees. He puts them together here, along with a reminder to go meet them tomorrow night at the New School in New York.

Joanne Harris, one of the judges of the Whitbread Prize, reveals what she reads from newspapers to books to New Media.

Linda Richards, the founding editor of January Magazine, is profiled in the Vancouver Sun about her love of books, the online magazine’s success, and her new career as a novelist.  (link from Bookninja)

The Alpine sanitorium that inspired Thomas Mann’s THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN will shut its doors at the end of the month. There must be some irony there, but it’s early and I’m not finding it….

The Freep’s Ron Bernas is enchanted by Mary Morris’s REVENGE, a suspense novel that has nothing to do with crime (that sounds rather cool, you know…)

Steven Pressfield, the author of many epic historical novels including a new one about Alexander the Great, is interviewed at EnterStageRight.com about why Ancient Greece fascinates him so much.

And finally, we’ll follow Mark’s lead: please click on The Breast Cancer Site to help give at least one mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. Since this is a disease of particular importance to me, I’ve already clicked through and plan on doing so for a regular basis. End PSA.