Watch out for those….links

Is the Washington Post trying to raise my blood pressure here? Because here’s another review where it seems the writer has a soapbox and will step on it considerably, even if it actually misses the entire point of the book in question.  (though the accompanying pic is pretty cool.)

It’s a double edged-sword to be the child of a famous author and try to tackle a novel-writing career of your own, as the Globe and Mail’s Rebecca Caldwell says in this new feature.

Sarah Waters is not only working on a new novel, but as Suzi Feay reported for the Independent on Sunday, she’s rather amused at the new BBC adaptation of her last novel, FINGERSMITH.

Oh goody! Censorship at work again, this time by the lovely Chinese government, as award-winning author Yan Lianke sees his book banned for satirizing one of Mao Tse-Tung’s slogans.

What book would Random House head honcho Peter Olson loved to publish? THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE, of course, which sold millions even before Ashley Smith mentioned it got her through that horrible hostage crisis.

Not only can’t filmmakers figure out who to cast as James Bond, the adult, but also James Bond, the tween. The Guardian’s Vanessa Thorpe investigates.

The Reluctant Champion re-appears in January Magazine, explaining in great detail why Elizabeth McKenzie’s STOP THAT GIRL doesn’t work as a novel.

Judith Jedamus rounds up her top 10 favorite Japanese novels for the Guardian.

And finally, these guys have to be separated at birth. Somehow.