Etcetera

A fascinating article from Tuesday's issue of The Guardian: "In her beguiling comic plots, Jane Austen often ridicules characters who fuss excessively about the state of their health. The 19th-century novelist would therefore be perplexed – and perhaps amused – to discover that nearly 200 years after her death, the precise nature of her mysterious final illness has become a subject of enduring literary fascination...."

Last week, Seth Godwin wrote on his blog:

"I've noticed that people who read a lot of blogs and a lot of books also tend to be intellectually curious, thirsty for knowledge, quicker to adopt new ideas and more likely to do important work. I wonder which comes first, the curiosity or the success?"

Maybe this describes you?!

Linda Holmes of NPR's Monkey See blog writes about the new book Dear Old Love: Anonymous Notes to Former Crushes, Sweethearts, Husbands, Wives, & Ones That Got Away , a surprisingly funny, poignant collection of anonymous love notes to the ones who got away.

We're really loving the way the WETA Book Studio videos are showing up on the new Clicker.com! Have you seen the site? It's like a TV Guide to television shows available on the web. They've collected 93 of Bethanne's interviews with authors. Richard Russo, Buzz Aldrin, Barry Eisler, Ruth Riechl -- some true gems in there! (And then of course Mad Men is just a click away too.)