The weekly web ramble (10/17)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– On Kelly Sue Deconnick, Captain Marvel, and the rise of the female comic reader

How to be a fan of problematic things

– The 2014 National Book Award finalists

<– AUTHOR TALK

Malinda Lo  on diversity being “unrealistic”

– Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl talk Gotham Academy

Anne Ursu on John Grisham, victimized pedophiles, and the children’s book industry

Robin Talley on the importance of To Kill A Mockingbird

WEB READS –>

The Cure for Dreaming

– Check out the first fifteen pages of The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters

Red Queen

– Read the first chapter of Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Jacaranda

– Check out an excerpt (just scroll down) from Jacaranda by Cherie Priest

Empire of Shadows

– Read an excerpt from Empire of Shadows by Miriam Forster