The weekly web ramble (1/20)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

The 2012 Edgar Award nominees have been announced!

– And if you want to sample chapters of the nominated booksGalleyCat has the links

John Buntin discusses the upcoming TV adaptatation of his book, L.A. Noir

<– AUTHOR TALK

Shannon Hale responds to the New York Daily  News article “Against Walter Dean Myers”

John Scalzi hilariously responds to the Salon.com article on “The agony of the male novelist”

– Rae Carson, author of The Girl of Fire and Thorns, tackles the weight loss question and more

WEB READS –>

– Read the first chapter of The Serpent’s Shadow (The Kane Chronicles #3) by Rick Riordan 

– Check out the Spring 2012 Penguin Teen e-sampler, with excerpts from five upcoming releases

– Check out the first chapter of The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

– Read an excerpt from Empire State by Adam Christopher