The weekly web ramble (12/9)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– John Lasseter, the creative force behind Pixar, discusses Pixar’s history and upcoming films with Charlie Rose

Horn Book has made their best books of 2011 picks

<– AUTHOR TALK

Arthur Conan Doyle on why people no longer read

– Veronica Rossi on her debut novel, Under The Never Sky

– A Q&A with Deanna Raybourn

WEB READS –>

– Read the first four chapters of The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

– Check out an excerpt from Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

– Read Glitches, a short story prequel to Cinder, by Marissa Meyer

– Check out the first two chapters of Fracture by Megan Miranda