It's Hillary Clinton week! I haven't finished her new memoir yet, but you can expect a full report when I do, and in the meantime, check out this NYTBR by Michiko Kakutani and then laugh aloud while you read the New Republic's non-sensical companion piece. I cannot tell if either of these people actually the book or not, so I'll be making up my own mind, thankyouverymuch.

I am not a Kindle user currently; I'm not against them, but I am both an avid book collector and a super library user, so I'm not sure yet how a Kindle would fit into my literary life BUT! that doesn't mean that I didn't find this really interesting/ mostly disheartening. Everyone needs to spend more time reading and/or highlighting modern novels, I guess.

The terrific Christy Childers, creator of Postcards to Authors (which you should be following) wrote a really nice blog post about her personal connections to Jane Eyre, as something of a response to Rebecca Mead's My Life in Middlemarch. I especially love this as someone who has also re-read Jane Eyre multiple times.

Finally, Mindy Kaling has announced her follow-up to the hugely successful Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) which I loved. Her announcement is surprisingly frank and detailed, and includes a strong hint that her feelings on the Elle cover controversy will be included.