We have been completely inundated with Best of 2014 lists and prizes, and it's hard to continue caring about all of these announcements, but one I actually truly care about is the Folio Prize, and they announced an 80 volume shortlist. As always, it's a great place to start if you want something great to read.

Last week I shared my love of Judy Blume and she followed that up by announcing a new novel for adults to be published in 2015. My influence knows no bounds.

Finally, last night was the series finale of the truly excellent 'Colbert Report;' it's a TV show, not a book, obviously, but I'm including a link to this really lovely and kind of ridiculous musical number that concluded the episode because Stephen Colbert is the only late-night TV show host to include authors as guests, in addition to his very forthright advocacy for independent publishing. The worst thing about the video is how many of these people couldn't be bothered to learn the words to this very simple, repetitive song.