Booklust: “Ok, folks – sharpen your writing utensils and let the fun begin! It’s what you’ve all been waiting for, I’m sure – The Good Granny/Bad Granny Contest, where you send me your best Good Granny and/or Bad Granny stories.”

Black Garterbelt: “In short, Nick Hornby suffered through The Road. So much so that he slipped the surly bonds of the first-person to touch the face of You.”

With projects like this, we’ll no doubt be seeing plenty of critical or dissenting reviews. It appears that Penguin would rather bribe you with books, so that you can write about the books on their blog, rather than your blog. What makes this any different than a horde of Coca-Cola executives standing around watching you every time that you drink a soda?

The morning — indeed, a good part of the day — is filled up, but I’m hoping to offer a few posts this afternoon. Also, many podcasts, containing quite a few provocative conversations with a few possibly unexpected figures, will be released in a matter of days. Bear with me.