Link Love

It's Friday, which means it's time for Link Love, where I share some of my favorite bookish articles and blogs from the past week. There are quite a few links I found interesting and worth sharing this week. I hope you find something here you enjoy. Happy reading!

Are you a fellow fan of audiobooks? LoveReading has rounded up a top ten list of their favorite audiobooks to listen to this month. I can especially recommend The Chalk Man!

Top 10 Audiobooks

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a new study has found that having books in your home growing up - specifically more than 80 - is good for your development. Though this isn't exactly new for us bookworms, I thought it was an interesting read.

New Study Confirms Growing Up in a Home Filled With Books Is Good for You

Kate Atkinson has just released her latest novel, Transcription. In The Guardian she discusses her reaction to bad reviews and why she herself is reluctant to review her peers work.

Kate Atkinson calls authors reviewing their peers work a "callous art"

And finally, a quiz to start the weekend:-) Bookriot challenges you to identify a book based on the first lines. Let's just say a good amount of guessing was involved for me...

Do You Know These First Lines?