We have been preoccupied ...

... with the business of being a book review editor, which is why there has been little blogging so far today - and actually will be little until later. But the NBCC's Crtitcal Mass blog has a couple of posts worth your attention: Laura Miller explanation of Why I Didn't Vote in the Times' Best Book Survey (posted by Rebecca Skloot) and John Freeman's Why book sections matter. Hope somebody's listening, John.