I do think part of my frustration over what I talked about below is that it seems to me so often the nicely-done, the classy, the well-crafted is overlooked in favor of the flashy.

I've read a few widely-touted bestsellers, both in the mystery genre and in general literature. And while some of them were good, there were a few that I read where my reaction was, "Why are people buying THIS and not this other book by a less-well-known author, which is much better written and much more interesting?"

And as someone who cares about things being well-crafted and nicely designed, it makes me sad, because I see cheaply done flashy stuff driving the well-done, well-crafted stuff out. (Like bad money drives out good.)

But whatever. I will celebrate "Hey, Teach" even if few others do (and did you know the model is Helene Rush's daughter? I mean, Helene is a pretty woman herself - look at her photo - but wow, her daughter is pretty. What a lovely complexion.)