Library and literary miscellany from your pals at Library Journal.
Ezra Jack Keats’s 1962 ground-breaking classic The Snowy Day tops the list with 485,583 checkouts. As part of its 125th anniversary celebrations, the library is also offering a limited-edition Snowy Day library card.
A self-appointed censor is at work in the library.
Any booklist is bound to be picked apart. So it’s no surprise that librarians have opinions about the 100 best-loved novels named in “The Great American Read.” “White man stodgy” was one comment about the list that was offered at a round-table convening of local librarians at the Manhattan offices of WNET, a member station of PBS serving the New York metropolitan area, in April. Harry Potter? A librarian remarked on the presence of the J.K. Rowling books on the TGRA roster. A terrific series, to be sure, but that was published 20 years ago.
New York area librarians met at WNET to share ideas about The Great American Read
Not to spoil your lunch but…
Going to BookExpo? Don’t forget to sign up for our annual galley guide.
From Elliot Ackerman’s Waiting for Eden and Mona Hanna-Attisha’s What the Eyes Don’t See to David Small’s Home After Dark and Lisa Scottoline’s Feared to Ruth Ware’s The Death Of Mrs. Westaway and Susan Orlean’s The Library Book, there are so many books to discover
The Washington Post’s Book Cart
The Washington Post’s Book World team is sent hundreds of books about
every topic you can imagine. Once the book reviews are published, what
happens to the books? We follow the Book World team to find out and how
the beloved book cart came about.
Yep, it’s like this at Library Journal. We have our own book cart.
(Source: youtube.com)
Sad news for lovers of meaty women’s fiction.
As the Winter Olympics wind down, here are ten top fiction and
nonfiction titles that “takes the reader into the South Korean psyche, often exploring the past and the present country.” #fridayreads.
Best book cake ever! Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin1
