Author: Kristen
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Literary Linking: March 20 – 24
This week’s articles topics include: Clueless the comic book, wearing Handmaid’s Tale robes to the Texas Senate, a Muggle artifacts collection, and more! My favorite links from the week of March 20 – 24: Cool Job Alert: American Girl Hiring Is Hiring a Historian The American Girl company hasn’t been on my good side recently….
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The Best “Beauty and the Beast” Retellings
It would be an understatement to say I’m excited about the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast that came out this past weekend. I was humming “Tale as Old as Time” and “Be Our Guest” all last week. I realize Belle from the original animated film is not the perfect heroine, but there are…
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Literary Linking: March 13 – 17
This week’s article topics include: subverting Trump with literature, new info on Jane Austen’s death, the controversy of dog-earing books, and more! My favorite links from the week of March 13 – 17: Alexander and the V Bad, FML Day Read this – I promise you will laugh. It’s a digital-age take on Judith Viorst’s…
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Bookish App Review: Bookout
When I heard about Bookout, a new app that creates infographics of your reading life, I had to give it a try. Their tagline is: Reading made better. Did it in fact make my reading better? I’ll share my thoughts after I tell you a little more about the app 🙂 What does it do?…
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Literary Linking: March 6 – 10
This week’s articles cover topics including the coolest bookstores, famous writers most-used words, Margaret Atwood on The Handmaid’s Tale in the age of Trump, and more!: My favorite literary links from the week of March 6 – 10: 5 Things You May Not Know About Margaret Wise Brown Not sure who Margaret Wise Brown is?…
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Literary Linking: February 27 – March 3
This week’s articles cover topics including: new and angry words in the Oxford English Dictionary, a Jane Austen heirloom, creating a rainbow bookshelf, and more! My favorite literary links from the week of February 27- March 3: Inheriting a National Treasure: Aunt Jane Austen’s Ring Can’t really comprehend how this woman forgot that she was…
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What Did DC Read in February?
Aaaand we’re back with DC Commuter Reading! Sorry for the hiatus… I don’t really have a good excuse except that I kept falling asleep on my bus. So, welcome to this month’s round-up of what commuters from the District read on public transit, plus observations of the readers themselves. Maybe it’s you… 🙂 Here’s what DC…
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To Reread or Not To Reread? 10 Factors To Consider
I read recently that the United States publishes a little over 300,000 new titles a year. Even if I put only 1% of the new books published this year on my TBR list, I’d be adding 3,000+ titles to my reading plate. That’s just insanity. So, when I recently saw Goodreads’ announcement that they now…
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Literary Linking: February 20 – 24
This week’s articles cover topics including: a profile on the new Librarian of Congress, books and libraries in unexpected places, an ultimate thriller reading list, and more! My favorite bookish links from the week of February 20 – 24: Against Readability “A micro-history of cultural gatekeeping: once told by the censors what we may read,…
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A Conversation with Erin Barker from Hooray for Books!
I love being a school librarian and there’s always more to learn in my specific field, but sometimes it’s fun to explore other facets of the book world. To satisfy my bookish curiosity, every so often, I will interview folks who make their living in the book industry. My very first guest is Erin Barker, buyer…