Category: Literary Linking

This week’s link topics include: a new bookish podcast, the possible demise of Barnes & Noble, the definition of a hard-boiled mystery novel, and more! The best bookish links the week of May 7 – 11: Single-Women’s Fiction Is a BS Genre that Exists on Amazon Where’s the Single-Men’s Fiction??? “That’s Another Story: Will Schwalbe…

This week’s link topics include: author-recommended bookstores, the best crime novels from the past year, funny books by funny women, and more! The best bookish links the week of April 30 – May 4: What To Read When You Want To Read Funny Women Sometimes you have to break up serious reading with a book…

This week’s link topics include: PBS’s Great American Read, super cool children’s libraries, movies based on poems, and more! The best bookish links the week of April 16 – 20: The Great American Read: Read the 100 List The Great American Read is an 8-part series that comes to PBS in late May. The list…

This week’s link topics include: a book about animal flatulence, 20th anniversary Harry Potter covers, surprising former librarians, and more! The best bookish links the week of April 9 – 13: Why the New Wave of East Asian Authors Is Targeting YA So happy that more Asian-American authors are getting published. I’m on hold at…

This week’s link topics include: short story dispensers, “trust” bookshops, the new Harry Potter Hogwarts mystery mobile game, and more! The best bookish links the week of April 2 – 6: Short Story Dispensers Spread the Power of Literature Free short stories on demand – there are so many great opportunities that can come out…

This week’s link topics include: the appeal of boarding school tales, bibliomancy, the success of independent bookstores, and more! The best bookish links the week of March 26 – 30: Here’s Why Readers and Writers Alike Love a Boarding School Tale Simone St. James gives three spot-on reasons as to why boarding school settings are…

This week’s link topics include: the best books of 2018 so far, literary perfumes, what your bookshelf organization says about you, and more! The best literary bookish the week of March 19 – 23:   The Best Books of 2018 (So Far) Since I’m still trying to stick to my “No New Books for a…

This week’s link topics include: book towns, a new book by Markus Zusak and more! The best bookish links the week of March 12 – 16: Book Towns Are Made for Book Lovers I make it a personal goal to visit all “book towns” out there. This is a lovely interview with journalist Alex Johnson…

This week’s link topics include: arming school librarians, book recommendations based on tattoos, writers’ super cute pets and more! The best bookish links the week of March 5- 9 Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018 More excellent books to add to your TBR! Who Should Be Armed in Florida Schools? Not Teachers, Lawmakers Say. But Maybe…

This week’s link topics include: a TV adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere, literary characters’ last meals, sad books, and more! The best bookish links the week of February 26 – March 2 Last Meals of Famous Literary Characters These crimes and last meals are all made up (I can’t see Hermione Granger EVER committing a…