Category: Literary Linking

This week’s article topics include: Harry Potter gifts galore, racism in Dr. Seuss’ books, The Princess Bride, and more! The best bookish links the week of September 11 – 15: Is the Cat in the Hat Racist? It’s disheartening to read about some of the racist elements of Dr. Seuss’ work, but we have to…

This week’s article topics include: literary destinations, Billy bookcases, Snowy Day stamps, and more! The best bookish links the week of September 4 – 8: Ten Audible Classics Narrated by Celebs An audiobook narrator can make or break a book. Luckily there are many classic novels (which are fantastic anyway) that are being read by…

This week’s article topics include: bookish world records, reader fatigue, tech in fiction and more! The best bookish links the week of August 28 – September 1: 6 Best Bookish World Records A short and sweet list of fun bookish world records. Sadly, I don’t think I can break any of them. 50 of the…

This week’s article topics include: Wishbone, the importance of daily reading, and more! The best bookish links the week of August 21 – 25: The New York Times Books Desk Will Make You Read Again The New York Times has made some changes to make room new content, other than traditional reviews. I like reading…

This week’s article topics include: swear words in today’s books, silent book clubs, unconventional children’s books and more! The best bookish links the week of August 14 – 18 : The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2017 I always look forward to this annual list put out by Travis Yonker on his blog, 100…

This week’s article topics include: fun bookish vocab, the merits or romance novels, types of bookstore customers, and more! The best bookish links the week of August 7 – 11 : Recommending the Best of Stephen King If you saw The Dark Tower and found it subpar, clear your Stephen King palate with these recommendations…

This week’s article topics include: Jane Austen’s masterful irony, Hemingway’s guide to life, feminist children’s books and more! The best bookish links the week of July 24 – 28 : The Enduring Legacy of Jane Austen’s “Truth Universally Acknowledged” Linguist Geoff Nunberg deep dives the opening line of Pride and Prejudice and extols Austen’s literary…

This week’s article topics include: George R. R. Martin’s obsession with soup, men adapting ambiguous pen names to sell books to women, and more! The best bookish links the week of July 17 – 21 :   The Anatomy of a Book Learn some fabulously nerdy vocab about the physical makeup of a book. Endpapers, headband,…

This week’s article topics include: books for GLOW fans, best cities for readers, blush-worthy scenes from Canterbury Tales, and more! The best bookish links the week of July 10 – 14 : The Great Second-Half 2017 Book Preview The Millions always does a great job previewing the best books of the year. I still have a…

This week’s article topics include: literary video games, ambassador-recommended books, the day jobs of famous writers, and more! The best bookish links the week of July 3 – 7: The Hunger Games Taught a 12-Year-Old Girl First Aid Non-fiction books aren’t the only kind of reading that can teach you things! What Literary Video Game Should…