An Elegy to Paper Advance Reader Copies
One of my favorite things about reviewing books is mail. Book-shaped brown envelopes waiting by the mailbox are tiny reminders that I, too, am a part...
Essential Nonfiction Books About the Middle East
When you search for books about the Middle East, you usually find a lot of covers with veiled women, or shouting, angry-looking men, or Bernard Lewis....
Comics A–Z: Heroes From Farr to Jesus
I’ve had a lot of time to think lately. Like many of you, I’m not a huge fan of too much mental downtime, and as this whole...
5 Adult Books With One Number in the Title
Have you ever wondered how book titles are chosen? Me too. Some titles tug at your heart strings, others are scary, and there are many other...
Pride is a Rebellion, and Rebellions are Built on Hope
This is a guest post from David R. Slayton. Slayton grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding fantasy novels...
Time Is Not Real: Books That Play With the Art of Time
I think we can all agree, at this point in quarantine, that time is no longer real? (I heard a rumor that there may be a...
7 Great Books That Generate Empathy
A while ago, I read something by Stephen Covey that sums up how I feel about empathy: “When you really listen to another person from their...
Summer 2020 YA Books: Your Reading List Is Hot, Hot, Hot
It’s summer in the northern Hemisphere. In addition to rising temperatures, we’ve got a massive crop of new and upcoming summer 2020 YA books for you...
An Invisible Threat: Compassion Fatigue in Libraries
In celebrity-obsessed Timberwood Village, humble dishwashing teens Darlis and Mae are looking forward to the great warrior Riqa’s wedding of the century. That is, until Riqa...
A Shuttered Garage, a Devastated Trade
The taxi industry has been brutally crunched on two sides—from skyrocketing operating costs, on the one hand, and a sharp decline in business, on the other....
