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To be clear, I stand by each of these searches, as well as the motivations behind them. Priorities. But naturally, being a good library unicorn also requires information Google is unable to provide, such as: “how to react when you’re surrounded by 15 kids who are all mad at each other for very different reasons in very different ways, and also you can’t technically leave your desk because of the 15 other kids who have come to the library to check out books....

There’s one last thing to get out of the way before we jump right in. While browsing Etsy, I noticed that there are two books which have all kinds of goodies. The titles are probably obvious, but they were The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six. There were a couple of things from Malibu Rising as well, but the rest of her books don’t really have listings (yet)....

Teaching is exhilarating, exhausting, and empowering almost every day. For example, I teach at a Catholic school and take my Junior Kindergarten students to mass on a weekly basis. If I can teach 13 four and five-years-olds how to genuflect, listen, kneel, and sit still during mass, I can do anything! To get anything accomplished in the classroom, teachers need a collection of advice and tips honed from other teachers, pinned from Pinterest, and, for me, gleaned from favorite books....

By the end of the decade, however, awareness had crept in at DC that young people were thinking about more serious topics than the Twist and which Beatle was cutest. And so the Titans very abruptly got Relevant. And it was real weird. The big change comes in Teen Titans #25 (February 1970), with a ludicrously dramatic cover and the equally dramatic title “The Titans Kill a Saint?” (Answer: only for the loosest possible definition of “kill....

Best Pandemic Books: Fiction Best Pandemic Books: Nonfiction For more of the best pandemic books and medical writing in general, check out these posts: 10 Books About the Plague 50 Books to Read If You Love Medicine

Jonny Sun, the wonderfully original author of everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too, is back with a collection of essays and other writings in his unique, funny, and heartfelt style. With pieces that range from long meditations on topics like loneliness and being an outsider, to short humor pieces, conversations, and memorable one-liners. Jonny’s honest writings about his struggles with feeling productive, as well as his difficulties with anxiety and depression will connect deeply with his fans as well as anyone attempting to create in our chaotic world....

If you’re feeling overwhelmed, consider getting started with one of the quickest, most convenient ways to get the task done: an app especially designed for this very task. Whether your priority is making a quick and straightforward sale, receiving the most money possible, or having the flexibility and possibilities of creating your own shop, you’ll find what you’re looking for with one of these five used bookselling apps. Best Apps to Sell Used Books: For Quick and Simple Sales Much like taking your used books into a used bookstore, these apps are designed to help you sell your books with minimal effort....

These memoirs you’ve never heard of have 1,000 or fewer ratings on Goodreads, which is not a perfect barometer to judge by, but that’s what we’re working with. Most were published by small presses, and they deserve all the praise in the world. The books on this list cover a variety of life stories, dealing with grief, racism, violence, trauma, family history, and so much more. Read about a man who transitioned at age 51, a girl in Pakistan who refused to be a child bride and instead empowered other girls in her rural community to get an education, and a woman who toured the world’s death festivals in the wake of her almost-father-in-law’s sudden and devastating death....

You, dear reader, are settled in with a book. It’s engrossed you so completely, you don’t feel the jostling of the other bodies around you in the bus, the hum of the lights at your office (if you work at an office, that is), or, later, the ticking of your clock, trying furtively to remind you it’s 4 o’clock in the morning, so maybe now, now you should go to sleep (you won’t, of course)....

Oscar Wilde’s artistic sensibilities expressed themselves through his carefully constructed personality and his small but brilliant set of literary productions. While he is probably one of the most misquoted authors in literary history (for example, there is no evidence of him having ever said “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”), he never seemed to have run out of funny and profoundly wise things to say. Join us, on this exploration of different aspects of the life and times of the king of comebacks that made him the icon that he is, guided by what he himself might have had to say about them....

At The Guardian, Josh Lacey’s Top 10 Pseudonymous Books and for another take: At AbeBooks, Top 10 Books Written Under Pen Names At Terrible Minds, 25 Ways to Earn Your Audience At Book Page, 12 Super Story Collections At AbeBooks, 25 Tricksters in Literature At Tor, 5 Literary Beasts That Seem Like Science Fiction Monsters At The Quivering Pen, 6 Short Story Collections That Blew Me Away At Online Universities, 75 Books Every Writer Should Read At Education....

Among the top 100 notable books include: Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun The Candy House by Jennifer Egan The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia An Immense World by Ed Yong Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (also selected as the best book of the year by Barnes & Noble employees) The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty (winner of this year’s National Book Award in Fiction) Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin...

I see the goal in these reissues, of course: bringing classic texts to new generations of readers with fresh looks to blend in with the current marketplace. But that doesn’t mean it needs to fit in the young adult shelf of bright, illustrated covers with bubbly type. The weird part is that, since these are the classics, you’d think the cover designers — or, at the very least, the people who decided to try to make a buck off distributing their version — would know what the book is actually about....

From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. “So damn good. A page-turner that makes you think and has a huge emotional impact.” -Jeff VanderMeer, New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation (via Twitter) However, before they stole the Indigenous peoples’ land, the natural environment was merely a backdrop to European folktales; it would be decades until the future colonizers used nature to their advantage (see: Hector St....

What Makes a Book Popular on TikTok? TikTok is an unpredictable landscape. Trends are both inescapable and unexplainable. When a book goes viral on TikTok, it’s either hot off the presses or it’s ten years old. It’s all about the users of the app. During the initial COVID-19 lockdown, many people found themselves reading for pleasure again, thus rediscovering old favorites. BookTok really loves romance, from the sweet to the sublime....

If you’re looking for some great fantasy books, check out these excellent LGBTQ+ fantasy reads and all of our science fiction and fantasy recs! title: “This Post Has Been Redirected” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-02” author: “Carlos Ussery” If you’re looking for some great fantasy books, check out these excellent LGBTQ+ fantasy reads and all of our science fiction and fantasy recs! title: “This Post Has Been Redirected” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-04” author: “Andrew Riner” If you’re looking for some great fantasy books, check out these excellent LGBTQ+ fantasy reads and all of our science fiction and fantasy recs!...

And here are several more new books I am excited to get my hands on today, including At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop, The Arrest by Jonathan Lethem, and Secret Santa by Andrew Shaffer. Megan Rapinoe’s memoir, One Life, is out now too, and it’s also the release day for my favorite true crime read of the year: We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper....

When I moved in with my boyfriend, one of the first things we bought together was a bookshelf for the living room. While he kept most of his books inside cupboards, I like seeing my books displayed. I find it comforting, even if that means they are more exposed to the elements. In the end, the bookshelf corner became one of the favourite places of the house for both of us....

Tupac Shakur is one of the most influential rappers of all time. He died in 1996 at 25 years old from a drive-by shooting. The auction, titled The Art and Influence of Hip Hop, includes items from many well-known hip hop artists, and also includes love letters from Tupac Shakur to high school sweetheart Cosima. The poetry booklet is estimated to sell for $300,000. Find out more at Forbes. Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in Breaking in Books....

Not yet down with boho as a style with which you vibe? I suspect once you check out this array of awesome boho book goods, you might find yourself unable to resist the look. Boho is casual and carefree, without much rigidity, meaning that while there are certainly things and ways of looking boho, if it feels boho, then that’s far more important. One of the best descriptions I found for how to define the aesthetic is “an eclectic assortment of collected objects” like you might find as you travel the world through flea markets....