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ALA’s Council voted to remove the name from the honor, citing Dewey’s legacy of antisemitism, sexual harassment, and racism. A new name for the award has yet to be announced. “Passed overwhelmingly with no debate! Look at that,” said Emily Drabinski, who noted the resolution reached Council because “Dewey was an unrepentant anti-Semite, misogynist, sexual harasser, anti-Black racist.” The resolution, which can be read in full here, cites where information about Dewey’s history can be located and specifically notes that “the behavior demonstrated for decades by Dewey does not represent the stated fundamental values of ALA in equity, diversity, and inclusion....

adult space opera books Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee To redeem herself, Captain Kel Cheris must have to retake the Fortress of Scattered Needles with the help of the undead tactician Shuos Jedao. Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi Alana is the best sky surgeon in Heliodor City, but repairing starship engines barely pays the bills. Soon after a crew comes to find her sister Nova, and she decides to go with them to find her....

In pastiches, parodies, and homages to superhero media, the superhero in question will almost always have a fast-talking, thrill-seeking journalist as (usually) his love interest. This is, of course, a tribute to Lois Lane, the first and greatest of superhero comics “newshens.” (Yes, they used that word. Sigh.) But scratch the surface of the genre and you’ll find a fair amount of other journalistic romances. Where did this trope come from and how did it become so iconic?...

Ella Enchanted (the Newbery Honor novel) is an extremely popular middle grade retelling of the Cinderella story, with the twist that Ella has received a terrifying “gift” from a fairy named Lucinda. Ella must obey every command she is given. The story has endured as a staple of children’s literature since its initial publication in 1997. In several recent conversations I’ve had with adults (children-having and not), Ella Enchanted has come up as a popular option for teaching all children about the value of asserting your own wants and needs....

Feast your eyes on all these beauties you can buy on Etsy—some handmade, some 3-D printed—in various shapes, sizes, colors, and materials. Handy Thumb Book Holders on Etsy You can’t go wrong with the classic plastic thumb book holder, in a variety of colors. $4. Get your sparkle on with this turquoise glitter page saver, handmade from resin. $9 Enjoy one of these gorgeous personalized wooden thumb book holders, in a variety of wood types....

1. Local Thrift Stores They will be useful for finding used bookshelves, but you might have to do some legwork. Some thrift stores can be specific for furniture, so try to Google a few close to where you live and visit it every week until you find the perfect used bookshelf for you! 2. Local Yard Sales These can sometimes have some old furniture and some old books you can fill the shelves with!...

Hammer and James star as Maxim de Winter and his new bride, who is never given a name beyond Mrs. de Winter. The two meet in Monte Carlo and marry after a whirlwind courtship, returning home to his estate, Manderley, in rugged and beautiful Cornwall. Though the house is beautiful and lavish, reminders of Maxim’s first, deceased wife, Rebecca, are everywhere—and his devoted housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (Scott Thomas) won’t let Mrs....

Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway one puzzle prize pack for book lovers! The prize pack will include three bookish puzzles to enjoy while dreaming of your next read! I remember only a few other kids my age who enjoyed audiobooks, but usually their experience was limited to renting an audiobook at a Cracker Barrel to help their road trip pass along more quickly. So, whenever I tried to talk about my love of audiobooks like Eragon, The Golden Compass, or Alanna: the First Adventure, I just got blank looks and awkward silences....

That said, this is the year people who are fighting for the rights of all demand to be heard. Over the last year, several grassroots parental and professional anti-censorship groups have worked hard to have a voice in local, state, and national politics related to book banning. These include groups like Florida Freedom to Read Project (who’ve offered incredible tips on beginning a local anti-censorship group), the FREADom Fighters in Texas, Louisiana Citizens Against Censorship, North Hunterdon-Voorhees Intellectual Freedom Fighters (New Jersey), and Moms For Social Justice (Tennessee)....

The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim Still asking yourself “What book should I read next?” We’ve got tons of recommendations! You can check out The Best Books of 2019 for a whole bunch of books that are already out....

Per The Library of Congress, the Poet Laureate originated in 1936 when Archer M. Huntington created an endowment for the “maintenance of a chair of Poetry of the English language in the Library of Congress.” The title was originally “Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress,” and changed to “Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry” in 1986. The Library of Congress doesn’t ask a lot of their Poet Laureates, largely “to afford each incumbent maximum freedom to work on his or her own projects while at the Library....

In the most basic sense, prose poetry is poetry without line breaks. That is to say, each line ends when it touches the right margin on the page, naturally flowing down to the next line. This might seem like the poet has decided to just ignore the many uses of line breaks such as end stops and enjambment. This is poetry, however, so every decision is purposeful. Emphasis Line breaks are used to create emphasis....

Women’s heroes are everyone’s heroes! In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote, we read books that are by, for, and about powerful women of all ages. A pre-teen who helped discover the world’s first dinosaur bone, a young women in the early 20th century who braved the illness and death of the radium factories and fought a groundbreaking battle for workers’ rights, or teens—one black, one white—who rely on each other to survive a night of violent race riots in their city—these are the stories of remarkable women of history and resourceful everyday girls....

Are we confusing MG with YA? Let’s face it, it can be difficult to determine if a book labeled for the youths is MG or YA. YA is such a buzzword (like Millennial) that is often thrown around with abandon and more often used incorrectly when it comes to books. Books written for and about young people are often labeled as YA. Even books for adults written by women are thought of as YA....

I have always loved to read, even when I was tiny. Even before I could read to myself, like so many others, my parents would read to me every night at bedtime. As I grew up, I often even preferred books to friends—until I needed an outlet for all my thoughts about my books. As I grew up, I started writing. Essays for school, then features for magazines, copy for marketing…and finally it escalated to a point that I was even writing about writing....

Where did Frodo go at the end? Frodo goes to the Undying Lands with the elves. While the mortal human, hobbit, and dwarf characters discuss death and dying (and do plenty of it) in Lord of the Rings, the immortal elves don’t talk about their end in the same manner at all. Galadriel describes it in The Fellowship of the Ring after Frodo offers her the One Ring and she chooses not to accept: “I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel....

At Blackbrook Academy everyone has a motive . . . for murder. When a storm strikes at Blackbrook Academy, an elite prep school nestled in the woods of Maine, a motley crew of students—Beth “Peacock” Picach, Orchid McKee, Vaughn Green, Sam “Mustard” Maestor, Finn Plum, and Scarlet Mistry—are left stranded on campus with their headmaster. Hours later, his body is found in the conservatory and it’s clear his death was no accident....

Turns out this was naive optimism, because I grew to understand that profit takes priority over the joy of spreading great stories at a big-box bookstore. For me, that outweighs all the benefits of the job. I quit after eight months, spurred by how the behind-the-scenes is far from the idyllic retreat I believed bookstores to be. Chain Bookstores Establish the Rules The nation-wide bookseller chain that I worked for had a corporate office that designated everything from the appearance of bookshelves to the items in stock....

That was two years ago. My ability to read science fiction and fantasy has not returned. Look, I know a lot of folks have experienced shifts in their reading due to the pandemic. A lot of folks have written about it here. We’re pretty deep into this thing now, and I’m honestly not that interested in talking about how it has or hasn’t changed the way I read. I’m interested in a bigger question, one I’ve been wrestling with for a while now....

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