The Reader's Advisor Online Blog http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog the blog for RA librarians Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hot Prospects for 2013 http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/18/hot-prospects-for-2013/ http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/index.php/2013/05/18/hot-prospects-for-2013/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 12:04:54 +0000 Cindy Orr http://www.readersadvisoronline.com/blog/?p=19300
  • Conde Nast Traveler: Four Travel-Inspired Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
  • Marie Claire: Summer Books 2013
  • Clutch Magazine: Five New Books for Your Summer Reading List
  • Seventeen: What to Read This Summer
  • Yahoo: Top 10 Summer Books for 2013: Surefire Hits for the Silver Screen
  • HistoryNet: Notable Books, Summer 2013
  • Amazon: Summer Reading
  • Bookreporter.com: Coming Soon – June Books
  • Examiner.com: Summer 2013 Young Adult Novel Releases, Part 1
  • Examiner.com: Summer 2013 Young Adult Novel Releases, Part 2
  • Publishers Weekly: Best Summer Books 2013
  • National Geographic: Best Travel Books of Spring
  • Washington Times: Indie Publishers’ Spring Titles
  • Huffington Post: Art Books April Edition
  • Zagat blog: Spring Food Books
  • The Atlantic: YA Spring Book Preview
  • Bookish: Must-Read Books for Spring
  • The Horn Book: Board Book Round-up Spring 2013
  • Common Sense Media: Spring Books to Get Your Kids Reading
  • Christian Science Monitor: 12 promising novels for spring
  • Christian Science Monitor: 15 promising nonfiction titles for spring
  • Flavorwire: Ten new must-reads for April
  • New York Times: New Personal Finance Books
  • USA Today: Spring Preview of Hot New Young Adult Books
  • DC Spotlight: Books to Know: April 2013
  • The Book Case: 12 Anticipated Spring Books
  • Romantic Times: Upcoming Romance Releases
  • Copperfield Books: Big Books Spring 2013
  • Reading the Past: New Historical Novels from Small and Independent Presses, Part 1
  • Reading the Past: New Historical Novels from Small and Independent Presses, Part 2
  • Bookreporter: Coming Soon
  • Code 451: Most Anticipated Spring 2013 Book Releases
  • Publishers Weekly: Most Anticipated Fiction of Spring, 2013
  • Wall Street Journal: Four Financial Books for Summer Reading
  • The Daily Meal: 2013 Cocktail and Spirits Books
  • Amazon: Big Spring Children’s Books
  • Amazon: Big Spring Books
  • Santa Rosa Press Democrat: New Spring Books
  • Flavorwire: Ten new must-reads for March
  • Amazon editors: Ten Best Books of March
  • ABA: Spring 2013 Kids’ Indie Next list preview
  • Publishers Lunch: Buzz Books 2013 (free download)
  • Comics Beat: New Books from Marvel, May-Aug 2013
  • Three Percent: 2013 Books Preview
  • PW Spring Announcements: Literary Fiction
  • PW Spring Announcements: Mysteries and Thrillers
  • PW Spring Announcements: Romance
  • PW Spring Announcements: Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • PW Spring Announcements: Travel
  • PW Spring Announcements: Sports
  • PW Spring Announcements: Social Sciences
  • PW Spring Announcements: Science
  • PW Spring Announcements: Politics
  • PW Spring Announcements: Poetry
  • PW Spring Announcements: Performing Arts
  • PW Spring Announcements: Music
  • PW Spring Announcements: Memoir
  • PW Spring Announcements: Lifestyle
  • PW Spring Announcements: History and Military History
  • PW Spring Announcements: Cookbooks
  • PW Spring Announcements: Comics
  • PW Spring Announcements: Business
  • PW Spring Announcements:
  • PW: Most Anticipated Books of SpringArt and Architecture
  • The Millions: Most Anticipated: the Great 2013 Preview
  • USA Today: Winter Books Preview
  • Flavorwire: Flavorpill’s 30 Most Anticipated Books of 2013
  • Huffington Post: Best Books of 2013? Our Picks
  • Bestsellers.About.com: 2013 Book Releases Preview
  • Goodreads.com: Can’t Wait Books for 2013
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    TUESDAY FICTION

  • Ahmad, A. X. – The Caretaker – 9781250016843
  • Bulawayo, Noviolet – We Need New Names – 9780316230810
  • Castle, Richard – Storm Front – 9781401324902
  • Dean, James – Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach – 9780062110725
  • Foster, Alan Dean – Star Trek into Darkness – 9781476716480
  • Garcia, Cristina – King of Cuba – 9781476710242
  • Grecian, Alex – The Black Country – 9780399159336
  • Grisham, John – Theodore Boone: The Activist (YA) – 9780525425779
  • Haines, Carolyn – Smarty Bones – 9780312641887
  • Harwood, John – The Asylum – 9780544003477
  • Hosseini, Khaled – And the Mountains Echoed – 9781594631764
  • Kalotay, Daphne – Sight Reading – 9780062246936
  • McCarry, Charles – The Shanghai Factor – 9780802121271
  • Nesbo, Jo – The Redeemer – 9780307595850
  • Pron, Patricio / Lethem, Mara Faye – My Fathers’ Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain – 9780307700681
  • Shaara, Jeff – A Chain of Thunder: A Novel of the Siege of Vicksburg – 9780345527387
  • Takeuchi, Naoko – Sailor Moon 11 – 9781612620077
  • Tarttelin, Abigail – Golden Boy – 9781476705804
  • Willems, Mo – A Big Guy Took My Ball! (Elephant and Piggie Series) – 9781423174912

    • TUESDAY NONFICTION

  • Agar, Michael – The Lively Science: Remodeling Human Social Research – 9781626521025
  • American Psychological Association – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) – 9780890425558
  • Chopra, Deepak, Chopra, Sanjiv – Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, and the American Dream – 9780544032101
  • Jackson, Phil / Delehanty, Hugh – Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success – 9781594205118
  • Moore, Charles – Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands – 9780307958945
  • Packer, George – The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America – 9780374102418
  • Reinstein, Ted – New England Notebook: One Reporter, Six States, Uncommon Stories – 9780762778416
  • Roberts, Mary Louise – What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France – 9780226923093
  • Robinson, Ken, Aronica, Lou – Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life – 9780670022380
  • Shaben, Carol - Into the Abyss: An Extraordinary True Story – 9781455501953
  • Sherman, Gabriel – The Loudest Voice in the Room: Fox News and the Making of America – 9780812992854

    • THURSDAY FICTION

  • Tolkien, J. R. R. / Tolkien, Christopher (EDT) – The Fall of Arthur – 9780544115897

    • THURSDAY NONFICTION

  • Miraval – Mindful Living – 9781401942007
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    By Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords

    New To the Bestseller Lists This Week:

    FICTION


    PattersonArcher Hill

    AppleSomedayWind

    RiskBareEdge

    Counterfeit

    NONFICTION


    HeardBunkerControl

    VeganGutWorkplace

    BeautyPlanWeightwatchers

    GRAPHIC BOOKS and MANGA


    MoonAvengersFeynman

    ManhattanFairyDoubt

    Zombie


    To Be Published Week of May 13, 2013:

    Here are just a very few:

    Fiction

  • Brown, Dan – Inferno – 9780385537858
  • Mosley, Walter – Little Green: An Easy Rawlins Mystery – 9780385535984

    • Nonfiction

  • Atkinson, Rick – The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 – 9780805062908
  • Connors, Jimmy – The Outsider: My Life in Tennis – 9780061242991
  • Gaiman, Neil – Make Good Art – 9780062266828
  • Marvel – Marvel’s Iron Man 3: The Art of the Movie Slipcase – 9780785168102

    • Remember, this is just a sample from our picks of the week. Scroll down or Click here for the complete list.


    Most Anticipated Books of 2013


    Want to know what’s coming soon? We feature lists of Hot Prospects for 2013 in the right hand column. Enjoy.


    News of the Week:

  • Canadian study affirms the benefits and importance of reading for pleasure, had a few key findings after reviewing the results of close to 300,000 papers published since 1966: it’s important to instill the love of reading in school age children; good readers make good professionals; giving students control over choosing what they read encourages them to read more;
  • Romance in YA: Take It or Leave It
  • OverDrive and Sourcebooks launch ambitious eBook data experiment–over 3,000 libraries participating worldwide
  • Jodi Arias book coming June 10
  • Do you love the thrill of identifying forgotten or lost books? Go to Reddit’s Tip of My Tongue and have at it. Suggestion: When you solve the puzzle, make it clear you’re a librarian. It will be good for the image of our profession.
  • What happens if you flip the gender of book covers? and, in related news, My So-Called Post-Feminist Life in Arts and Letters, and Jennifer Weiner’s Wed, April 10 post: Why are women writers ignored?
  • Scientific American: The science of paper vs. screens
  • Top 10 books buzzed in social media–and which gender buzzed about each
  • Microsoft may purchase the digital assets of Nook from Barnes & Noble for $1 billion
  • 3 YA Sub-Genres That Should Exist
  • Why it took so long for The Great Gatsby to become a classic (note the excerpts of reviews when the book was first published). Sidenote: Did you know that Haruki Murakami translated the book into Japanese, and why?
  • Stephen Colbert starts his own book club with The Great Gatsby as the first selection
  • Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to be an ABC series

    • Professional Development Opportunities:

  • Tue, May 14 2 pm ET – Random House free webinar: “Dazzling Debuts: Hot New Names in Fiction”
  • Wed, May 15 2pm ET – PLA webinar: “Street Smart: Urban Fiction in Public Libraries”
  • Wed, May 29 all day – LJ’s Day of Dialog at BEA has amazing roster of speakers


    • Books on Screen

  • First trailer for Ender’s Game released


    Awards

  • Locus Awards finalists

  • James Beard Awards – Best cookbook is Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America by Maricel E. Presilla
  • Anthony Award nominees for best mysteries

    • Authors

  • Guess the authors by their Nobel citations
  • A love note to librarians from Isabel Allende
  • The first 50 pages of Candace Bushnell’s next book was grabbed by a hacker and posted online.
  • Colleen Hoover: another bestselling self-published author is picked up by a trade publisher (Atria)
  • Janis Ian: “Libraries and librarians saved my life, truly, and I would not be the person, or writer, I am without them.”
  • Luci Tapahonso: First Navajo Nation poet laureate


    • Lists

  • Sarah Johnson’s annual Historical Fiction Picks at BEA
  • Josh Hangarne (author of The World’s Strongest Librarian): 5 Great Books About Libraries
  • Essential Neo Noir Authors
  • Summer Indie Next List for Reading Groups
  • Booklist: The Year’s Best Crime Novels
  • Kirkus: 10 Books for 10 Different Moms
  • Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth
  • YALSA: It’s Not What You Think: Mexican Americans in YA


    • Lighthearted Links of the Week

  • Talk about Genre Wars:

    Harlan Ellison recalls the day he assaulted his publisher out of frustration over the mislabeling of his latest book (which was about the early days of Rock and Roll) as science fiction. After his editor sneaked him out of the building on the freight elevator, he went to a studio and calmly recorded this video.

  • 50 Incredible Tattoos Inspired by Books

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    Librarianship titles on sale


    Programming and RA titles on sale

    Please note that a number of great RA resources, like Sara Martinez’s Latino Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests and Rebecca Vnuk’s Read On…Women’s Fiction: Reading Lists for Every Taste, are included.

    *I’m not the type to get too over-excited about just any sale…but 50% off! As my mother would say, that’s worthwhile.

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    By Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords

    New To the Bestseller Lists This Week:

    FICTION


    Hit Hannah Rutherfurd

    Kinsella Mystery Woman Maya's Notebook

    Kenner

    NONFICTION


    Sedaris Pollan K9

    Scahill My Next Step Schmidt

    I'll See You Again Frozen Waking Up

    Stelter Skinny Start

    Vader Fabio Barefoot Contessa

    GRAPHIC BOOKS and MANGA


     Marble Mutant Ninja Marshal

    Mind Mgmt Jerusalem Smallville

    Mieville Prey AC

    Spice Akamatsu

    Alice Pandora


    To Be Published Week of May 6, 2013:

    Here are just a very few:

    Fiction

  • Atkins, Ace – Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland – 9780399161575
  • Coonts, Stephen – Pirate Alley – 9780312372842
  • Evans, Richard Paul – A Step of Faith – 9781451628296
  • Harris, Charlaine – Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel – 9781937007881
  • Hart, Carolyn G. – Dead, White, and Blue – 9780425260777
  • Le Carre, John – A Delicate Truth – 9780670014897
  • Marra, Anthony – A Constellation of Vital Phenomena – 9780770436407
  • Morrell, David – Murder As a Fine Art – 9780316216791
  • Roby, Kimberla Lawson – A House Divided – 9781455526062
  • Rose, M. J. – Seduction: A Novel of Suspense – 9781451621501
  • Sandford, John – Silken Prey – 9780399159312

    • Nonfiction

  • Armstrong, Jennifer – Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made the Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic – 9781451659207
  • Edgerton, Clyde – Papadaddy’s Book for New Fathers: Advice to Dads of All Ages – 9780316056922
  • Williams, Wendy – Ask Wendy – 9780062268389

    • Remember, this is just a sample from our picks of the week. Scroll down or Click here for the complete list.


    Most Anticipated Books of 2013


    Want to know what’s coming soon? We feature lists of Hot Prospects for 2013 in the right hand column. Enjoy.


    News of the Week:

  • Headed to court: Harper Lee says she was tricked out of her own copyright by her agent’s son-in-law
  • News Flash! Hachette agrees to license its full catalog to libraries
  • Charlaine Harris’s last Sookie Stackhouse novel comes out this week, and she has decided not to tour and promote it for fear of angry fans
  • Another book of interest this week is Anthony Marra’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, which is set in Chechnya—and by the way, it’s gotten three starred reviews.
  • The first book on the Tsarnaev brother has been scheduled by Riverhead and will be written by Masha Gessen
  • Coming in time for Christmas: The Wit and Wisdom of Tyrian Lannister
  • How Douglas County Libraries deals with publisher metadata in their eBook collection
  • Launched: a competitor to Good Reads. Meet Riffle.
  • Should we ditch the “play-by-play book review”?
  • Worth checking out: The Handsell, with Ron Hogan of Beatrice.com
  • How graphic novels became the hottest section in the library
  • Ease of use: Why students love to use Facebook at school. Is this a lesson to be learned for libraries?
  • Yet another take on the end of print books
  • Digital distribution vs. traditional publishing
  • The Hunger Games was a huge driver for YA fiction sales in 2012
  • HarperCollins launches a new digital-first mystery imprint
  • Macmillan denies wrongdoing but agrees to pay $26 million in ebook pricing case
  • HarperCollins plans digital original mystery line called Witness
  • A year after dropping digital rights management on its titles, Tor sees no discernible increase in piracy

    • Professional Development Opportunities:

  • Nine social media tips (for freelancers; but good for any professional, really)

    • Forthcoming Booklist Online webinars:

  • Worlds of the Imagination: What’s New in SF/Fantasy (Tuesday, May 7)
  • Hooking Reluctant Readers with Middle Grade Series (Thursday, May 9)
  • Dazzling Debuts: Hot New Names in Fiction (Tuesday, May 14)
  • Spring Reading for Growing Minds (Tuesday, May 14)
  • PLA: Street Smart: Urban Fiction in Public Libraries (Wednesday, May 15)


    • Blatant Self-Promotion:

    Sarah Statz Cords and Cindy Orr, editors of this blog, both contributed to the newly released 7th edition of Genreflecting, the classic readers’ advisory tool along with long time series editor

    Diana Tixier Herald and:

    Abby Bass, Jack Baur, Terry Beck, John Charles, Kelly Fann, Maura Heaphy, Lesa Holstine, Sarah Johnson, Shelley Mosley, Hannah Jo Parker, Andrew Smith, Rebecca Vnuk, Lynn Wiandt, and David Wright.


    The first six chapters of the book are an introduction to readers’ advisory service and best practices, while the other chapters each cover one genre, explaining it in context and listing benchmark titles arranged by subgenre. This edition, for the first time, includes a chapter on general fiction and one on nonfiction, making it a guide to the entire landscape of reading for pleasure and a tool for readers’ advisors, students, and avid readers. The book is published by ABC-CLIO, the sponsor of this blog. Buy it now!


    Books on Screen

  • Spielberg’s next movie to be American Sniper, based on the book by Chris Kyle
  • Tucker Max’s I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell: currently a movie, and soon to be a Broadway play!
  • Ten great movies based on poems
  • What British leading man may be set to star in The Secret Service (adapted from the comic book of the same name)?
  • James Franco takes on Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
  • Your Guide to Summer Movies Based on Books


    • Awards

  • Benjamin Alire Saenz becomes the first Latino writer to receive the PEN/Faulkner Fiction Prize
  • Dennis Lehane finally wins an Edgar Award
  • Louise Penny and others win Agatha Awards
  • Elizabeth Longford Prize winner: Anne Somerset
  • Tony nominees: the complete list


    • Authors

  • Editor Mary Thom: Obituary
  • A J.J. Abrams story is being turned into a book
  • The Beastie Boys have made a memoir deal
  • Gilbert King’s Pulitzer winning book Devil in the Grove was about to be remaindered
  • W Is for Wasted – Sue Grafton announces her 23rd title
  • Ida Pollock – at 105, the world’s oldest living romance novelist is still writing
  • Terry Pratchett – the most shoplifted author in the UK
  • How Muriel Spark rescued Mary Shelley
  • 10 questions with Duane Swierczynski
  • Who is the “most shoplifted author in Great Britain?”


    • Lists

  • Books to read in May
  • Famous books you didn’t know were censored
  • Books about the Amanda Knox case
  • IndieBound bestsellers for the week of April 29
  • Booklist: Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth


    • Lighthearted Links of the Week

  • Poetry performances from the TED conference

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    By Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords

    New To the Bestseller Lists This Week:

    FICTION

    NONFICTION

    GRAPHIC BOOKS and MANGA


    To Be Published Week of April 29, 2013:

    Here are just a very few:

    Fiction

  • Archer, Jeffrey – Best Kept Secret – 9781250000989
  • Hill, Joe – NOS4A2 – 9780062200570
  • Messud, Claire -The Woman Upstairs – 9780307596901
  • Michaels, Fern – The Blossom Sisters – 9780758286710
  • Patterson, James & Maxine Paetro – 12th of Never – 9780316210829
  • Swierczynski, Duane – Point and Shoot – 9780316133302

    • Nonfiction

  • Ensler, Eve – In the Body of the World – 9780805095180
  • Groening, Matt – The Simpsons/Futurama Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis – 9780060897260
  • Heymann, C. David – Joe and Marilyn – 9781439191774
  • Knox, Amanda – Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir – 9780062217202
  • McGraw, Phillip C., Ph.D. – Philisms – 9780743224260
  • O’Brien, Edna – Country Girl: A Memoir – 9780316122702
  • Philbrick, Nathaniel – Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution – 9780670025442
  • Warren, Rick – The Hope You Need: From the Lord’s Prayer – 9780310327110

    • Remember, this is just a sample from our picks of the week. Scroll down or Click here for the complete list.


    Most Anticipated Books of 2013 and Best Books of 2012


    Lists of Best Books of 2012 can still be found in the right hand column where they’ve been for awhile. But, of course, Spring Announcement time is here, and we’re offering a list of Hot Prospects for 2013 in the right hand column. Enjoy.


    News of the Week:

    Hot Trends and Big Titles

    A thought for Earth Day: Why isn’t there more environmental fantasy around?

    Yet another new genre: “Midwestern noir”

    Third World Book Night deemed a huge success!

    OCLC launches Library Spotlight

    The Guardian tries open journalism

    Free Comic Book Day is May 4th–check out your options

    The last Sookie Stackhouse novel is coming out on May 7

    A new Hellboy comic is expected in October

    Reading Headlines

    What’s the most well-read city in America?

    What’s a better heading: “American Novelists” or “American Women Novelists”?

    Did you cut your reading teeth on “grocery store novels”?

    This is what can happen when books and TV shows share the same title

    Amazon had a good first quarter

    What’s available in the Guantanamo Prison Library?

    Oprah still brings the magic

    Ebook News

    Amazon has sold almost five million Kindle Singles

    HarperCollins is promoting enhanced ebooks

    Baker & Taylor will integrate digital media platform Axis 360 with Polaris

    Statewide ebook platform being tried in Massachusetts

    Are teens the real ebook trendsetters?

    OverDrive working to allow ebook checkout through the OPAC

    Self-published ebooks: selling more, costing less

    Yet another reading platform: Readmill


    Professional Development Opportunities:

    How do you find an audience for each book?

    A site to check out: Tumblr Book News

    BookExpo America has released its list of speakers

    Forthcoming Booklist Online webinars:
    Worlds of the Imagination: What’s New in SF/Fantasy (Tuesday, May 7)
    Hooking Reluctant Readers with Middle Grade Series (Thursday, May 9)
    Dazzling Debuts: Hot New Names in Fiction (Tuesday, May 14)

    The “CODES Conversations: Navigating the RA High-Wire Act: Practicing RA When You Don’t Read Widely” email discussion has been archived at the ALA website


    Books on Screen

    Inspirational bestseller The Shack…coming soon to a theater near you

    Who wants to direct 50 Shades of Grey? Gus van Sant, that’s who (and there are more casting rumors out there)

    A new modern-day adaptation of Great Expectations is expected…and is being produced by Reese Witherspoon

    Judy Blume’s Tiger Eyes is being made into a motion picture (and here’s the trailer)

    James Ellroy is planning a TV series adaptation of L.A. Confidential

    Every Secret Thing (based on a novel by Laura Lippmann) is now being filmed

    “Monster,” a new series on HBO, based on a manga series

    Kristin Cashore’s YA book Graceling has been optioned

    First trailer: “Thor: The Dark World”

    True adventure/memoir Kon-Tiki was originally made into a film documentary, but it’s been remade as a feature film

    Roddy Doyle’s novel The Commitments: is now becoming a musical!


    Awards

    Andrew Carnegie Medals for Fiction and Nonfiction: Shortlist

    Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction winner: Don DeLillo

    International Prize for Arabic Fiction winner: Saud Alsanousi

    Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards: 2013 Winners

    NSW Premiers Literary Awards shortlist

    Desmond Elliott Prize: Longlist

    The 2013 Media24 Books Literary Awards and Jan Rabie Rapport Prize: Shortlists

    British Sports Book Awards: Shortlist


    Authors

    Maya Angelou is recovering after a brief hospitalization

    Jane Austen: game theorist?

    A new statement from Iain Banks about his health

    Essayist Sloane Crosley: has sold a novel

    Richard Dawkins: Top “World Thinker”

    A hardcover collection of Nora Ephron’s work is to be released this fall…including her last play, Lucky Guy

    A new self-published phenom to watch: Katy Evans

    A.A. Milne: secret wartime propagandist?

    James Patterson: publishing industry needs a government bailout

    Here’s a question you don’t hear very often: “Is Michael Pollan a sexist pig?”

    J.D. Salinger: previously unknown letters from him to a Toronto woman come to light

    George Saunders explores how we lose time on computers

    Egyptian Graphic Novelist Magdy El Shafee: arrested during public protests in Egypt’s Riyadh Square

    Novelist Gary Shteyngart to publish memoir

    Audible has signed world English rights to the novels of Georges Simenon, best known for his Inspector Maigret novels

    Disney star Bella Thorne lands a contract to write a YA series

    Self-portraits by famous authors


    Lists

    In honor of last week’s Earth Day: 13 Environmental Favorites (and here’s 12 more)

    Ten foolproof books to give as gifts

    Get to know the new Pope Francis: in lots of forthcoming titles

    Ten greatest creepy farm books

    IndieBound bestseller list

    Four fantastic books of verse

    Five memoirs to read in 2013

    Top children’s books by self-published authors in April


    Lighthearted Links of the Week

    You’ve never seen the classics look like this before

    Ten reasons not to love books

    Are you as well read as a college sophomore?

    Twenty amazing outdoor libraries and bookstores

    Of course librarians are awesome!

    The most amazing Game of Thrones tattoos

    LEGO Hogwarts!

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    By Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords

    New To the Bestseller Lists This Week:

    FICTION

    NONFICTION

    GRAPHIC BOOKS and MANGA


    To Be Published Week of April 22, 2013:

    Here are just a very few:

    Fiction

  • Allende, Isabel – Maya’s Notebook – 9780062105622
  • Baldacci, David – The Hit – 9781455521210
  • Dickey, Eric Jerome – Decadence – 9780525953838
  • Hannah, Kristin – Fly Away – 9780312577216
  • Kinsella, Sophie – Night – 9780812993844
  • Quick, Amanda – The Mystery Woman – 9780399159091
  • Rutherfurd, Edward – Paris – 9780385535304
  • Thompson, Jean – The Humanity Project – 9780399158711

    • Nonfiction

  • Pollan, Michael – Cooked: Finding Ourselves in the Kitchen – 9781594204210
  • Quindlen, Anna – Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake – 9780812981667
  • Sedaris, David – Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls – 9780316154697
  • Weiss, Helga, Prose, Francine (INT) / Bermel, Neil (TRN) – Helga’s Diary: A Young Girl’s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp – 9780393077971
  • Zuckoff, Mitchell – Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II – 9780062133434

    • Remember, this is just a sample from our picks of the week. Scroll down or Click here for the complete list.


    Most Anticipated Books of 2013 and Best Books of 2012


    Lists of Best Books of 2012 can still be found in the right hand column where they’ve been for awhile. But, of course, Spring Announcement time is here, and we’re offering a list of Hot Prospects for 2013 in the right hand column. Enjoy.


    News of the Week:

    Hot Trends and Big Titles

    Ever-bigger authors are going the self-publishing route

    How are librarians responding to the launch of the Digital Public Library of America?

    Encourage math and science in school: by offering more science fiction reading?

    Are teens leaving Facebook because their parents are joining?

    A new book review column in the New York Foundling

    Sony “book discovery” infographic

    New Adult fiction: the “hot new category” of books

    UK libraries are archiving websites and other digital content

    Publishers now hosting more online communities than ever

    A new genre: climate fiction?

    Archie Comics announced partnership with Google Play

    Marvel announces new “Epic Collection”–collected editions of comics in trade paperbacks

    Google discontinues its Google Books Ads program

    Celebrate World Book Night U.S.: Tuesday, April 23

    Are picture books making kids more materialistic?

    A self-published book has reached the top of the New York Times bestseller list

    Lots of Ebook Headlines This Week

    What’s next for ebooks and libraries?

    “Luxury e-reader” launched by Kobo

    A new library ebook pilot project from Simon and Schuster and other publishers

    New e-reading platform: Digital Cerebrum

    Ebook readers’ habits are changing

    Are e-readers hurting our reading comprehension?

    What ebook innovations have we seen in the past year?

    EPUB, Libraries, and ebook accessibility

    New reading platform for kids: Speakaboos

    A new service to tell you what kind of e-reader to buy


    Professional Development Opportunities:

    Andrew Carnegie Awards for Excellence: Announcements Webinar

    The ALA has published their State of America’s Libraries 2013 report

    Boston Comic Con has been postponed (after the events of last Friday’s manhunt)

    Webcast: Book discoverability in a digital world

    Need a handy archive of comic book reviews? Here you go!

    Forthcoming Booklist Online webinars:
    Thrilling Mysteries for Spring (Tuesday, April 30)
    Worlds of the Imagination: What’s New in SF/Fantasy (Tuesday, May 7)
    Hooking Reluctant Readers with Middle Grade Series (Thursday, May 9)
    Dazzling Debuts: Hot New Names in Fiction (Tuesday, May 14)

    News from ALA: “CODES Conversations: Navigating the RA High-Wire Act: Practicing RA When You Don’t Read Widely–a Focused Email Discussion, April 24-25, 2013
    Join readers’ advisors across the country for a two-day CODES Conversation on the best ways to find read-alikes and do Readers’ Advisory even when you feel that you have not read enough. This free, moderated discussion is open to all—just subscribe to the discussion at http://lists.ala.org/sympa/subscribe/codes-convos, then follow and contribute to the conversation over the two days of the discussion. The main questions to be considered are: ‘Can you do RA for a genre that you’ve never read? How do you avoid simply turning over challenging questions to ‘the horror person’ or ‘the romance person?’”


    Books on Screen

    Catching Fire: first trailer

    “Go the F— to Sleep”: coming soon to a movie theater near you!

    Get ready for a remake of Cujo!

    Charlie Brown to become a 3D movie

    Warner Bros. is planning a prequel to The Shining

    Disney’s still planning new Star Wars movies–and a lot of them!

    Suite Francaise is closer to becoming a film

    The next and eighth season of Dexter will be its last

    There’s a new Romeo and Juliet adaptation–written by Downton Abbey’s Julian Fellowes–opening in the UK in October

    Amazon has released fourteen pilots and invites you to weigh in on which ones you enjoy

    American Psycho: the musical?

    GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film: The Perks of Being a Wallflower


    Awards

    Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction: Adam Johnson (and MobyLives’ picks for who should win the Fiction Pulitzer)

    All the 2013 Pulitzer winners

    Indies Choice Book Awards: Winners

    Los Angeles Times Book Awards 2013: Winners

    E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards: Winners

    IACP Cookbook Awards: Winners

    Minnesota Book Awards: Winners

    2013 Sceptre Prize (UK) winner: Pauline Lynch

    2013 Eisner Award: Nominees

    Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize): Shortlist

    Kwani Manuscript Project, African fiction award: Longlist

    Walter Scott award for historical fiction: Shortlist

    RSL Ondaatje Award: Shortlist


    Authors

    British author Basil Copper: Obituary

    A.S.A. Harrison: has died

    Children’s author E.L. Konigsburg: Obituary

    Marvel comics writer Robert Morales: Obituary

    Financial tips from Jane Austen

    William Boyd’s next Bond novel to be titled Solo

    Dan Brown’s new novel The Inferno is due out May 14

    Chad Harbach (author of The Art of Fielding): on sports novels

    Author Philip Norman is writing a biography of Paul McCartney, with McCartney’s “tacit approval”

    Thomas Pynchon’s new novel: read the first page here!

    Ian Rankin is writing another Rebus novel

    Actor Jason Segel has written a trilogy of young adult books

    Beach Boy Brian Wilson to pen memoir

    The best young novelists in speculative fiction

    Granta Best of Young British Novelists 2013; Free samples of the best young British novelists’ work


    Lists

    Most frequently challenged library books 2012

    Want a novel with a vivid setting? Try one of these four

    Your favorite poets’ favorite books of poetry

    Baseball mysteries

    Ten great kids’ books that have never been made into movies

    Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people


    Lighthearted Link of the Week

    The 10 weirdest and most wonderful libraries in the world

    Look twice at these French ads to increase illiteracy awareness

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    MONDAY NONFICTION

  • Weiss, Helga, Prose, Francine (INT) / Bermel, Neil (TRN) – Helga’s Diary: A Young Girl’s Account of Life in a Concentration Camp – 9780393077971

  • Wenzl, Roy, and Travis Heying – The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero – 9781586177799

    • TUESDAY FICTION

  • Allende, Isabel – Maya’s Notebook – 9780062105622
  • Baldacci, David – The Hit – 9781455521210

  • Calkins, Susanna – A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate – 9781250007902
  • Cass, Kiera – The Elite (Teen) – 9780062059963
  • Clark, Wahida – Honor Thy Thug: Thugs 6 – 9781936399390

  • Dickey, Eric Jerome – Decadence – 9780525953838

  • Fredrickson, Jack – The Dead Caller from Chicago: A Mystery – 9780312605278

  • Hannah, Kristin – Fly Away – 9780312577216

  • Kimberling, Brian – Snapper – 9780307908056

  • Kinsella, Sophie – Night – 9780812993844
  • Quick, Amanda – The Mystery Woman – 9780399159091

  • Ridgway, Bee – The River of No Return – 9780525953869
  • Riley, Rhonda – The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope – 9780062099440

  • Rutherfurd, Edward – Paris – 9780385535304

  • Sankaran, Lavanya – The Hope Factory – 9780385338196
  • Stothard, Anna – The Pink Hotel – 9781250026804

  • Thompson, Jean – The Humanity Project – 9780399158711

  • Wecker, Helene – The Golem and the Jinni – 9780062110831

    • TUESDAY NONFICTION

  • Acuff, Jon – Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters – 9781937077594
  • Harris, Josh / Harris, Jake / Chavez, Blake – Captain Phil Harris: The Legendary Crab Fisherman, Our Hero, Our Dad – 9781451666045
  • Hofstadter, Douglas, and Emmanuel Sander – Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking – 9780465018475
  • Lanz, Melissa – The Fresh 20: 20-ingredient Meal Plans for Health and Happiness 5 Nights a Week – 9780062200983
  • Mele, Nicco – The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath – 9781250021854
  • Pagden, Anthony – The Enlightenment: And Why It Still Matters – 9781400060689

  • Pollan, Michael – Cooked: Finding Ourselves in the Kitchen – 9781594204210
  • Quindlen, Anna – Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake – 9780812981667
  • Sedaris, David – Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls – 9780316154697

  • Smolin, Lee – Time Reborn: From the Limits of Physics to the Future of the Universe – 9780547511726
  • Wansink, Brian – Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life – 9780062136527

  • Zuckoff, Mitchell – Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II – 9780062133434

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    By Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords

    New To the Bestseller Lists This Week:

    FICTION



    NONFICTION

    GRAPHIC BOOKS and MANGA


    To Be Published Week of April 15, 2013:

    Here are just a very few:

    Fiction

  • Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince – 9780670026685
  • Johansen, Iris – Taking Eve – 9781250019981
  • Parker, T. Jefferson – The Famous and the Dead – 9780525953173
  • Roberts, Nora -Whiskey Beach – 9780399159893

    • Nonfiction

  • Aldrich, Alexandra – The Astor Orphan: A Memoir – 9780062207937
  • Dalrymple, William – Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42 – 9780307958280
  • Jones, Daniel – The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England – 9780670026654
  • Nasr, Vali – The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat – 9780385536479
  • Reece, Gabrielle / Karbo, Karen – My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper: A Guide to the Less Than Perfect Life – 9781451692662
  • Winder, Elizabeth – Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 – 9780062085498

    • Remember, this is just a sample from our picks of the week. Scroll down or Click here for the complete list.


    Most Anticipated Books of 2013 and Best Books of 2012


    Lists of Best Books of 2012 can still be found in the right hand column where they’ve been for awhile. But, of course, Spring Announcement time is here, and we’re offering a list of Hot Prospects for 2013 in the right hand column. Enjoy.


    News of the Week:

    Hot Trends and Big Titles

    Happy National Library Week!

    Which centuries are the most popular in historical novels right now?

    HarperCollins Christian has launched a new YA imprint

    What makes the “perfect reader”?

    Where are all of America’s great fantasy characters?

    Are comics becoming mainstream?

    New e-textbooks that may be a student’s worst nightmare

    One of the Kindle’s creators weighs in on ebooks and Amazon

    Facebook still the most popular “online identity” people use to sign in to all online services

    Barnes and Noble launches NOOK Press for self-published authors

    What IS the Digital Public Library of America?

    Ebook sales up 41% in 2012; overall, they made up 23% of publishers’ profits

    Which demographics use social media?

    New UK crime imprint to focus on the Northern part of England as a setting

    Another take on Amazon and GoodReads

    3M revamps their library ebook acquisition service

    Is Facebook ruining our social skills?

    Happy Birthday: The Little Prince turns 70

    New Margaret Thatcher biographies are expected soon (after her death last week)

    Reading in the News

    New York City agrees to pay $47,000 to the Occupy Wall Street Library Working Group for destroying their library

    Obama’s new budget: ups funding for library technology

    The New York Times Sunday Book Review has a new editor

    A free ebooks app is being developed for use in underdeveloped countries

    How different is the experience of reading in the twenty-first century?

    Attempts are being made to restore libraries looted by the Nazis to their rightful owners


    Professional Development Opportunities:

    Need to find a replacement service for Google Reader? Becky at RA for All test-drives some of the competition for you

    ProQuest now offering searching across ebooks, articles, and reports

    Forthcoming Booklist Online webinars:
    Weeding: The Basics and Beyond (Tuesday, April 16)
    Thrilling Mysteries for Spring (Tuesday, April 30)
    Hooking Reluctant Readers with Middle Grade Series (Thursday, May 9)

    News from ALA: “CODES Conversations: Navigating the RA High-Wire Act: Practicing RA When You Don’t Read Widely–a Focused Email Discussion, April 24-25, 2013
    Recently on Fiction-l a thread was started that asked ‘how a ‘poorly read’ librarian can do readers’ advisory?’ Join readers’ advisors across the country for a two-day CODES Conversation on the best ways to find read-alikes and do Readers’ Advisory even when you feel that you have not read enough. This free, moderated discussion is open to all—just subscribe to the discussion at http://lists.ala.org/sympa/subscribe/codes-convos, then follow and contribute to the conversation over the two days of the discussion.”


    Books on Screen

    Iron Man 3 looks like it’ll have a huge opening weekend

    Coming soon from the BBC: a mini-series adaptation of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mrs. Norrell

    The BBC is also starting work on Moby Dick-inspired movie The Whale

    Teaser trailer for the TV adaptation of Stephen King’s Under the Dome

    The trailer’s out for the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Filth (warning: it’s NSFW)

    The Phantom Tollbooth turns 50 this year…and gets its own documentary to celebrate!

    History series The Bible is breaking home-video sales records

    Tom Perrotta’s novel The Leftovers being made into a series by HBO

    Jess Walter’s novel Beautiful Ruins to be adapted into a film


    Awards

    2013 Hugo Award: Nominees announced

    IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: Shortlist

    Commonwealth Book Prize: Shortlist

    PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for history winner: Keith Lowe

    2013 Guggenheim Fellowship winners have been announced

    Independent Foreign Fiction Prize: Shortlist

    Summer 2013 New Voices Titles announced

    2013 Orion Book Award winner: Craig Childs

    Society of Midland Authors Awards: Winners

    2013 Oregon Book Award: Winners

    Historical Novel Society Award winner: Martin Sutton

    2013 Translated Book Award: Finalists

    Letterbox Library Little Rebels award (UK): Shortlist

    One of the world’s most lucrative book prizes…is rarely awarded


    Authors

    Documentary filmmaker Les Blank: Obituary

    Writer (and Woody Allen collaborator) Mickey Rose: Obituary

    Comedian Jonathan Winters: Obituary

    Zero no Tsukaima series author Noboru Yamaguchi: Obituary

    Political advisor David Axelrod to write a memoir

    16 Ray Bradbury books are finally being released as ebooks

    Do you know the name Abbi Glines? She’s heating up the self-published bestseller lists

    An Irish coin being minted to honor James Joyce also, unfortunately, misquotes him

    A new D.H. Lawrence manuscript has been found

    Sylvia Nasar (author of A Beautiful Mind) receives Columbia Journalism School fellowship, at the same time she’s suing them for nearly a million dollars

    Pablo Neruda’s body has been exhumed to try and determine whether he was poisoned

    The Office’s (TV series) B.J. Novak has made a two-book deal; his former castmate Mindy Kaling is planning a second book to follow up her first bestseller

    Yoko Ono lands a deal for a book of “instructional poetry”

    An unfinished Richard Scarry manuscript is to be finished and published

    New author Q & A videos to be posted online by Shindig (and Shindig is also partnering with the Romance Writers of America)


    Lists

    Ten ways self-publishing has changed the books world

    Literary fiction for YA readers

    Ten unfairly neglected books

    Ten books to read while you’re waiting for The Great Gatsby movie

    25 books every kid should have on their bookshelf

    21 books by and about women that every man should read

    Spring’s self-help books


    Lighthearted Links of the Week

    Eight insane literary Lego projects

    Americans still love libraries!

    Are you a gourmet reader? Epicurial terms for how we read

    Love book cover design? Check out these fan-designed covers for famous novels

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    By Cindy Orr and Sarah Statz Cords

    New To the Bestseller Lists This Week:

    FICTION

    NONFICTION

    GRAPHIC BOOKS and MANGA


    To Be Published Week of April 8, 2013:

    Here are just a very few:

    Fiction

  • Bagshawe, Tilly – Sidney Sheldon’s the Tides of Memory – 9780062073426
  • Berg, Elizabeth – Tapestry of Fortunes – 9780812993141
  • Bradford, Barbara Taylor – Secrets from the Past – 9780312631666
  • Clark, Mary Higgins – Daddy’s Gone a Hunting – 9781451668940
  • Fforde, Katie – A Perfect Proposal – 9781250024299
  • Keyes, Marian – The Mystery of Mercy Close – 9780670025244
  • Lowell, Elizabeth – Dangerous Refuge – 9780062132710
  • Margolin, Phillip – Sleight of Hand: A Novel of Suspense – 9780062069917
  • Perry, Anne – Midnight at Marble Arch: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel – 9780345536662
  • Scottoline, Lisa – Don’t Go – 9781250010070
  • Wolitzer, Meg – The Interestings – 9781594488399
  • Woods, Stuart – Unintended Consequences – 9780399159879

    • Nonfiction

  • Arana, Marie – Bolivar: American Liberator – 9781439110195
  • Burnett, Carol – Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story – 9781476706412
  • Lehman, David (EDT) / Pinsky, Robert (FRW) – Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary – 9781451658873
  • Navasky, Victor S.- The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power – 9780307957207
  • Sizemore, Tom / David, Anna (CON) – By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There: A Memoir – 9781451681673

    • Remember, this is just a sample from our picks of the week. Scroll down or Click here for the complete list.


    Most Anticipated Books of 2013 and Best Books of 2012


    Lists of Best Books of 2012 can still be found in the right hand column where they’ve been for awhile. But, of course, Spring Announcement time is here, so we’re offering a list of Hot Prospects for 2013 in the right hand column. Enjoy.


    News of the Week:

    Hot Trends and Big Titles

    Happy National Poetry Month! (Dr. Who and Shakespeare fans unite: here’s David Tennant reading Sonnet 18)

    Amazon buying Goodreads: what does it mean for LibraryThing?

    Cast your vote for the greatest comics story ever told!

    Is the Internet making our children stupid?

    How Internet users are getting sloppy with their passwords

    Used music sales: constitute copyright infringement

    The ALA and Barnes and Noble: “facilitators of porn”?

    Google is selling Frommer’s Books back to Arthur Frommer, only eight months after buying it

    Teen classics to get new life through new imprint

    Nancy Pearl is branching out: now she’s recording kids’ books!

    The “Archie Meets Glee” comic has sold out

    eBook Headlines

    Should Amazon make changes to its Kindle ebook return policy?

    The shift from e-readers to tablets continues

    New “smart books”: linking print and digital

    eBook prices: Going up?

    Library News

    The National Digital Public Library has launched!

    Why are companies taking over libraries in the UK?


    Professional Development Opportunities:

    Is your library ready for the new credit card compliance standards?

    Reader for iPad app available free for a limited time

    Live-stage your library!

    Forthcoming Booklist Online webinars:
    Scoop on Series Nonfiction 2013 (Tuesday, April 9)
    Weeding: The Basics and Beyond (Tuesday, April 16)
    Thrilling Mysteries for Spring (Tuesday, April 30)


    Books on Screen

    New to Game of Thrones (on TV)?: Here’s a handy guide to catch you up! (and evidently people are watching: the Season 3 opener set a record for the series’ best ratings so far)

    The Catching Fire teaser trailer

    First trailer for the new film version of Carrie

    Romeo and Juliet on Broadway: starring Orlando Bloom!

    The Captain America movie sequel cast will include Robert Redford

    Teaser trailer: True Blood, season 6

    There won’t be any new Star Wars movies in the forseeable future

    Before I Go To Sleep is filming in London…and starring Nicole Kidman


    Awards

    The Great Tumblr Book Search: Winner

    Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction: Shortlist

    The White Review Short Story Prize: Shortlist

    A Clarke prize judge defends the award’s all-male shortlist


    Authors

    MAD Magazine artist Bob Clarke: Obituary

    Roger Ebert: Obituary

    French cartoonist Fred: Obituary

    Novelist and Oscar-winning screenplay writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: Obituary

    Jane Henson (puppeteer partner of Jim Henson): Obituary

    Comics artist Carmine Infantino: Obituary

    Presidential scholar and author Robert Remini: Obituary

    Christian author Edith Schaeffer: Obituary

    Peter Workman, founder of Workman Publishing Company: Obituary

    Iain Banks has been diagnosed with terminal cancer (his Top Ten Books, according to the Telegraph)

    What will be included in Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming memoir?

    Diana Gabaldon dishes on the new Outlander novel

    Irish Times editor Shane Hegarty scores four-book contract

    Mystery author Twist Phelan ties the knot…although not with someone she met going on one hundred dates in one hundred days

    A memoir is expected from rapper Scarface

    Was Shakespeare a tax evader?

    Gary Shteyngart to test Google Glass

    TV show Parks and Recreation references David Foster Wallace…eighteen times in one episode

    Newest hot YA author: an actual 17-year-old YA

    They’re a reality TV and publishing juggernaut: 14 of the “Real Housewives” have written books


    Lists

    A dozen of the best poetry websites out there (thanks to RA for All for the link)

    12 promising novels for spring

    15 promising nonfiction titles for spring

    Amazon editors’ list: Best Books of April

    Ten new must-reads for April

    Ten celebrities’ favorite children’s books

    Reading List: Recommended reading for Don Draper

    May 2013 Indie Next list preview

    Ten “phenomenally tricky” books everyone should read

    New personal finance books

    Spring Preview: Hot New Young Adult Books


    Lighthearted Links of the Week

    Happily ever after begins at the library

    Chairs for book lovers

    Game of Thrones house sigils…for all your favorite literary characters!

    Cats: walking on books (demanding to be petted, most likely) for longer than anyone realized

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