This past weekend, I was once again lucky enough to attend Readercon, which just so happens to occur right next door in Burlington, MA every year. Among the highlights of the convention were the Shirley Jackson Awards (complete with a surprise in-person appearance by Neil Gaiman!). The winners are listed below, and you can view [...]
Sara Lachman recently wrote a great column for Library Journal’s Reader’s Shelf highlighting some great books that inspired some of the creepiest horror films ever. I thought I’d repost her selections here for those of you looking to set the mood this weekend…
The basis for Roman Polanski’s award-winning 1968 film and one of the first [...]
As I think I’ve mentioned before, Fall always says Historical Fiction to me for some reason. So this week, I’d like to feature the blog Historical Tapestry.
If you are looking for a blog focusing on historical fiction, this just may be THE blog you’re looking for. Not only do they review historical fiction books, and [...]
This week’s spotlight is on THE MILLIONS!
It’s an online magazine offering coverage on books, arts, and culture since 2003. The Millions has been featured on NPR and noted by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Village Voice, among others.
Check out their articles, lists, top ten, and more!
The Huffington Post launched its new book site last October, and in the past almost year it has become a thing of note. Authors beg to have their books featured, The New York Review of Books has partnered with them to provide content, and bloggers frantically try to post something witty enough to be included.
This [...]
This week I’d like to feature the site Fantastic Fiction. Its colors may be a bit harsh and gaudy, but the site is so full of information you’ll soon not even notice the atrocious design. The site claims to have information on 30,000 authors and 350,000 books and those numbers keep growing. The webmaster regularly [...]
Page Turners is a book blog by Becky in Sydney, Australia. (It seemed appropriate with the heat we’ve been having lately to feature a blog from “down under”).
I was brought to this site by a link for Book Beginnings on Friday, a meme I might actually join and start doing here. I have liked the [...]
With summer fully underway, lists of best beach reads and summer reading suggestions are cropping up all over. One of the best I’ve found is from a site that, while I have mentioned it before, I haven’t actually featured. So this is a perfect opportunity for me to highlight The Daily Beast and its book [...]
The library’s closed today for our staff development day - a day where we will hopefully learn something new and exciting about how to better serve you, our patrons. In honor of that, I have decided to present something a little fun AND educational for you this Friday - sites filled with book-related trivia! School [...]
I came across this Library Journal article and thought I’d share it to let you know of these great new memoirs:
Down with Summer Reading!: 19 Memoirs for the Recovery Crowd.
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