Monday 5×5 for 8.27
By: Jill Grunenwald From the Mary Sue, N.K. Jemisin wins her 3rd consecutive Hugo award for Best Novel YEAH SHE DID. Back at BEA, my coworker Adam got to interview N.K. Jemisin and Ann Leckie (why no, no I am not jealous, why do you…
Monday 5×5 8/20/2018
By: Jill Grunenwald Instagram star has her book recalled due to potentially dangerous ingredients Awkward. (But seriously, Rodale — publisher of Tales from a Forager’s Kitchen — is offering refunds.) Tor has the transcript of VE Schwab’s 2018 JRR Tolkien lecture on Fantasy Literature My…
Monday 5×5 August 13 2018
The Mary Sue breaks down why the Harry Potter series makes a mess of its commentary on racism Even prior to starting the Monday 5×5 series, I read a lot of various literature and bookish commentary on a daily basis. It’s why I started the…
Monday 5×5 August 6, 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald Electric Literature provides a list of 11 books that prove there’s nothing wrong with self-publishing Are there people who still think there is something wrong with self-publishing? I hope not, but even if there are I think this list will show that,…
Monday 5×5 July 30
By: Jill Grunenwald BookRiot looks at the backlash Worldcon is facing over their programming schedule Ah, Worldcon. Something about science fiction and fantasy just lends itself to so much gatekeeping when it comes to race, gender, abilities, etc. Which is really ridiculous for so many…
Monday 5×5 July 23 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald The Ringer looks at the busted bodies and broken bones of Muggle Quidditch High-school gym class taught me that organized sports are the worst, and yet I would like to believe that had Muggle Quidditch been around when I was in college…
Monday 5×5 July 16 2018
By Jill Grunenwald Your long-read comes from Wired, an oral history of Facebook’s wild early days Fascinating. Just fascinating. Also, not for nothing, but I love reading oral histories (even ones like this where, if I’m reading the author’s note correctly at the end, also…
Monday 5×5 July 9, 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald How do you find time to write a book? Baby steps all the way. One of the best words of writing advice I’ve ever heard came from Deborah Harkness, who said “Just write one page a day. Just one page. One year…
Monday 5×5 July 2 2018
Blink and it’s already July! I have no idea how, but here we are with our first Monday 5×5 of the new month. Over on Vox: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books are beautiful. They are also filled with racism I know there are a…
Monday 5×5 June 25 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Library friends! I hope those of us who spent the weekend in New Orleans had a fun and productive time in the Big Easy. I’m headed back home to Cleveland today and admittedly really looking forward to seeing…
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