Book Banners Insist They Don’t Ban Books: Book Censorship News, October 7, 2022
So why do book banners insist that they don’t ban books? Because the level of doubling down as book banning increases is, on one hand, impressive...
Bookish Halloween Decorations for Your Fright and Reading Delight
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — spooky season! I’m not usually one for seasonal decorating, but Halloween is the special holiday that gets...
Quiz: Build A Haunted House & Get A Haunted House Book Recommendation
Creepy season is in full swing, and it’s time to get those horror novel TBR piles ready. Of course, there are plenty of kinds of horror...
A Guide to U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s Poems
The Library of Congress has named 23 U.S. Poet Laureates since the position was renamed in 1985, and they have named their 24th: Ada Limón, author...
YA Comics and Graphic Novels Releasing October-December 2022
We’ve made it to the home stretch of 2022, and while there’s still a ton of 2022 year fun to be had (hello, spooky season and...
If It Has Spoilers, Why Make It A Foreword?
Carmen Maria Machado’s book, In The Dream House opens with the following quote: I never read prologues. I find them tedious. If what the author has...
An Argument For Watching The Movie First
I know. There is a big chance you have read the title, rolled your eyes, and clicked on this post to see what this nonsense about...
The Scientific Benefits of Reading to Children
If you’re here, chances are you know there are benefits of reading to children that go far beyond just the enjoyment of diving into a good...
Why Reading Rainbow Gave Me Recurring Nightmares as a Child (But I Still Love LeVar Burton Anyway)
Like many an ‘80s kid, I pledged undying fealty to Reading Rainbow. The titles featured on the educational PBS show were the ones I sought in...
The Knotty Lives of Victorian Soothsayers
About six years ago, I was reading letters from Harriet Beecher Stowe to George Eliot in a locked research room at the New York Public Library....
