A tranquil library filled with books on wooden shelves, offering a warm, inviting atmosphere.

This week on the bookish internet

  • We recently asked our students why they came to the library. More than one said something to the effect of cruising for chicks. It turns out there’s a history of this kind of behavior. (Daily JSTOR)
  • Steph Auteri shares her rules for tackling her mountain of a to-read pile. (Book Riot)
  • Library cataloging standards might not be the perfect way to organize information, but they’re a hell of lot better than a system based on scent. (Weird Universe)
  • Erin Coulehan explains why prisoners shouldn’t have their reading choices curtailed. (Los Angeles Review of Books Blog)
  • Teresa Preston ponders the peculiar pleasure of hate-reading. (Book Riot)