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

This week on the bookish internet

  • I have a new dream job: boat librarian in Sweden. (LitHub)
  • Nick Douglas has tips for people who want to transform themselves into dedicated readers. (LifeHacker)
  • Veronica Scott Esposito writes in praise of speculative fiction. (LitHub)
  • This is the nerdiest scam I have ever heard of and it’s based on the kind of argument I used to have all the time—before people just stopped arguing with me about whether or not words exist. (Merriam-Webster’s Words at Play)
  • Erica Bauermeister recommends books based on their appeal to our sense of…smell? (LitHub)