- Isabelle Popp offers advice for those times when we hate a book recommended by a friend. (Book Riot)
- Livia Gershon discusses the surprisingly long history of beach/summer reads. (Daily JSTOR)
- Claire Woodcock explains how “read and return” of Amazon books is hurting authors. Go to the library, people! (VICE)
- Daegan Miller examines how writers have approached writing about environmental degradation, climate change, and the ways that we’re destroying the planet. (LitHub)
- Xiao Yue Shan and Zuo Fei talk about translating between Chinese and English. (Asymptote Journal)
- EveryLibrary, a library advocacy organization, has just announced the creation of a banned books store. (InfoDocket)
- Leah Dearborn looks at efforts by librarians to preserve books and history during wartime. (LitReactor)
- Coco Khan asked a cognitive psychologist, Dr. Sean Kang, a question we’ve all probably asked ourselves: why do we sometimes forget what we’ve read? (The Guardian)
- Corinne Segal reports on efforts by 10-year-old Cora Newton to create a Little Queer Library in Louisiana. (LitHub)
2 thoughts on “This week on the bookish internet”
Comments are closed.
Happened to me once, where a college roommate loaned me her copy of the Joy Luck Club to read. It just wasn’t for me (nor any other Amy Tan I’ve tried to read). I think I told her it was boring, when I returned it. Didn’t know it was her favorite book. She was SO offended.
I enjoyed Isabell Popp’s advice too! I prefer to keep silent if not directly asked.