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

Last week on the bookish internet

  • I love the idea of sharing a traveling book! Isabelle Popp explains how to get started. (Book Riot)
  • And I absolutely adore the idea of Silent Book Clubs! Betsy McKay takes a look at what readers do when they want to have a book club but don’t want to have someone else pick what they read. (Wall Street Journal)
  • Vanessa Esguerra looks at some initial efforts by GoodReads to finally do something about review bombing. (The Mary Sue)
  • Lincoln Michel wants more writers to throw more whale facts, tangents, and weirdness into their novels. (CounterCraft)
  • I am tickled by this news story from Gothenburg, Sweden. Someone left a door open and, when the library was supposed to be closed for a holiday, residents carried on library-ing like usual. Mihai Andrei reports. (ZME Science)
  • Tanya Kirk gives us a peek at the making of Shakespeare’s First Folio, in celebration of its 400th birthday. (The Millions)
  • …and censorship news, curated by the amazing folks at Book Riot.