To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, narrated by Laura Knight Keating Recently I finished listening to the audiobook of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. This was the version narrated by Laura Knight Keating and is not to be confused with another ... more >
From the award-winning author of the Dominion of the Fallen series comes a dark retelling of Beauty and the Beast. In a ruined, devastated world, where the earth is poisoned and beings of nightmares roam the land… A woman, betrayed, terrified, sold into indenture to pay her village’s debts and ... more >
Dear Ms. Satie: I have you in my mind as one of a handful of authors I’ve liked but haven’t read enough of – meaning I always mean to read more of your work but somehow life interferes and I forget, until I’m reminded again. Anyway, when I heard that ... more >
What’s That Smell? Rare Books and Artifacts From a 1906 Library – How am I not doing this for my life’s work? Columbia University professor Jorge Otero-Pailos has been working with his graduate students to collect smells at the Manhattan Morgan Library & Museum that might eventually be part of an olfactory tour or display. ... more >
People Of Color Accounted For 22 Percent Of Children’s Books Characters In 2016 – In the past twenty years, the percentage of characters of color in children’s books has increased by only 13%, from 9% to 22% – and only 12% of books last year were written or illustrated by artists ... more >
You never know where you’ll find love… Anna Thompson, a 30-something widow and a mother of two, lives in the quiet village of Branton in Northumberland and leads a safe, simple life with her children. She is relieved when Moorside, the empty house next door is finally bought and looks ... more >