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You tell us: The best children's books

Posted on 07/04/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

NPR revealed its summer reading poll would be the best children’s books. And even better than the survey’s nostalgia factor...

Tagged As: Children's literature, Reader stories

Posted on 07/04/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy Fourth of July, no matter how you’re spending it! (We definitely hope it involves a book, however.) Instead of...

Categories: Favorites

Tagged As: Just for fun

Posted on 07/03/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The New York Times’s bestseller list for combined print and ebook fiction is out for the week of July 11,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Bestsellers, Book lists, The New York Times

Posted on 07/03/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon recently released its list of the best books, so far, in 2020. Rather than ask our Facebook followers whether...

Tagged As: Book lists, Reader stories

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 05:13 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sorry for the whiplash, but we have another reversal (sort of) in the Mary Trump memoir case. Late Wednesday, the...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Lawsuit, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Bookworms always hold their breath upon learning that a beloved title or series will be headed to the screen. James...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: The New York Times, TV adaptation, Young adult literature

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 12:27 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Illinois has its first ever honorary poet laureate: the late John Prine. The singer died April 7 of complications from...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Poetry, Pop culture

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 10:30 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Baz Luhrmann isn’t the first person to adapt The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov for film. He’s also not...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Literary Hub, Literature in translation, Movie adaptation

Posted on 07/02/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amazon has released the choices for July 2020's First Reads. First Reads, which is free to join, provides early access...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Book lists

Posted on 07/01/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Rudolfo Anaya, a leading figure in Chicano literature, has died at the age of eighty-two. Anaya’s best-known novel, Bless Me,...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Diversity, NPR, Obituary