Fussy’s favorites: Week of January 12, 2020

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.

Twitter trouble

• Stephen King's tweets on Oscars diversity draw criticism

• Potential juror in Harvey Weinstein case tweets about their book

Unwelcome news

• Missouri bill would punish libraries for lending certain books to minors

• J.R.R. Tolkien’s son who served as literary executor has died

The children’s section

• Why Goodnight Moon wasn't in the New York Public Library until 1972

• The most frequently checked out books at the New York Public Library

• Jason Reynolds is the new national ambassador for young people’s literature

On the brighter side

• Anthony Bourdain's final book comes out this fall

• Neil Gaiman's retweet brings in flood of orders from bookstore