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We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry I had big plans for a quarantine reading list during this phase of social distancing, but I’ve had a really hard time staying focused what with everything waves vaguely happening. It may not be the time to finally finish Moby-Dick or various heavy nonfiction books I’ve been meaning to get to for months. Instead, I’ll be turning to We Ride Upon Sticks, about a girls’ field hockey team in Danvers, Massachusetts (the site of the original Salem Village, as in the Salem Witch Trials)....

This quiz has a little bit of it all, from dogs and cats to lions and elephants and beyond. We’ll give you the name and type of animal, and you pick which of the four books listed introduced readers to that character. Some are well-known classics, and some are a little harder to spot. Perhaps you’ll leave with a few new books to add to your TBR! Literary Animal Quiz If you’re looking for more books about animals, Book Riot has got plenty of recommendations for you!...

Puffin Classics Deluxe Edition Quiz We hope you enjoyed our Puffin Classics Deluxe Edition quiz and managed to match your favorite books to their spiffy new covers! You can find the full box set here. You might also enjoy: Could You Be a Bibliologist? Take This Classic Literature Quiz To Find Out! QUIZ: Which Nancy Drew Sidekick Are You? An Illustrated Guide to Buying the Classics

Either way, welcome! This is the hardest question a reader can ask themselves, so you’re already pretty brave for having dared to come this far. Now, if you are the second type of person, you can go ahead and get going into the quiz. I’ll see you on the other side, and please make sure you go find our socials to let us know how well we did and how accurate your answer was....

In the 1990s, Sailor Moon was everything. The fashion. The friendship. The cool transformation sequences. I had to have all the Sailor Moon things. I watched the anime. I read the mangas. I had a Sailor Moon alarm clock, multiple Luna plushies, Sailor Moon’s transformation brooch, and a killer Sailor Pluto costume that I did wear to school once. And as I got older, my appreciation for Sailor Moon never died down....

Meet Paula Pridgen: professional runner, consumer finance supervisor, and a very wise library patron. On Saturday, February 29, Paula toed the line in Atlanta with the best in the nation to compete for the top three spots to represent America in the marathon in Tokyo this summer. A post shared by Paula Pridgen (@paula_pridgen) on Feb 26, 2020 at 5:46pm PST With an English teacher as her mother, Paula grew up going to the library and participating in summer reading programs....

This is great to see. Growing up, I had a difficult time finding books featuring characters that looked like me. And when I did, it was always about The Asian Experience. Nothing wrong with that, but 1) our experiences are not monolithic; 2) the experience of a Southeast Asian person isn’t exactly the same as that of an East Asian; 3) we’re more than our cultural struggles; and 4) stories about us should reflect that complexity....

Recently, the author has dived into the young adult world as well, though the majority of her books are erotic and romantic escapes. If you’re looking for something to get your mind off the troubles of the world, her novels are it; filled with love triangles, bad boys, and plots full of suspense. When I moderated a conversation with the author recently, celebrating the release of her novel, Covet, Wolff explained that her writing process comes from letting things go and just going with “the flow” of a story and her characters....

Most evenings, my husband and I go for a walk through the neighborhood, talking about our days and what we’re reading or watching. When I’m in the middle of a good nonfiction book, it’s almost a guarantee that I will dominate the conversation by sharing all the little facts I’m learning. I preface it with “Do you want to hear all the things I learned today?” and then drop as many of these fun facts as I can recall in the moment....

Described as “the perfect end-of-summer escape” in the club’s Instagram announcement, The Downstairs Girl is YA historical fiction set in the post-Civil War (“New”) South. The story follows 17-year-old Jo Kuan who works as a lady’s maid in Atlanta by day and as the author of newspaper advice column, “Dear Miss Sweetie,” by night. Jo is faced with backlash and attempts to uncover her identity when she challenges ideas about race and gender in her popular column as a mysterious letter sends her on a search for her past and parents....

Pride by Ibi Zboi This Monstrous Thing by Mackenzi Lee A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro Well Played by Katrina Ramos Atienza Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood by Abby McDonald Wrong in all the Right Ways by Tiffany Brownlee Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell The Beholder by Anna Bright Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon Railsea by China Miéville The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh Ordinary Girls by Blair Thornburgh A Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters Conversion by Catherine Howe

Fierce and ambitious, Aina Solís as sharp as her blade and as mysterious as the blood magic she protects. After the murder of her parents, Aina takes a job as an assassin to survive and finds a new family in those like her: the unwanted and forgotten. Diamond City: built by magic, ruled by tyrants, and in desperate need of saving. It is a world full of dark forces and hidden agendas, old rivalries and lethal new enemies....

America Is Not The Heart by Elaine Castillo I was immediately caught up by this lushly written, beautifully complex, and deeply character driven novel about several generations of Filipina women. Traveling throughout time from the 1950s to the late 1980s and early 1990s, and moving between California and the Philippines, this book is a nuanced, engaging, painful, and sometimes funny look at what it means to move between homes and selves....

“I’d been following what was happening in Lafayette Parish,” Jones said, “and when I saw my local library in Livingston Parish had books and signage on the agenda, I went to talk.” In the days afterward, she became subject of several social media posts by right-wing groups Citizens for a New Louisiana (captained by Michael Lunsford) and Bayou State of Mind (captained by Ryan Thames). These posts images of Jones with text suggesting she advocates teaching anal sex to 11-year-olds and transphobic language around how she changed her user name on Facebook after harassment from Thames....

Spring in Atlanta is something to be reveled in, a time to replace dark winter layers with the light, bright fabrics of graphic T-shirts that welcome in the sun. These are the months for afternoon walks in the city or enjoying fun, heartfelt romantic comedies just before the wave of superhero and action movies sweep over the summer. It’s how I found myself walking the streets of downtown Decatur in March 2018 wearing a graphic T-shirt that celebrated the newly released Love, Simon, a successful teen romantic comedy about a gay boy navigating high school while trying to come out on his own terms....

The Embassy of Cambodia by Zadie Smith Smith writes often about Willesden, an unremarkable neighborhood in North London. This short story, originally published in the New Yorker but now available as a slim book, follows a Willesden resident named Fatou. Fatou is a domestic worker who’s seen as not entirely human by her employers. For instance, there’s a telling detail about them addressing her by looking at a space around, but not at, her face....

Liar, Temptress, Soldier Spy by Karen Abbott This is the book that started it all for me. Abbott tells the stories of four women, each with an important role in the war. Belle Boyd was a spy for the Confederacy; Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Union army; Rose Greenhow seduced numerous men in power and headed a spy ring in DC; and Elizabeth Van Lew, a wealthy spinster, hid escaped prisoners in her home and planted a former slave as a spy in the Confederate White House....

For years, pictures of this elaborately decorated cake have been circulated on Facebook, Pinterest, Reddit, and more, all for good reason: it’s AMAZING. With shelves packed to the brim, a table and chairs beset with reading materials and lamps, even miniature potted plants sitting outside the “front door”, the intricate edible decorations take baked goods to the next level. But the Library Cake has turned into a new type of shorthand used on social media groups, particularly those frequented by those working in libraries: an online item that has been shared so many times, it’s become exasperating....

Before diving it, it is worth noting these are all “red” states. It is a popular and unhelpful narrative to simply write off these laws because of where they are being enacted. In many of these states, there is significant disenfranchisement of voters in addition to laws which make voting harder than it needs to be; this ensures a certain political persuasion remains in power. These systemic barriers to voting are the same ones which need to be considered in arguments that the people who can’t get these books from libraries thanks to these laws can “just get them at the bookstore....

Let’s take a look at some of the raddest resin bookmarks you can snag on Etsy. If there’s not enough here, don’t miss this earlier collection of pressed flower bookmarks, many of which are made with resin. Sweet Resin Bookmarks Whether you’re team glitter or not, a glittery bookmark will make your pages shine without sparkles being left behind. $3.50. Your zodiac sign in gold! $10. I love the way this bookmark looks smoky....