The Morning RSS - Monday, 15 Jan 2024
A collection of share-worthy items from our morning blog scroll.
We let this one simmer for a bit. And, like a great bowl of soup, it is hearty, filling, and satisfying. Dig in!
A little positivity to start your day! Meet Amma, a 92-year-old great-grandmother who is going to school to learn to read. Amma lives in an area of India with low literacy rates, and is inspiring others to learn to read and write. Read the full article here.
For Writers & Creators
Award-winning author Tom Llewellyn shares his Five Rules for Writing in a guest post at Teen Librarian Toolbox.
The question is pretty self-evident: Is Reimagining History Through Biofiction Ethical? Jeffrey Davies has plenty to ponder in his essay at Book Riot.
New Books & Book Lists
Yeah, it’s Goodreads and it hypes the GR Reading Challenge, but the tips to spend more time reading are universal! So it made the cut.
Off the Shelf has “eight twisty, dark, and mind-blowing novels sure to sate the literary cravings” of Lucy Foley fans. Here you go.
If you love poetry - or are looking to explore the genre/art form - check out Sylvia Vardell’s Sneak Peek of “poetry collections, poetry picture books, poetry anthologies, and novels in verse that are set to be published in 2024.”
The Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors blog also has 12 - you guessed it - MG books to kick off your year: January 2024 New Releases
Off the Shelf has a list of 10 January e-Book Deals “for a year of endless possibilities.” One of the things that we love about Off the Shelf is that theirs is not just a list. They make it easy to choose your format and go directly to that next possible read.
Speaking of book lists … we’ve cleared space for a new shelf: Eligible in 2024 on Goodreads. It’s already got 60 books!! Got a favorite read? Send it to us … you get the props for the recommendation!
Book Bans & Censorship
“Rather than focus on those threats [to librarians and book access], perhaps they’re better framed as opportunities. These areas of contention are places where librarians, who are overwhelmingly perceived as trustworthy and worthy of respect, can harness those perceptions to combat mis-, dis-, and malinformation about what they do. ~ Kelly Jensen
Kelly is launching a new series that will offer insights and calls to action based on the results of last fall’s surveys about parental perceptions of libraries, librarians, and book access. Read all about it at
: Data Overwhelmingly Supports Libraries and Library Workers: Book Censorship News, January 5, 2024.Other Bookish Stuff
Is one of your reading goals to try a new genre? Maybe nonfiction? Well, then this
post is for you: How to Start Reading Nonfiction.It’s “heavy medal” season! The Youth Media Awards will be announced shortly, and readers everywhere are creating mock lists of who will win what. This one from Travis Jonkers (aka 100 Scope Notes): 2024 Mock Caldecott Results
We started in the kitchen, so we’ll end things there, too. Why? Because someone has to do the dishes. And thanks to Eileen Gonzalez we now know Which Superheroes Are Most Likely to Help with the Dishes. [via
]Here’s to a book-alicious week! ~ Terry