*This post is dark and full of spoilers.* Winter came and went with the series finale of Game of Thrones. I tuned in, along with over 19 million others, and felt a pretty full range of emotions. Among them pride that what started as a cult classic high fantasy series I first read in 2006…
21 Authors Who Write Fanfiction
You might be surprised by the number of bestselling authors who also read (or even write) fanfiction! In no particular order, here's the most comprehensive list that I could make of authors who have also dabbled in fanfiction writing: 1. Cassandra Clare Before she got her start in professional publishing, Clare was a wildly popular fanfiction…
The Four Doorways
Recently, intrepid Book Squaders Polli and Kate sprinkled some of their reader’s advisory (that’s librarian-speak for recommending stuff you might like to read) mojo on others of us here at LPL by teaching us about uber-librarian Nancy Pearl’s Four Doorways: story, character, setting, and language. Basically, part of identifying what you might love next is…
Paying Attention
Attention is the beginning of devotion. ~ Mary Oliver I’ve written before about the importance of unplugging (and the difficulties of doing so) but friends, I’ve been taken by a deeper desire. In this case, the desire looks like moving to Ireland, living in a village where I raise my own food and barter with…
Tolkien Mania
The way I remember it, if my seventh grade English teacher caught you chewing gum in class, she’d walk over to your desk and leisurely but purposefully cup an upturned palm below your still masticating chin. You had to spit out your gum in her hand. Gross…
Reading Rut? Rouse Yourself With These!
I'm exhausted. In a "my bones feel like they are made of cement, perhaps I should consult Web MD" kind of way. Lately, my go-to answer whenever anyone asks, "How are you?" is "TIRED." Caps Lock on, emphasis on how sleepy I am. Because of that, my brain is mostly focused on when I can…
Echo and The Traveling Cat Chronicles
I recently celebrated my cat’s 20th birthday. Echo is a grey and caramel colored tabby that I’ve literally had since the day she was born. I love to tell the story. On April 20, 1999, I came home from school to find her mother birthing kittens under a picnic table on the porch in front…
Finding Sanctuary with “The Bird King”
One day, not too long ago, I received in my mailbox an advanced-reader copy of G. Willow Wilson’s The Bird King. I was a bit familiar with Wilson as the writer behind the Ms. Marvel series, but I had never read any of her work. I was in for an amazing surprise. What struck me…
Expand Your Horizon
It’s already a crazy busy spring, but one of my favorite authors has just released his first book in five years. So naturally I put everything else on hold…
It’s the End of the World as We Know It
A question I’ve asked myself as a devoted reader of speculative literature, and one I’ve been asked a fair amount of times as a librarian, is what exactly is the difference between post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction? Along with why would I want to read something so frightening and depressing? It can be helpful to know (and…
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