Odds & Ends: May 18
A History of Glitter and Blood, by Hannah Moskowitz
- A few Kindle deals of note: The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller; A Madness So Discreet, by Mindy McGinnis; A History of Glitter and Blood, by Hannah Moskowitz.
- At Study Breaks: The 9 Best Young Adult Novels Coming Out This Summer.
- At the Horn Book: 2018 Summer Reading Recommendations.
- Also at the Horn Book: The Book That Changed My Life: Aliens Don’t Discriminate. "The book that changed my life was Virginia Hamilton’s Willie Bea and the Time the Martians Landed. It follows a little girl named Willie Bea Mills and her large, extended family in late-1930s rural Ohio. Although it’s set during the Great Depression, instead of being a tale about overcoming economic hardship it’s about Orson Welles’s infamous War of the Worlds radio broadcast and a little girl who thinks aliens have landed on her family’s homestead."
- At The Bookseller: [Sarah] Crossan unveiled as fifth Irish children's laureate. "Crossan's theme as laureate will be #WeAreThePoets, a two-year project inspiring young people to express themselves through poetry and verse. She will collaborate with a team of writers to deliver workshops, as well as a national event showcasing the young voices that have participated in her Laureate project."
- At Melville House: Mary Wollstonecraft to become the subject of some Bronze Statuecraft. "It’s hard to think of a badder-ass subject to memorialize than Wollstonecraft, the tectonic proto-feminist—and proud Melville House parent—who wrote, most famously, 1792’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women, a fiery tract whose arguments in favor of women’s education have proved so influential that it can be hard to believe what a sensation they once were."
- At Publishers Weekly: Patterson Earmarks $250K for Holiday Bonuses for Booksellers. "With this year’s pledge, Patterson will have contributed $1.1 million to independent booksellers in recent years. That’s in addition to $1 million in grants he gave to indie bookstores in 2014."
- At The Hub: Dark and Bright YA Fiction: Spotlight on Two Canadian Authors. "There’s lots to love in Canadian YA, but in the United States, we tend to focus more on authors originally published here. As a dual citizen, I am always pleased to see Canadian authors recognized in the United States too. This article describes selected titles by two award-winning Canadian authors."
- At SLJ: Librarians Cannot Self-Censor or Capitulate To “George” Complaints. "The book—about a transgender fourth grader who prefers to go by Melissa—is charming and well-reviewed, but much of the heightened interest is because two Oregon school districts are refusing to allow their elementary schools to compete in next year’s Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) because George is on the reading list."
- At CBR: Lando Is Pansexual, Says Solo: A Star War Story Writer. (I mean. DUH.)