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The winners of the Society of Midland Authors Awards, honoring titles by Midwest authors, were announced last week. Not only are the winners great writers, but we can’t help but puff up our broad Chicago shoulders with some Midwest pride. Find the list of winners below, as well as links to Booklist reviews where available. Adult Fiction [...]

Now before you say, “Wait a minute, I thought I was the World’s Strongest Librarian!,” give Josh Hanagarne a chance. After all, can you deadlift 600 pounds? In all seriousness, our reviewer calls Hanagarne’s memoir “an excellent and uplifting story on accepting and coping with lifelong disabilities, of particular interest to librarians.” Check out the [...]

What’s that? “Silent Night” in April? Something’s not right– or make that a lot of things. I’m not sure if Joe Hill betrays his desire to send readers “careening deliriously off into a la-la land of horrifying absurdism” in this author-interview style trailer for NOS4A2, but we have Dan Kraus’s review to warn us of [...]

Normally I wouldn’t take dating advice from people missing so many prominent teeth, but there’s something oracular in the impeded speech of these small humans. Pick up Get the Guy: Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve for further anthropological study.

It’s Friday afternoon, the perfect time for looking at  cat pictures, discussing weekend plans, and eating doughnuts for lunch while counting down the minutes until quitting time. You’ve got a while until you can skedaddle, though, so how about spending the  next 5-10 minutes chuckling over the winner of this year’s Diagram Prize for Oddest [...]

With more gut-drops than your average, this week’s book trailer for Hidden Cities: A Memoir of Urban Exploration attempts to, like the book it’s hawking, challenge our ideas of forbidden spaces. For me though, who thinks the subway is a pretty undesirable place even when I’m swiftly moving through it on a train, it only [...]

“Move over puppies, kittens, and piglets,” editor Ann Kelley warns. Sloths are the molasses-movin’ new game in town, subjecting us to their lazy yet indefatigable cuteness at every turn. All aboard the Bucket Express! (But please, take your time. Wouldn’t want anyone to pull a muscle.)

Spring is just around the corner and you, like Hank, might find an egg: bird, easter, or Reese’s. Here’s one thing you could do with it. What does Hank do for the rest of the day? I would like to know everything about him.

If you were eagerly awaiting the announcement of the National Book Critics Circle award winners, you’re in luck because today’s the day! Well, last night was the night, but you get the picture. Here are the winners in each category, along with links to Booklist reviews when available. FICTION Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, by Ben [...]

If the title of today’s book trailer is your answer to the question “What are your favorite food groups?” you are not alone. If the title of today’s book trailer is your answer to the question “What’s the name of that book by the Pulitzer prize-winning Michael Moss about how the food industry made us [...]