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Fri, April 12th, 2013
Society of Midland Authors Awards
Posted by: Sarah Hunter

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 [...]


Thu, April 11th, 2013
Book Trailer Thursday: The World’s Strongest Librarian
Posted by: Annie Bostrom

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 [...]


Thu, April 4th, 2013
Book Trailer Thursday: NOS4A2
Posted by: Annie Bostrom

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 [...]


Thu, March 28th, 2013
Book Trailer Thursday: Get the Guy
Posted by: Annie Bostrom

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.


Fri, March 22nd, 2013
Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title
Posted by: Sarah Hunter

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 [...]


Thu, March 21st, 2013
Book Trailer Thursday: Hidden Cities
Posted by: Annie Bostrom

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 [...]


Thu, March 14th, 2013
Book Trailer Thursday: A Little Book of Sloth
Posted by: Annie Bostrom

“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.)


Thu, March 7th, 2013
Book Trailer Thursday: Hank Finds an Egg
Posted by: Annie Bostrom

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.


Fri, March 1st, 2013
National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
Posted by: Sarah Hunter

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 [...]


Thu, February 28th, 2013
Book Trailer Thursday: Salt Sugar Fat
Posted by: Annie Bostrom

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 [...]





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