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| Trong G. Nguyen’s library art project. Check out the rest of the library-loving artists in this roundup over at the Library as Incubator Project site. |
It’s been a few weeks since the last link roundup, but there’s been quite a bit of good stuff to share from the book world:
- Over at Cite Something, Amanda MacGregor has rounded up a number of posts that are older readers (those who aren’t teens, that is) talking about favorite books they read when they were teenagers. Check out the first post, then go forward and read the ones that came up this week, too.
- Daniel Kraus wrote about his favorite YA and Middle Grade covers from 2013. I agree with a number of these, and I plan on talking about the paperback redesign of The Symptoms of My Insanity which I was definitely not a fan of. Also, I really want to know what the female equivalent of Winger‘s cover is.
- At School Library Journal, Shelley Diaz rounds up the 2014 kid lit being adapted into film or television. Not listed on here because technically it’s not YA but a book with YA appeal is the film I’m really looking forward to: the adaptation of Jane Mendelsohn’s Innocence. I loved that book as a teen, though admittedly, I’m afraid to reread it and discover I dislike it now.
- Flavorwire wrote about books coming to film in 2014, too, featuring both adult and teen titles.
- Is book banning on the rise in school and public libraries? Interesting question and thoughts about this topic at the LA Times.
- If you’re looking to expand your reading of middle grade books, Anne Ursu wrote a great post featuring the overlooked and/or underappreciated middle grade books of 2013.
- The Millions posted their giant roundup of 2014 titles to get on your radar (if you’re an adult book reader, and there is a lot of really great sounding stuff).
- This post by Peter Damien about the decline and fall of the Great Book Reviewer, a response to the New York Times OpEd about how reading is dying, is so wonderful. Go read it.
Elsewhere:
- Kelly put together a quick list of ten books coming out in 2014 written by authors of color on her tumblr, and fellow tumblr users helped flesh out even more titles in the notes. If you’re looking to be a better reader this year, this should help you get started.
- At Book Riot, 60 YA novels coming out between January and June to put on your to be read pile.
Just wanted to say thank you for posting these! I appreciate finding all these great articles in one place and I look forward to checking for Links of Note on Saturday morning while I have my coffee 🙂
I'm so glad other people enjoy reading them as much as I enjoy pulling them together. 🙂