Katie's parents never told her "no" when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois and works full time as a Circulation & Reference Manager in Illinois. She has a deep-rooted love of all things disturbing, twisted, and terrifying and takes enormous pleasure in creeping out her coworkers. When she's not at work, she's at home watching the Cubs with her cats and her cardigan collection. Other hobbies include scrapbooking, introducing more readers to the Church of Tana French, and convincing her husband that she can, in fact, fit more books onto her shelves.
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All Things Comics
- DC Comics canceled Gretchen Felker-Martin’s just-released “Red Hood” comic series after the author posted about Charlie Kirk’s death on social media. (I’m expecting to see more publishing deals canceled over the next few weeks due to social media posts, because that’s the type of world we’re living in right now.)
- How soft censorship is affecting manga in America.
- The best new comics & funny reads for kids.
- 8 of the best horror comics published in the 2020s.
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Award News
- Roxane Gay will receive the 2025 Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation.
- Here are the 2025 Anthony Award winners.
- Here are the National Book Award longlists for Fiction, Nonfiction, Young People’s Literature, Poetry, and Books in Translation.
- The longlist for the Bailley Gifford Prize for Nonfiction has been released.
Miscellaneous Updates
- Trump makes good on his threats from last year and has filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times and Penguin Random House, alleging that both parties sought to undermine the 2024 presidential election.
- Libby has a new discovery tool that will help patrons explore their library’s digital collection.
- Meet Spotify’s new “Big on BookTok” audiobook hub.
- Why AI narrators will never be able to tell a real human story.
- Michael Crichton’s estate says that The Pitt is an ER spinoff, and they’re taking legal action.
Buzzy Books Your Patrons Are Hearing About
All the Way To the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert’s latest memoir examines her powerful friendship and romantic relationship with Rayya Elias, and the unacknowledged truth that they were both, in their own ways, addicts. This is a difficult memoir to read for a lot of reasons, but expect your patrons to be clamoring for it, especially since Oprah’s added it to her book club list.
Featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920 by Akhil Reed Amar
Constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar recounts 80 years of American history and Constitutional amendments that abolished slavery, secured Black citizenship, and extended voting rights to every citizen regardless of gender or race. At 736 pages, this is a massive work of historical nonfiction to recommend to your library’s most dedicated history buffs.
Featured in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin; translated by Megan McDowell
Samanta Schweblin’s latest short story collection draws on psychological fiction, magical realism, and dark fairy tales to illustrate the guilt, grief, and creeping sense of dread in everyday life.
Featured in The New York Times.
Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach
From stem cell research to organ donation to prosthetic limbs, science has never stopped trying to perfect the artificially created human body. In her latest book, Mary Roach turns her morbid curiosity and considerable wit to topics like cataract surgery, stem cell “hair nurseries,” and vaginal reconstruction. Anatomy class was never this entertaining.
Featured in The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
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