Banned Book Week is Oct 5th to Oct 11th. As they do each year, ALA has published the top ten most challenged books of 2024. With book challenges and bans on the rise, nationally, I was interested in what we are experiencing locally. Via the JMRL contact form, I asked about book challenges at our […]
As a category, junior novels can span a wide range of reading abilities and are often referred to by various names. It includes early readers as well as chapter books. Generally, they are marketed to second through fourth graders. Here are a couple of recommended junior novels to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month: Juana and Lucas […]
by Claire Vaye Watkins by Claire Vaye Watkins Format: ebook Primary Doorways: Character, Setting Genre: Autobiographical fiction Claire Vaye Watkin’s book I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness is like if the concept “The Biggest Shit in the Center of the Universe” wrote a book about itself. Following a fictionalized version of Claire, the book […]
Format: Audiobook Primary Doorways: Character, Plot Genre: Horror/Thriller Read for: Page turner with strong character voices and a side note of poetry-love Favorably reviewed in the NYT, Stephen King novel’s Holly, follows the titular character during her investigation into the disappearance of a young woman in a college town. I never had any doubt that […]
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