It’s officially Spring and I’m loving it! This week, I’m back from vacation in the Caribbean, and I’m currently reading The Beast You Are: Stories, Paul Tremblay. It’s a collection of short stories & a novella. Here are 10+ bookish links I came across this week.
one+ Amazon Editors Most anticipated books of Spring 2024, Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated Books April 2024 and Netgalley’s April’s Most-Anticipated Books have quite a few books I’m interested in picking up this year. See anything you’d like to read? I’m looking forward to The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo and Ghost Station, S.A. Barnes.
two+ Is It Too Late To Start a Bookstagram? There’s some awesome recommendations in that post – and of course, follow Kim @chapter_adventure too!
three+ How to Organize Your TBR List: 7 of the Best Strategies. What are some of yours? I start over every year!
four+ Did you know there’s a Bookshelf Wealth Aesthetic?! From a Reddit post – “Wait…hoarding books is cool now? I knew my day would finally come.”
five+Interesting takeaways from this Reddit thread -> I recently finished my 2,000th book. Here’s what I’ve learned.
six+ Do you agree – Actually, You Should Judge A Book By Its Cover (and how to do it!)? I love an eye catching book cover and it will always draw me to a book – even in the age of digital and audiobooks.
seven+ The first thing I do when I move to a new town is make sure I join the library. 45+ Ways to Make the Most of Your Library breaks down many of the benefits.
eight+ The National Book Foundation announced its annual 5 Under 35 honorees, a selection of five fiction writers under the age of 35 whose debut work promises to leave a lasting impression on the literary landscape. Have you read any of the books by the honorees?
nine+ The winners of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Awards were announced earlier this week. The awards honor literature published in the United States in six categories – autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
ten+ On the blog this week we shared 12 Recommendations for The 2024 In Case You Missed It Backlist Reading Challenge.