What Caught My Eye Online #67
New paperbacks, books + the internet, and more
Welcome to this week’s roundup! Here’s what I’ve been enjoying the past week:
A manicure. I work in five high school libraries, and each received large book deliveries from the district in addition to the new books we’ve been able to purchase out of our normal budgets. I’ve been cataloging and processing hundreds of books for the past few months, so I haven’t even bothered doing my nails because they chip so easily when I do work like that. Most of my processing work is behind me, though, and I wanted pretty nails for Easter, so I took the time to give myself a nice manicure over the weekend. I realized I feel more like myself with my nails done. It’s such a small thing, but it matters to me. I need to do it more often, and by “it,” I don’t mean just the manicure, but doing things that make me feel like my best self. (I’m wearing this fun shade right now.)
Rings. Because I did my nails, I started wearing rings again. One of my selections is a beautiful ruby ring from my grandmother. Jewelry with history is the best.
And now for this week’s links!
Check out these 63 new paperback releases.
The Los Angeles Times shares its picks for the 30 best fiction books over the last 30 years.
Electric Lit put together a literary map of South Asian America.
Summer reading season is getting closer every day! Publishers Weekly offers their picks. I added many titles to my TBR!
Speaking of summer reading, NetGalley has 30 suggestions.
Book Riot reports that "the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Department of Defense’s education agency and defense secretary Pete Hegseth for the removal of books from schools run by the Defense Department. 67,000 children of military families attend these schools on bases around the world."
This is a beautiful article about Suleika Jaouad, her battle with cancer, and her new book about journaling.
I was in elementary school when my family got a desktop computer with internet access. Needless to say, I felt very cool. Because of my relationship with technology, I really enjoyed this book list from SheReads called Books That Feel Like Growing Up on the Internet. The article opens with this: "Remember dial-up? Not really, right?" I absolutely remember dial-up. That buzzy connection sound will always be with me.
Here are five novels about coming of age when you're old enough to know better.
Emily Henry has a new book out! Here's a primer on her work.
I love a good bookstore. Here's a list of 50+ BIPOC-owned bookstores in the US.
These eight funny novels make light of the writer's plight.
Shannan from the Modern Mrs. Darcy team writes about how to bring abundance into your reading life.
Los Angeles libraries react and recover in the aftermath of January wildfires.
Here are some Japanese book recommendations.
I appreciate what Sharon McMahon had to say about book bans.
This is a beautiful Easter thought from poet David Gate.
Eric Karl Anderson recommends 10 modern classics.
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At this precise moment, I have EmHen’s new book in hand, and I’m also a subscriber of Eric Karl Anderson - I always love his book recs & other insights on books, esp when it’s book awards season.
I wish I had looked at your nails today. I love that thought on resurrection by David Gate. I also see that he has a book called A Rebellion of Care which I now really want to read.