Author: Maria Cristina Garcia Lynch

This edition of Today in Books is sponsored by Waterhouse Press.

Neither A Borrower Nor A Lender Be

A few months after loaning some treasured books to a friend, the lender discovered her books in a book sale donation pile! I can’t even. But if you want more tales people lending and borrowing with mixed results, they’re right here.

An Angel And Demon But Make It Fashion

There’s lots to love about the miniseries adaptation of the Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens. One of the many delights is seeing Aziraphale and Crowley outfitted in period duds, and you can see some of their best looks here.

More On The Strand vs. NYC

New York’s Strand Bookstore has been given landmark status. And owner Nancy Bass Wyden wishes she could give it back. Listen to her discuss the situation on NPR’s Weekend Edition.

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Outer Hebrides Book Mobiles

“The main thing is knowing that it’s a lifeline to culture. That sounds awfully grand and overstated, but it’s the truth.” Read about the impact mobile libraries have on the residents of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 Wallops The X-Men

Dark Phoenix was made with a budget of about $200 million. This weekend, it earned $33 million domestically. And so ends Fox’s X-Men franchise. May the mutants fare better with Disney.

Facts (And Opinions) About Fact-Checking

Is it time to change how fact-checking gets done in book publishing? Have a listen to this conversation from Weekend Edition to learn about the status quo and its pros and cons.

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A Visual Medium Goes Aural

This fall, you’ll be able to read two dozen comic books…with your ears! Marvel has enlisted Dreamscape Media to adapt some of their classic comic books into an audiobook format available for purchase and borrowing.

This Review Is a Good Omen(s)

Have you watched the miniseries adaptation of the Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman novel Good Omens? At least one person has and enjoyed it. What did you think of the six-part adaptation?

Book Club Breakup Advice

Advice columnist (and author of Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things) Amy Dickinson surely chooses some of the most universal questions to answer. And if you, too, are wondering how to quit your book club, she’s got some tips.

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Get a Clue Comic Book

Board game, cult film, and now comic book miniseries! Clue: Candlestick by Dash Shaw is a surreal psychological thriller. Pick it up for fun sequential art sleuthing.

Little Free Library Is 10 Years Old

The Wisconsin nonprofit that inspired all the take-a-book-leave-a-book boxes peppered in neighborhoods around the world turned 10 this month. Check out the #LFL10 hashtag on social media to see how people have been celebrating.

Taking the “Book” Out of “Bookshelf”

Are your bookshelves teeming with tomes? Here are some design tips for giving those bookcases a makeover with trinkets, plants, and art (but only if you want to).

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Scientists Making Comic Books About Scientists

“To have a comic that is about an actual person that’s doing actual science that may look like them—I think that can be incredibly powerful.” So says Jaye Gardiner, one of the cofounders of JKX Comics, a group of scientists who taught themselves how to use design software in order to make such comics.

Happy Anniversary, Subway Book Review!

Do you follow Subway Book Review on Instagram? The account has been around for five years, showcasing subway readers and their books. Check out the anniversary party they held on the G train.

If George R. R. Martin Were Done With The Books, He’d Tell You

A rumor originating in Russia was making the rounds. According to the tall tale, George R. R. Martin has finished writing his final Game of Thrones book, but made a deal with HBO to hold off publication until after the television series wraps. But settle down, everyone; the man himself debunked the rumor.

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Highlights from a “Tolkien” Chat

Tolkien superfan Stephen Colbert moderated a discussion at the Montclair Film Festival featuring Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins, stars of the upcoming biopic of The Hobbit author J.R.R. Tolkien. Director Dome Karukoski was also on hand, and you can check out highlights from the event at Parade.

Ride for Reading Builds Children’s Home Libraries

Cincinnati school kids are starting summer break in the next couple weeks, and over 400 of them will do so with a new to-be-read pile thanks to Ride for Reading Cincinnati. Volunteers for that chapter of the national organization just loaded their delivery bikes for the seventh time, hauling thousands of donated books to elementary students who got to select up to ten titles to take home.

Say “Ahh” and Get a Free Book

More feel-good news! Did you know about Reach Out and Read? It partners with pediatrician offices to provide free children’s books to kids under five who come in for their annual check-up. Half of the 4.7 million kids who benefit are from low-income families, and the program (founded by two pediatricians) gives new parents the tools to make read-aloud time happen.

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May the Fuzzball Be With You

Yesterday was epic, in that Free Comic Book Day fell on May the Fourth. But it’s not over until you scroll through this roundup of pets in their best Star Wars cosplay.

Call Me By Your Name Sequel Cover Reveal

Did you love André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name? Are you a sucker for great jacket design? Sequel Find Me has a cover designed by Rodrigo Corral that is sure to appeal to anyone who can tick both those boxes.

Books That Made Oyinkan Braithwaite

The author of My Sister, the Serial Killer answers some questions about the books that have been important to her. (Psst: you could win a copy of this fantastic debut if you enter here before May is over!)

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Is this children’s book too hard or is Steinbeck too easy?

Mr. Greedy by Roger Hargreaves has been found to be almost as complex as Of Mice and Men when analyzed “for sentence length, average word length and word difficulty level.” Adjust your high school English syllabi accordingly.

The Selectors of the NYPL

Go behind the scenes of the New York Public Library to learn how a title makes it to their shelves.

Apiary at the Library

Tens of thousands of bees live atop the Redwood City Public Library, producing honey sold at the library’s store. Click on over to see the slideshow of these bookish bees.

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Marie Kondo, Friend to Thrift Stores

One person’s trash is a charity shop’s treasure! A spokesperson for Goodwill of Western New York joked that they invented The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up author as a way “to get people to donate half of their things.”

It’s morphin’ time!

You remember those Animorph covers, right? Go behind the scenes of the making of the book cover art. (Extra credit if you also remember whose catchphrase that is.)

Does this mean she knows what happens in Avengers: Endgame?

We couldn’t be prouder of former Book Riot contributor Preeti Chhibber, who is writing a tie-in novel for Spider-Man: Far From Home! You can see the cover reveal for Peter and Ned’s Ultimate Travel Journal here and preorder it starting tomorrow.

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Season 3 of “The Handmaid’s Tale” Is All Sunshine and Puppies

Just kidding! It’s The Handmaid’s Tale so of course it’s going to be grim to the max. There’s no release date yet, but you can ‘ that debuted during the Super Bowl.

“Avengers: Endgame” Is All Dusk and Raccoons

Or raccoon, singular, since Rocket is one of the heroes we get a quick glimpse of in the “Avengers: Endgame” trailer that debuted during the Super Bowl. You can see the whole thing on the big screen in April.

“Captain Marvel” Did Not Show Us The Cat

But I’m still getting excited for this movie, which hits theaters in March!