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"Books may well be the only true magic. -- Alice Hoffman"

1/5/2022

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Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing:
  1. Do you know what each January bestows on us? Exciting works of art that are now in the public domain!! Feast on all we can now freely access & adapt!
  2. New York is a City of Readers. Enjoy a peek into our city’s past and how reading added to our collective personality.
  3. Bibliotherapy is real & really helpful! Some bright souls even prescribe specific poetry for what ails you and Brooklyn’s own Center for Fiction is now getting into the game!
  4. Time is a precious resource for all of us, so subscribe to “The Marginalian” so that Maria Popova can share her thoughts on amazing books and do some “pre-reading” for you!
  5. We have LOTS of new books in our Library! They each proudly sport a red sticker on their spine, so check them out when you have a chance!
  6. Serious about YA books? Check out Stacked! 
  7. Librarians fight back against push to ban books from schools.
  8. Join Goodreads, feel free to “friend” me & sign up for the Goodreads Reading Challenge! I pledged to read 33 books in 2022, and am on my way! 
  9. If you don’t already, sign up for JSTOR Daily! Here are their most popular stories from 2021.
  10. Since 2014, Tom Whitwell has been compiling a great list full of 52 fascinating facts you didn’t know but might like knowing! Jason Kottke started keeping one, too!
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Danika link
5/8/2025 06:43:40 am

Such an inspiring reminder of how reading shapes our collective identity! I love the idea of bibliotherapy, and it’s exciting to see all the newly accessible works in the public domain. "The Marginalian" and JSTOR Daily are great resources too!

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