Bloodsuckers Return
Before you roll your eyes at the return of vampires, hear me out: publishing has a habit of taking a book that is super popular (Twilight) and then flooding the market with more of that before pulling the curtain and saying no more. The problem is that the curtain gets pulled before authors of color/marginalized voices are allowed a seat at the table. So hurray for the resurrection of vampire books again from authors we love like Caleb Roehrig and Zoraida Córdova!
Saved From The Bin
By now you’ve probably heard that there are rare editions of Harry Potter books that fetch quite a few dollars in auctions. Turns out that in 2008 a Buckinghamshire teacher spotted some Harry Potter books being thrown away by a library and scooped five of them up, feeling bad for them, and thinking she’d have them for her children–possibly future grandchildren. And what a brilliant momentary choice because it turns out they were rare editions that are now going to auction.
Archie Has His Own Bookclub
In Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s video the other day, where Meghan read Duck! Rabbit? to their son Archie for charity and his first birthday, fans noticed an interesting sticker on the book: “Archie’s Book Club.” Turns out the book was a gift from Oprah, and Archie got his very own book club sticker modeled after the Oprah’s Book Club sticker. Adorable!