Biblioracle: The book world has come a long way in publishing minority voices
When it comes to publishing minority voices and perspectives, there's no doubt that we've come a long way as a society. One point we can mark our progress from is...
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Biblioracle: We’re packing up books to move. Which ones to keep, which ones ‘spark joy’?
By the time anyone is reading this, Mrs. Biblioracle and I will have moved into a new (to us) house. After moving multiple times during our 30s, we have been...
Biblioracle: My best books of 2022 (so far) list, including ‘Ancestor Trouble’ and ‘Foreverland’
Somehow we are halfway through 2022, which has brought about a spate of lists of best books of 2022 so far, including from Barnes & Noble and Esquire. Far be...
Biblioracle: ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ is a good book, but there’s a reason why novels shouldn’t have sequels
One of my favorite things about reading a highly satisfying novel is reaching the final page and experiencing that bittersweet sensation of the story ending, while also having the distinct...
Biblioracle: Viral TikTok ‘hack’ of returning Amazon e-books after reading hurts actual, real-live authors
People trying to get stuff for free that they're otherwise supposed to pay for is nothing new. It's also something many of us are tempted to do when it doesn't...
Biblioracle: From H.G. Wells to ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife,’ we can’t get enough of time travel stories
When you write a weekly column, you are constantly on the lookout for trends you can grab onto and write about, and I thought I spotted one recently when I...
Biblioracle: Can an android write a book? A new app gets scary close.
At some point every week, when I get a moment in between meeting the regular publishing deadlines that allow me to make a living, I tell myself that I really...
Biblioracle: ‘Yes & Know’ books with ‘invisible ink’ were what kept kids quiet on car trips before iPhones
These days you hear a lot of kvetching about young kids and phones, concerns about screen time and the like. At the same time, rare is the parent that hasn't,...
Biblioracle: 8 great places to read this summer. Forget the beach, how about a backyard hammock?
The "beach read" category of books was invented out of thin air for marketing purposes a few decades ago, but that doesn't mean it's meaningless. The reason it's stuck around...
Biblioracle: What’s the opposite of comfort food books? These books embrace the strange and discomforting
A couple of weeks back I wrote about being drawn toward "comfort food" reads, books rooted in regular folks attempting to be decent to each other but running into trouble...