Though traditional book clubs have been a fixture of American social life for decades, some bibliophiles think they have lost the plot. These bookworms don’t want to read books that don’t interest them. Even worse is recommending a book the rest of the group hates. - The Wall Street Journal
It's not just the common expressions — "wild goose chase," "cruel to be kind," "in a pickle," "fair play," and lots of others. Shakespeare coined hundred of basic words we use today: "eyeball," "bedroom," "puppy dog," "bedazzled," "jaded," and on and on. - BBC
Among other things, the scandal of the 1987 National Book Award emphasizes just how little we, as readers, know about how literary distinction is doled out, and by whom. - Public Books
These days we mostly cause offense by swearing because swearing is a behavior that causes offense. When we swear in a context in which we can assume those around us would prefer we didn’t, that choice is a sign of our disrespect. - The New York Times
"All Seasons Press alleges that sworn testimony by (Mark) Meadows undermined The Chief’s Chief, in which he wrote that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. … (The publisher) cited media reports from last month alleging that Meadows knew Trump had lost to Democrat Joe Biden." - AP
"The Wall Street Journal has stopped running its weekly bestseller lists. The final lists were carried in the past weekend's editions. The paper ran a total of six fiction and nonfiction lists, as well as a hardcover business list. All were powered by Circana BookScan." - Publishers Weekly
Giving myself permission to stop reading books has stopped the cycle of shame, and has allowed me to refocus my attention on what has become one of my favourite things – the audiobook. - The Guardian
Meadows apparently admitted to the special prosecutor that he lied in his book - and his conservative publisher wants a lot of money back. - Daily Beast
"Nobody wants a pessimistic novel now," author Naomi Alderman says. "I would like to try and use my magical powers for good and write something where we can go, "Look, there are ways out of all of this.'" - The Guardian (UK)
It's back to the analog age at the British Library, for instance. "Library users, many of whom include writers with pressing deadlines, are beginning to be affected." - The New York Times
The plot’s got something for everyone: a cybersecurity attack for the tech junkies, a CEO see-saw and mass board exodus for the corporate drama aficionados, the ambient hum of the Canadian existential crisis for the doomsayers, and for the nonfiction zealots—well, it’s not fiction. - The Walrus
“At a certain point in my tenure at Penguin Random House I just gave up trying to understand a lot of the emails that arrived from corporate and would just hit delete, asking myself quizzically, ‘And the contribution this makes to the actual publication of actual books is . . . ?’ ” - The New Yorker
