Booklist in Audio and on PBS

Today I wanted to point you to two important, NOT print, ways to access Booklist content right now.

First, there is a new episode of Booklist's ShelfCare the Podcast. It features staff from KDL in MI and is a summary of the presentation they gave at PLA in April, a session I went to and wrote up a recap about here. My write up and their appearance go well together. 

Second, staff from Booklist Reader appeared on PBS Books to talk about Summer Reading. This is not only a great video to use to help you have conversations with your readers at the library, but also, put it up on your website for your patrons to use on their own as well. Just make sure you have the books and a subscription to Booklist Reader's print magazine (details here).

I have included the information from Booklist Online below or you can use the links embedded above.

Have a great weekend. I know many of you are about to launch Summer Reading tomorrow and into next week. It is a busy time, but also, one of the most exciting times of the year to work in a library. Enjoy. And Good luck! 

Shelf Care Episode #35: After the Diversity Audit, and Farewell, Maggie (sad emoji)
By Susan Maguire. 

On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire sat down with Johanna Boyle and Marie Mulder from the Kent District Library in Michigan about the necessary work of the diversity audit, and what to do once the audit is done (hint: it involves spreadsheets). Then Audio Editor Heather Booth offers some solid suggestions for promoting your audiobook collection. Finally (oh, finally), Susan and Senior Editor, Books for Youth Maggie Reagan sat down for one last conversation about what Maggie is reading and loving, and what the heck romantasy means.

Here’s what we talked about:

The Final Strife, by Saara El-Afiri

Made Glorious, by Lindsay Eagar

I Loved You In Another Life, by David Arnold

Compass and Blade, by Rachel Greenlaw

A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros

 

PBS Books Presents: What to Read this Summer with Booklist Reader

Join PBS Books and Booklist as we dive into all the must-read adult fiction books this summer. Whether you’re on the hunt for a quick weekend read, looking for a new series, or thinking about re-discovering a favorite author, there will be no shortage of great picks in this can’t-miss episode. So, grab a pen as we help you create your Summer Reading List! Watch the recording below or on the PBS Books Facebook page.

What I'm Reading: June 2024 Library Journal Hour Review Column

 

My June 1, 2024 is now live! In this post I have gathered the titles with my three words and links to my full draft reviews on Goodreads. Click through for more readalikes and more appeal information.

First this month's STARS:

• Horror for Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared to Watch by Emily Hughes (expertly crafted, informative, accessible)
• Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías, translated by Heather Cleary (Environmental Horror, conversational tone, discomfiting)
• Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen (contemplative pacing, constant unease, great ending

And the other 5 excellent titles:

• The Drowning House by Cherie Priest (then and now timelines, creepy, strong sense of place)
• Midnight Rooms by Donyae Coles (Gothic, menacing, dangerous family secrets)
• Interview with the author in the issue. I will link to it when it is available online
• The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir, translated by Mary Robinette Kowal (psychological horror, gripping, translation)
• A Mask of Flies by Matthew Lyons (visceral, Crime caper-Horror Mashup, strong sense of place)
• The Body Harvest by Michael Seidlinger (illicit, menacing, obsession )

Why I Love Horror is Going To Be a Book

Today this announcement dropped on Publishers Marketplace:

That's right, after almost ten years of Why I Love Horror guest posts on RA for All Horror, I am now taking the concept to Saga Press (a division of S&S) thanks to my agent, Lane Heymont and my personal favorite Horror editor, Joe Monti.

This book will have all new essays by a Who's Who of Horror authors from the generation AFTER Stephen King.

Here is an edited version of my scope of project note I wrote up for the authors to read as I was asking them to join and that we shared with publishers (along with a TOC of committed authors).

Why I Love Horror and Why You Should Too

By Becky Siegel Spratford

When I wrote the second edition of my Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, one of the things I realized I had to include was an ongoing update. Even back in 2010, I could see a whole new generation of Horror authors beginning to emerge from the ashes of the Leisure Books implosion, young voices who had come up reading Stepehn King had entered a literary atmosphere where Horror was not a dirty word anymore. I knew that if I was going to strike out on my own (without a co-author this time) and stake my claim as the library world’s expert in Horror, I had to live up to the challenge and make sure that I was giving library workers a reference source that would not become obsolete the second it was published. 

Building off the immense success of my Readers’ Advisory training blog (RA for All), which was already showing up in library textbooks, I launched it’s “evil twin,” RA for All: Horror with the tagline, “The online home of The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror, an ALA Editions publication.” Since 2010, I have used this space to become the go-to Horror resource for all library workers in the English speaking world. 

Almost immediately, I began running and editing a series of posts throughout October entitled “31 Days of Horror.” This meant I had to create or solicit 31 unique posts for an entire month, while also running the RA for All blog 5 days a week. Clearly, I needed some help. I began soliciting friends and colleagues to help by asking them for guest posts.

However, in 2017, I tried something new. I began an invite only series, inviting authors to write me a post with the prompt, “Why I Love Horror.” I give them no further direction other than a word limit (1,500 for the blog) and encouragement for them to share why they love this genre as a fan and creator. 

What began very small has turned into a much heralded series with over 125 posts and counting. Authors eagerly await my invitations each year as I send them out in July and August, library workers celebrate the access they have received into the minds of authors, and I have been invited to curate larger conversations around this “Why I Love Horror” framework for libraries and publishers. The number of invited authors and posts has grown exponentially, and by 2023, my 31 Days of Horror blog series became more of a “Why I Love Horror” series that happened to post over the course of 31 Days.

Concurrent with the series growing and expanding, I became the Horror Review Columnist for Library Journal and a Horror reviewer for Booklist. I have been credited with being the first person to read, review, and give a star to some of the most critically acclaimed books of the last 10 years. From Cabin at the End of the World to The Only Good Indians to The Devil Takes You Home and most recently, I was the first professional to review The Reformatory by Tananarive Due, proclaiming it a “masterpiece.”

I share these stories, not to brag, but because I have a unique insight into the genre and a close connection to its authors. I celebrate their importance in the literary landscape every single day, and people listen to me. However, I think it is time to bring that unique insight and my celebratory tone to a larger audience.

I am currently working on a book which would replicate the “Why of Love Horror” series but on a much larger stage. I am in the process of inviting the authors listed in the attachment to write me an essay of 2,-000 4,000 words or less with the prompt, “Why I Love Horror.” I am going to encourage them to use their voice and experience to craft a piece that feels right to them. Please note, I am committed to a TOC that is diverse in every way, both in the author’s identities but also in the type of Horror they write.

The ultimate goal of this nonfiction anthology is two fold. First, to bring the very best authors of 21st Century Horror to readers in a whole new way, allowing the authors to share their passion for Horror with fans or even introduce themselves to new readers. Second, to provide a “primer” for the general reading public, similar to what I have offered to library workers in my 3 previous books, as I will introduce each author’s works and overall appeal to readers, include a “start with” title (chosen by me as the expert) . I will also set up their essay to come. This is the work I have done for years and to much acclaim. Now, I am simply bringing this information directly to readers.

I will post the full TOC once I have all of the essays. But I do want to say, I originally had more and Monti asked me to trim it down, which was hard. However, the authors who got deleted from the final proposal were so gracious, and who knows, off the book does well, maybe we will have a second go round and those authors will be the first asked back.

And before I close this post out, I want to thank Cynthia Pelayo, an author who has become a dear friend (our entire families are friends) for connecting me with Lane Heymont. I know Lane has been so good to her, but no having been on Team Lane as a client, I cannot stress enough what a great supporter he is of his authors. Thank you Lane.

This will be a journey over the next 18 months, and I cannot wait to share it with all of you.

One More Day Off and a Teaser

 I am still recovering from all of the fun and emotions of the graduation. Taking one more day off-- thank you to my boss (who is me).

Back tomorrow though. I have a column in LJ about to go live with 8 review and a new issue of Booklist with reviews as well.

Also later this week some BIG news will finally be dropped to the world, just in time for StokerCon later this week.

How's that for a teaser.

RA for All is Off Celebrating College Graduation for the Older Child

I will be focused on our family's celebration of this momentous event-- especially because this kid was a 2020 high school graduate-- so RA for All is not publishing from today through Memorial Day.

See you back here on Tuesday 5/28.

Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Firecracker Awards

This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological order. Click here for the first post which outlines the details how to use awards lists as a RA tool.  

Below is an award that is new to me-- The Firecracker Awards; in fact, I only heard of it because my kid's employer [The Common] is up for an award [below]. And then, it also made Library Journal's Book Pulse daily newsletter. And then, I saw one of the judges was-- Allison Escoto who along with being the Librarian at the Center for Fiction is also the Administrative Assistant for LibraryReads. 

So yes, all of those factors made me do a triple take on this award and give it a harder look and now I know it is 100% worth your time to explore this more. It is for all independently published literature and the presses they are considering are ones for which you already have titles in your collections. These authors in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry are authors who you should be collecting and knowing about. 

And the link to their past winners and nominees was in the award announcement below, and here. A quick perusal of that link will confirm that the authors who are singled out here do go on to matter in terms of our collections and readers. 

Firecracker Awards

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Celebrating the Best of Independently Published Literature

The CLMP Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature are given annually to celebrate books and magazines that make a significant contribution to our literary culture and the publishers that strive to introduce important voices to readers far and wide. Prizes are awarded in the categories of Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Magazine/General Excellence, and Magazine/Best Debut. Each year, CLMP also awards the Lord Nose Award, given to a publisher or editor in recognition of a lifetime of work in literary publishing.

Each winner in the books category will receive $2,000–$1,000 for the press and $1,000 for the author or translator–and each winner in the magazine categories will receive $1,000. In addition, a national publicity campaign spotlights and promotes our winning titles each year. In partnership with the American Booksellers Association, promotional materials—including a press release and shelf talkers featuring the winning titles—are distributed to over 500 independent booksellers across the country. Winners are also promoted in CLMP’s newsletters, on our website, and through a dedicated social media campaign. The publishers of winning titles receive a free one-year membership to CLMP, and magazine winners receive a one-year CLMP Member subscription to Submittable. To read press coverage about the 2023 Firecracker Award winners, visit our Press Center.

The winners of this year’s awards will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony on June 27, 2024, at 6 p.m. ET. Click here to RSVP for the Zoom.

2024 FIRECRACKER AWARDS FINALISTS:

FICTION
Landscapes by Christine Lai, published by Two Dollar Radio
You Were Watching from the Sand by Juliana Lamy, published by Red Hen Press
The Simple Art of Killing a Woman by Patrícia Melo, translated by Sophie Lewis, published by Restless Books
The Girl Before Her by Line Papin, translated by Adriana Hunter and Ly Lan Dill, published by Kaya Press
Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine, published by Tin House

CREATIVE NONFICTION
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza, published by Feminist Press
Holy American Burnout! by Sean Enfield, published by Split/Lip Press
On Community by Casey Plett, published by Biblioasis
The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth by Elizabeth Rush, published by Milkweed Editions
Otherwise by Julie Marie Wade, published by Autumn House Press

POETRY
The Limitless Heart by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, published by Haymarket Books
Village by LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, published by Coffee House Press
Rebozos of love by Juan Felipe Herrera, published by FlowerSong Press
Hydra Medusa by Brandon Shimoda, published by Nightboat Books
Kaan and Her Sisters by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, published by Trio House Press

MAGAZINES/BEST DEBUT
Changing Skies
Folly
Mister Magazine
Short Reads
SWING

MAGAZINES/GENERAL EXCELLENCE
The Common
Lampblack
LIBER: A Feminist Review
Virginia Quarterly Review
Words Without Borders

2024 Firecracker Award Judges

Fiction

Zeyn Joukhadar, author of The Thirty Names of Night, published by Atria Books
Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, author of What We Fed to the Manticore, published by Tin House
Kevin Sampsell, events coordinator and small-press book buyer at Powell’s Books

Creative Nonfiction

Edgar Gomez, author of High Risk Homosexual: A Memoir, published by Soft Skull Press
Raquel Gutiérrez, author of Brown Neon, published by Coffee House Press
Gaël LeLamer, head book buyer at Books & Books

Poetry 

Allison Escoto, head librarian and education director at The Center for Fiction
Crystal Wilkinson, author of Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts, published by Clarkson Potter
Shelley Wong, author of As She Appears, published by YesYes Books

Magazine

Sam Campbell, managing editor, The Arkansas International
Manuel Gonzales, fiction editor, Bennington Review
Dana Isokawa, editor in chief, The Margins

 

Resource Reminder: Book Marks: The Book Review Aggregator

Professional reviews are one of your best resources. Why? Because those of us who get paid to review books are not there to tell you are personal opinion, rather our goal it to asses the book, its merit aa a presentation of its category and peers, and to articulate who the best reader for that book will be.

Even a tepid or negative professional review of a book will be able to be used as a resource to match it with a potential reader. Sometimes, the reason a book doesn't;t work is exactly why someone else would enjoy it.

As opposed to average reader reviews, which can be filled with why that specific reader loved or hated a book (information which is also useful since you are helping actual readers find books), professional reviews are an excellent collection development resource while they also allow you to stay on top of books as they are coming out.

That is what I love to recommend Book Marks because it aggregates the professional book reviews for you.

I love resources that aggregate other resources. Not only do these types of resources save all of us time, meaning we can go to one place for lots of similar information, but also, this aggregation means we get a broader picture, with representation from multiple resources in one place.

Book Marks is one of those favorites of mine. From their "About" page:

How It Works 

Every day, the Book Marks staff scours the most important and active outlets of literary journalism in the US—from established national broadsheets to regional weeklies and alternative litblogs—and logs their book reviews. When a book is reviewed by at least three outlets, each of those reviews is assigned an individual rating (Rave, Positive, Mixed or Pan). These ratings are then averaged into a result and the book becomes part of our Book Marks database. 

Each book’s cumulative rating functions as both a general critical assessment, and, more significantly, as an introduction to the range of voices and opinions that make up the world of American literary criticism. These opinions are accompanied by pull quotes representative of the overall stance of each individual review, and readers can click through to the full review at its source. 

Readers can express their own opinions alongside those of the critics in each book page’s What Did You Think Of… comments section.  

Book Marks exists to serve as a consolidated information resource for the reading public and a link between the worlds of literary creation, criticism and consumption. We hope it will bring more attention to great books and great criticism. 

The writing community benefits from a multiplicity of voices. We’re eager to hear yours.

Now full disclosure before I move on, my reviews for Booklist and Library Journal are included in this resource with my name attached. However, I honestly use it for every genre EXCEPT horror, so I can stay up to speed on the titles I need to know about.

I like that they classify reviews as "Rave," Postive," "Mixed" or "Pan" to give an overall view of the book's critical status before you even click through. Also, you need serious "Rave" reviews to get more than a positive.

Too often, one review, be it positive or negative, from an influential source can define the book for the majority of readers. Yet, with Book Marks, you can easily get a full picture of the professional book reviewers' opinions on a title in one place. And even if everyone loved it, the one of two who did not, will get their voice on equal footing.

Here is a great example of a book I know you all have, The Hunger by Tana French, which has a review in each category.

Also a plus with Book Marks, genre titles are placed on an equal footing. Click here to see all of the categories they have created including all genres, formats [poetry and Graphic Novels, for ex], and multiple categories of nonfiction.

You can use the site to help readers, by providing them with multiple viewpoints on a specific title without reading the book for yourself or being forced to share your personal opinion], for collection development [you can search newest titles and they make lots of best lists], and for displays [the categories and lists are there for the taking].

I personally like the "Best Reviewed" carousel, on the homepage. I often find titles there that I have missed. Maybe they didn't get the biggest buzz or publisher support, and yet, critics are still noticing them.

Finally, in at the end of each title entry there is a list of "similar books." Click here for the entry for a backlist book I gave a star review as an example. The readalikes are updated with new titles all the time. I am not sure how they make those lists, but you can click through into the titles to see more information.

In general, I advocate for aggregated resources. I love crowd sourcing too. Check out Book Marks, yes, but also think about the resources you are using, how they are created, and if they give you everything you want or need. 

Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Eisner Awards Edition

This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological order. Click here for the first post which outlines the details how to use awards lists as a RA tool.  

The Eisner Awards are the top awards for the format of Graphic Novels and Comics. Below I will post the intro and then the link to the full list of nominees in 32 categories. 

I love these awards because they teach me about the industry as much as alert me to the leading titles. When you see the different categories, you can begin to understand the differences in titles for readers: ingle issues vs series vs reprint. You can also see artists and letterers show up over time and across different publications. In other words, the Eisner Awards nominees list hold a lot more information for you  than just a reason to get up some displays, update your collections, or make some lists.

And now they have the current nominees, history of the award, and past honorees all on the same, easy to navigate page, here.

Before we get to the current list of nominees, I do want to shout out my favorite author-- Stephen Graham Jones-- who is nominated for BEST WRITER for his Earthdivers series. 

Click here or after the reposted intro to see all 32 category nominees. This intro serves as a great overview of the year that was. 

COMIC-CON IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINEES FOR THE WILL EISNER COMIC INDUSTRY AWARDS 2024. THE NOMINATIONS ARE FOR WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND DECEMBER 31, 2023 AND WERE CHOSEN BY A BLUE-RIBBON PANEL OF JUDGES. 

Once again, this year’s nominees in 32 categories reflect the wide range of material being published in the U.S. in comics and graphic novels, representing more than 150 print and online titles from over 60 publishers, produced by creators from all over the world. 

Image and DC received the most nominations: Image with 17 (plus 8 shared) and DC with 13 (plus 8 shared). Image’s nominees span a spectrum of titles, with multiple nominations for The Cull, Black Cloak, and Transformers. Topping DC’s nominees are Birds of Prey, Detective Comics, Shazam!, and Nightwing. 

Fantagraphics has 11 nominations, once again dominating the Archival Collection categories, with 3 in the Comic Strip category and 2 in the Comic Book category. First Second‘s 10 nominations include 3 for Emily Carroll’s A Guest in the House(Best Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist, Best Letterer) and 3 in the Best Graphic Memoir category: Thien Pham’s Family Style, Dan Santat’s A First Time for Everything, and Deb JJ Lee’s In Limbo. 

Among IDW’s 9 nominations (plus 4 shared) are 2 for Alvaro Ortiz’s Ashes (Best Graphic Album, Best U.S. Edition of International Material) and 2 for Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons, by Frank Tieri and Inaki Miranda (Best Limited Series, Best Penciller/Inker). Roaming by cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki led Drawn & Quarterly’s 8 nominations with nods for Best Graphic Album, Best Writer, and Best Penciller/Inker. 

Marvel Comics received 5 nominations (plus 3 shared), while Dark Horse had 4 (plus 1 shared), including 2 in the Best Comics-Related Book category. Penguin Random House imprints have 5 nominations, including 3 young readers titles from Penguin Workshop. 

Other publishers with multiple nominations include Yen Press (4), Abrams ComicArts and Titan Comics (each with 3 plus 1 shared), Europe Comics (3), Magnetic Press (3), Oni Press (3), VIZ Media (3), Comixology Originals (2 plus 2 shared), and DSTLRY (2 plus 1 shared). Eleven companies have 2 nominations each, and another 35 companies or individuals have 1 nomination or 2–3 shared nominations each. 

Besides Roaming, other graphic novels with 3 nominations are Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy, by Bill Griffith (Best Reality-Based Work, Best Writer/Artist, Best Lettering; Abrams), and Blacksad, Vol 7: They All Fall Down, Part 2, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido (Best U.S. Edition of International Material, Best Painter, Best Digital Comic; Europe Comics). 

When it comes to creators, Kelly Thompson leads the pack with 5 nominations: Best Continuing Series for Birds of Prey, Best Limited Series for The Cull, Best New Series for Black Cloak, Best Humor Publication for It’s Jeff, and Best Writer. Besides Emily Carroll, Juano Guarnido, and Bill Griffith, the only other creator with 3 nominations is Tom Taylor (Best Single Issue, Best Continuing Series, and Best Writer for Nightwing). Individuals with 2 nominations include Jason Sean Alexander, Becky Cloonan, Scott Dunbier, Erica Henderson, Daniel Warren Johnson, Tom King, Tula Lotay, Inaki Miranda, Mokumokuren, Dan Mora, Ryan North, Alvaro Ortiz, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, and Mark Waid. 

Named for acclaimed comics creator Will Eisner, the awards are celebrating their 36th year of bringing attention to and highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels. The 2024 Eisner Awards judging panel consists of educator/comics creator Ryan Claytor, author/editor/educator N. C. Christopher Couch, retailer/academic Andréa Gilroy, writer/editor Joseph Illidge, retailer Mathias Lewis, and author/public school librarian Jillian Rudes. 

Voting for the awards is being held online using a two-step process. The first step is for prospective voters to apply at https://cci.tiny.us/2p8r8e6c . After filling out the form, eligible voters will be invited to go to the ballot and cast their votes. Those who previously registered will automatically be invited to fill out the new ballot. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is June 6. New voters must have registered by May 30 in order to be invited to the ballot. Questions about the voting process should be sent to the Eisner Awards administrator, Jackie Estrada at jackie@comic-con.org. 

The Eisner Award trophies will be presented in a gala awards ceremony to be held at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel during Comic-Con on the evening of July 26.

Click here to see all of the nominees and to have access to the backlist of winners and more

Five Book Friday via Lila Denning

It's Friday and I have a guest post idea from Lila Denning entitled "Five Book Friday." 

Click here to access the post and her excellent Book Display focused blog (for even more ideas) or read below.

Book Display Idea - Five Book Friday!

by Lila Denning

Reoccurring social media posts can be a reason for people to revist your social media pages even when the posts don't show up in their feed. A fun way to involve all staff, regardless of position, in readers advisory and marketing your backlist is what I call Five Book Friday. Everyone who works in your library system can find materials about a theme they love including books and audio-video materials. The idea can even work with your eBook collection. 

Announce the program and seek input from staff. With a calendar you can assign weeks and have part of your social media promotion set for the year. Allowing everyone to participate will add topics and titles that would otherwise be buried in the stacks to get a spotlight shined on them. Someone in your business office may love historical fiction. A member of your facilities team could love French cooking. A preschool storytime star may be an expert in space opera. Not only will this provide social media posts but it will encourage team building as staff learn about each other. 

Some examples? 

Heavy Metal - 

We Sold Our Souls - Grady Hendrix
Slash (autobiography)- Slash
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga - Stephen Davis
Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal - Joe Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman
Fargo Rock City - Chuck Klosterman
or add two music CDs 

Witchy Fiction - 

Boneset and Feathers - Gwendolyn Kiste
Island Witch - Amanda Jayatissa
Hex - Thomas Olde Heuvelt
The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow 
The Year of the Witching -Alexis Henderson

Salads -

Salad Samurai - Terry Hope Romero
Salad Freak - Jess Damuck
Saladish: A Crunchier, Grainier, Herbier, Heartier, Tastier Way with Vegetables - Ilene Rosen
Seriously Good Salads: Creative Flavor Combinations for Nutritious, Satisfying Meals - Nicky Corbishley 
The Complete Salad Cookbook: A Fresh Guide to 200+ Vibrant Dishes Using Greens, Vegetables, Grains, Proteins, and More - America's Test Kitchen

The books can be in someone's hands or on a desk. The layout of the photos are up to you and how comfortable staff are with being on your library's social media page. Spread out the topics and make a mix between fiction and non-fiction. You can do all movie posts if that's an interest someone has. Use your physical and digital audiobooks as well. A staff picks carousel can be added to your eBook collection. 

Thanks Lila! For more book display and passive RA ideas, click here.