Did you know it was National Book Month? And National Pickled Pepper Month?? And World Menopause Month??? October is wild, y'all. We decided to combine National Book Month with some of the others and give you reading material to celebrate whatever holiday month you prefer! Except picked peppers -- we forgot books for that one, sorry.
show notes: https://lplks.org/blogs/post/048-national-american-cheese-month
Bookish News
- Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) say they haven’t read a book in whole or in part in the past year, whether in print, electronic or audio form, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 8 to Feb. 7. Is this higher or lower than you'd expect?
- LitHub put together a list of the Best 10 Debut Novels of the Decade
National Book (AND EVERYTHING ELSE) Month!
World Homeless Day is October 10th
Where I Live by Brenda Rufener
My Jasper June by Laurel Snyder
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
(P.S. if you're looking for a local way to make a difference, support the Lawrence Community Shelter)
Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
Shelter Dogs: photos by Traer Scott
Collared by David Rosenfelt
American Cheese Month (is this America celebrating cheese? Or celebrating American cheese? We just don't know.)
One Hour Cheese by Claudia Lucero
Cheese, A Connoisseurs Guide to the World's Best by Max McCalman
LGBT History Month:
Queer X Design: 50 Years of Signs, Symbols, Banners, Logos, and Graphic Arts of LGBTQ by Andrew Raymond Campbell
Pride:The LGBTQ+ Rights Movement : A Photographic Journey by Christopher Measom
National Disability Employment Awareness Month:
More the Same Than Different by Lorraine Cannistra (local author! Also available in book club bag!)
The Pretty One by Keah Brown (From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign)
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
Don't Call Me Inspirational A Disabled Feminist Talks Back by Harilyn Rousso
Depression Education/Awareness Month
Depression in Later Life by Deborah Serani
Just Peachy: Comics about Depression, Anxiety, Love, and Finding the Humor in Being Sad by Holly Chisholm
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker (author of Magical Negro: Poems)
***Shout-out to the SAD Lamps available at LPL -- stay tuned for some "Light" Reading sessions in the auditorium this winter!***
Family Sexuality Education Month:
For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens About Sexuality, Values, and Health by Al Vernacchio
Sex Is A Funny Word Cory Silverberg
It's So Amazing and It's Perfectly Normal, both by Robie Harris
What's Happening in Lawrence?
We've had some stellar authors here lately: Attica Locke, Annalee Newitz, Ben Lerner, etc!
Next spring is a great event: https://www.paperplains.org/
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2019 Book Squad Goals Reading Challenge can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/LPLBSG2019
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