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| | | October 16, 2017 |  Fiction and Festivity Amanda Mastrull, Assistant Editor While the editors here at LJ Reviews are currently looking back on 2017 as we select our annual Best Books (I can’t wait until we share the list later this year!), we’re also thinking ahead, as you’ll see below. Longtime LJ reviewer Joyce Sparrow contributes a romance feature that has everything you’ll need to know about what’s new and trending in the genre. For those already thinking about the holidays, there’s a holiday fiction roundup and a selection of holiday-themed craft books in the most recent Crafts & DIY column, so we have you covered whether you want to find your next yuletide murder mystery or learn to sew advent calendars. Elsewhere in the newsletter we have a collection development piece on STEM, a new Classic Returns column by LJ editor Liz French, and an interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about his new graphic novel. |
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|  Love Is All Around | Genre Spotlight: Romance By Joyce Sparrow Buckle up, folks, we are going for a ride—but not in any dented, rusty, old cars, just the latest model off the showroom floor, perhaps with a few sexy hockey players in the backseat. |
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| | SPONSORED BY INGRAM CONTENT GROUP  Floating Collections: How It Can Work in a Public Library I’m sure, like many of you, I watch a lot of education webinars. They are a great way to learn things in a cheap, convenient way. You always think: I can listen with half an ear while multi-tasking three different things. Occasionally, I put everything else away and listen with both ears. A few weeks ago, I did the latter. I closed my email, laid my pen down, and listened for an hour to a really great library webinar. Tell Me More››› |
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|  Q&A: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar By Martha Cornog NBA superstar and novelist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks to LJ about his first graphic novel, Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook, Vol. 1, which features a very different take on the character. |
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| | Short Takes | Wyatt’s World - Fresh Complaint: Stories by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks
- Strange Weather: Four Short Novels by Joe Hill
- Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado
- A Selfie as Big as the Ritz: Stories by Lara Williams
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| | | | SPONSORED BY SOUND TRUE  Host a Mindfulness Story Hour with Breathe and Be Teaching mindfulness to children can help them learn to stay calm, reduce anxiety, and appreciate the world around them. With Breathe and Be: A Book of Mindfulness Poems (November 1, 2017), Kate Coombs and Anna Emilia Laitinen blend gorgeous nature imagery with elegant verse about living with awareness and inner peace. |
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|  Libraries, Queens, Longmire, Roxane Gay, Standards | What We’re Reading & Watching By Liz French Whether it’s escapist, allegorical, French, Irish, informational, or simply sensational, the WWR/WWW gang want to share their reading and watching experience with you. |
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|  Everyday and Holiday Craft Projects By LJ Reviews LJ’s Crafts & DIY columnists review new titles that will serve your holiday crafting needs, plus titles on drawing outer space, needle felting, and more. |
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| Health & Fitness | Best Sellers- The Case Against Sugar. Gary Taubes.
- The Lose Your Belly Diet: Change Your Gut, Change Your Life. Travis Stork.
- Zero Sugar Diet: The 14-Day Plan To Flatten Your Belly, Crush Cravings, and Help Keep You Lean for Life. David Zinczenko & Stephen Perrine.
- The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer. Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa Epel.
- Food Freedom Forever: Letting Go of Bad Habits, Guilt, and Anxiety Around Food. Melissa Hartwig.
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| |  Build and Market Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Collections Do you want to ensure that your library’s collections are Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive—and Well-Read? Do you want to become a more culturally literate librarian and a more effective advocate for your community? We’ve developed a foundational course specifically for librarian professionals who work in collections and readers’ advisory (RA). |
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|  Job Zone utilizes unique job matching technology to help you find the perfect job (and employers find the perfect candidate), whether you’re actively seeking or just keeping an eye out for your possibilities. Log on today and check out our newest features, including automated job and candidate matches, and email alerts. JOB OF THE WEEK NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library are seeking a Director for their BookOps technical service |
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