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It’s the first Check Your Shelf of the new year! What does 2025 have in store for libraries?
Mass Book Banner Gets Massive Audience
Bruce Friedman, the number one book banner in Florida, was interviewed by The Daily Show. We really need to stop giving national platforms to these people. I know the idea is to expose their hypocrisy, but the book banners know they’re being hypocritical. They know they don’t read the books. They don’t care. Stop profiling Friedman and stop giving him oxygen.
Award News
Closing out 2024, Joseph Earl Thomas won the 2024 First Novel Prize for God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer. Looking ahead to 2025, the 2025 Golden Globe nominees have been announced, and the adaptations getting a nod include Nickel Boys, Dune Part 2, and Wicked. And looking even farther ahead in 2025, Sarah Jessica Parker has been named one of the judges for the 2025 Booker Prize. Can’t wait for the shortlists to start rolling in!
Luigi Mangione, Literary Trendsetter?
Out of all of the discourse surrounding Luigi Mangione’s arrest, the most bizarre takes have been centered around his reading history. After all, who isn’t hiding deep dark secrets in their Goodreads account? But Mangione’s connections to the literary world go beyond his book ratings: after police discovered bullets at the crime scene with “Delay,” “Deny,” and “Defend,” allegedly referring to the book by the same name by Jay Feinman, the book has now reached the #3 spot on Amazon’s nonfiction bestseller list.
How long do you think we have before we start seeing reading lists inspired by Luigi Mangione’s Goodreads history? (I’m kidding. But not really.)