Danika Ellis

Danika spends most of her time talking about queer women books at the Lesbrary. Blog: The Lesbrary Twitter: @DanikaEllis

New Releases Tuesday: The Best Books Out This Week

Here are some of the best new books out this week, what they are about, and why you should add them to your TBR!

The New York Times Bestseller List vs. Their Best of List for 2022

The New York Times just released their Best Books of 2022. How much does it overlap with the bestselling books of the year?

Donate to Classroom Libraries and Have Your Donation Matched!

For Giving Tuesday, all donations on DonorsChoose will be matched, making your donation go twice as far! Help fund a classroom library today.

The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to NYT, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon

The New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.

Can You Guess These Famous Books From Their AI-Generated Covers?

Your job is to try to guess which book was the prompt that generated each of these AI images. Warning: some of the images are...unsettling.

All the Backlist! November 25, 2022

This week, Danika talks about two calming reads that are the exact opposite of Black Friday vibes.

Why Book Blogs Still Matter In an Age of BookTok

While TikTok might be the leading bookish social media platform, there's still value for readers and creators in book blogs.

Why is Writing Stuck in the Paper Age?

Why is it that most writing online could just have easily been produced on a typewriter? Why aren't we taking advantage of this new medium?

The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to NYT, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon

The New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon all have their own bestseller lists. Here are the combined results.

How Do Visual Readers Read Nonfiction?

Please, indulge my anthropological curiosity about how the other readers live. What do visual readers "see" when reading dry nonfiction?