Leila Roy

After a lengthy stint as a children's bookseller, Leila Roy took a step sideways into the library world. There, she does the same thing she did as a bookseller—matching people with stories in any and all formats, whether print, audio, film, comic, or some newfangled hybrid—but doesn't have to deal with changing the tape on the cash register. She lives in Maine with her husband, where she runs her small-town library and occasionally tries to rescue wildlife from her cat, who is a murderer. In addition to talking books at her long-running blog, Bookshelves of Doom, she's a weekly columnist at Kirkus Reviews. Blog: Bookshelves of Doom Twitter: @bkshelvesofdoom

Talking About Censorship: A Primer

SOME GIRLS ARE Removed from Summer Reading List in South Carolina

Prisms and Bon-Bons: (Re)Reading V.C. Andrews’ MY SWEET AUDRINA

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My Fictional Childhood Best Friends

Old Doesn’t Equal Boring: Our Favorite Page-Turner Classics

The Great Debate: Book Before Movie, or Movie Before Book?

“I expected Batman and Robin, not pornography”: Two Recent Book Challenges

Discoveries from the Book Expo Floor: 4 Upcoming Crime Novels with Female Leads

Book Recommendation Website Cage Match

My Fictional Childhood Best Friends