In honor of Valentine's Day: Thoughts on the romantic era novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, one of my favorites and kind of the stereotypical classic "romance" novel for a reason. I also talk about some literary theory "lite" books I enjoyed that take our appreciation to the next level.

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Books mentioned:

• • Pride & Prejudiceby Jane Austen
  • What Matters in Jane Austen? by John Mullan
• • The Darcy Myth: Jane Austen, Literary Heartthrobs, and the Monstersby Rachel Feder
  • Georgette Heyer (author)

Today I share the Newbery winners 2025 and my thoughts about them. Review all the winners for all the awards here:American Library Association announces 2025 Youth Media Award winners | ALA

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Books Mentioned:

• The First State of Beingby Erin Entrada Kelly

• Magnolia Wu Unfolds It Allwritten and illustrated by Chanel Miller

• The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy.

• Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar

• One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome

• Life After Whaleby Lynn Brunelle and illustrated by Jason Chin

• Home in a Lunchbox illustrated and written by Cherry Mo

• Louder Than Hunger by John Schu

• The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hoopermanby Gennifer Choldenko

Time to talk about a few more potential Newbery Award books! There are so many more that I'd like to share before they announce, but I'll have to talk about them AFTER if they do win!

Books mentioned:

• Louder Than Hungerby John Schu
• Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War IIby Adam Gidwitz
• Not Quite a Ghostby Anne Ursu
• The First State of Beingby Erin Entrada Kelly

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