A post shared by St Cuthberts Mill (@st_cuthberts_mill) on Apr 12, 2019 at 11:07am PDT These edges are a natural result of making paper by hand, but most of the books on your shelf with irregular edges are an artificial simulation of true deckle edges. Why do modern printers imitate a defect of earlier printing processes? To see how we got there, we’ll go on a brief journey through the history of papermaking....

Thank you for keeping me company in the middle of the night when the goat (an angry goat trapped inside of a dog) refuses to come back inside the house, but I can’t leave her alone outside because she will get into a fight with the neighborhood raccoon. I am not making this up. (Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland, read by Bahni Turpin) Thank you for muffling my ears to reduce the piercing beep that releases inches from my face and never ceases to startle my heart and brain when I have to change the fire alarm battery, thus reducing my anxiety even just a notch....

No matter the occasion, we hope that you’ll find the perfect special edition to give the YA lover in your life…or you can always add these gorgeous books to your own holiday wishlists! Note: Unfortunately, there is a real disparity of special or anniversary edition YA novels by authors of color. This is really eye-opening when you consider the popularity of many authors of color, so I hope that publishing will address this issue when making choices about which novels to reissue with special edition features....

All the Light We Cannot See is set in WWII-era France and tells the parallel stories of a French girl and a German boy. Marie-Laure, who is blind, and her father escape from Paris to a seaside town when the Nazis arrive. Marie-Laure’s father works at the Museum of Natural History, and they carry with them a precious jewel. Meanwhile, German orphan Werner is a self-taught radio expert and is enlisted to use this ability against the French Resistance....

B-list heroes, however, haven’t gotten quite the same bump, and I can think of a few who deserve a little love and air time. Since we’re all fired up for S2 of The Mandalorian, let’s deep dive into the Jedi Archive and get to know… Name: Depa Billaba Born on: Chalacta Species: Human Affiliations: Jedi Order, Jedi Council, Army of the Galactic Republic Highest Rank(s) Achieved: Jedi Master, General Master: Mace Windu Padawan: Caleb Dume (later Kanan Jarrus) Cause of Death: Assassinated by her clone battalion during the execution of Order 66....

2020 also happens to be a year in which several DC characters are celebrating the 80th anniversaries of their first appearances. Next to hit the milestone is Green Lantern, who made his first appearance in All-American Comics #16 (July, 1940). Like Robin, Green Lantern has become legacy title, though the first person to use the title wasn’t a member of the Corps. The mythos has evolved over time and now, when a Green Lantern dies, their ring finds a worthy successor and calls dibs....

Now, I know we’ve all heard of DNF & TBR. We all have stacks of each that may even be large enough to induce guilt. But beyond Did Not Finish and To Be Read lie other categories into which we place books. Here are my three new favorites: CRFE: Can’t Read Fast Enough You know how it goes. You’re reading a book that’s so spine-tingling or heart-melting or rollicking (okay, I kind of hate that word in book blurbs, but it makes a certain point all the same) that you cannot stuff its contents into your brain fast enough....

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