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
Action Item: Bilingual Dictionaries in CA & Robotics in ME
April 7, 2017Do some bookish good by sending books to public classrooms in need.
Action Item: Literacy Activities and a Classroom Library in NY and CA
March 24, 2017Bookish good you can do today.
Action Item: Lego Storystarter in Kansas & Read for Refugees
March 10, 2017Bookish good you can do today.
Action Item: Graphic Novels in NM & Revisiting Liberation Library
February 24, 2017Do some good by funding these literacy projects.
Action Item: Bilingual Books in NY and WA
February 10, 2017Do some good by donating to classrooms in need of books for their immigrant and ESL kids!
Action Item: Liberation Library
December 29, 2016Do some good by donating to an organization that sends books to imprisoned kids.
4 Books to Read While Waiting for the Twin Peaks Revival
December 9, 2016Twin Peaks-ish reading to keep you company while you wait for the revival.
Action Item: Liberation Library
December 2, 2016Do some good by donating to an organization that sends books to imprisoned kids.
Perennial Question: Can A Person Have Too Many Books?
November 2, 2016How one reader deals with her overflowing to-be-read pile, affectionately nicknamed "The Cube."
The Most Challenged Books of 2015
April 13, 2016Every year, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of the ten books that are most ...