Links: True Crime, Ugly Crying, & More

Hey there, everyone! It’s Wednesday and I’m gearing up for the holidays. I fly out on Sunday for about a week of family shenanigans. Sarah and I have been setting up the site with some neat stuff next week, so we hope you’re all excited!

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Want the scoop on Jasmine Guillory’s next book? Bustle has all the details, including the cover. What do you think?

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If you’re a true crime fan like I am, check out Longreads Best of 2018: Crime Reporting. Some of the stories I was familiar with, while others were fascinating and completely new to me. One was even made into a This American Life episode, which I then promptly listened to.

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Want a heartwarming story? Read this one about a pop-up children’s bookstore that only sells diverse titles:

When Aimée Felone and David Stevens opened their pop-up children’s bookshop in Brixton in October, featuring only books with black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) protagonists, they had one reaction they weren’t prepared for: a customer burst into tears. “I went and asked her if she was OK,” says Stevens. “She said she’d never seen anything quite like it, she’d picked up six books in a row and they all had brown faces on. All I could say was, ‘I’m sorry it took so long.’”

I’M NOT CRYING.

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Speaking of crying, if you’re the kind of reader who loves having their heart ripped out in a romance, Frolic.Media has some recommendations for you!

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Finally, I’ve been watching this Saturday Night Live sketch multiple times a day since it aired. What if we had “daddy” shows, like we did dog shows?

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Don’t forget to share what super cool things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!