Bookish balance, quirky characters, and some genre reading

Plus T. Swift's literary references and impactful books by Black authors

Hi, readers!

This has been quite the week. I attended three online trainings for how to teach online (even though my school still hasn’t announced its reopening plan), met with a colleague to plan our first six weeks of instruction, recorded one podcast episode and edited two more. On top of that Bingley needed an emergency trip to the vet (he’s fine!) a…