Every Friday, the PQ Weekly Roundup collects the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form.
- You know how annoying it is when you obliviously mispronounce a word and someone corrects you and then you feel like a complete idiot? Let’s avoid that feeling of shame by studying these 79 words you may or may not have been saying wrong all along.
- If you’re having book problems I feel bad for you son, I’ve got 99 problems and … actually, you know what? Books are one of those problems. Bookshelves, too. Like, trying to figure out whether to organize your books alphabetically, or by genre, or by… Bookshelf problems, according to Tumblr. Reader, you are NOT ALONE.
- Let’s have a round of applause László Krasznahorkai, winner of the name-that-is-most-difficult-to-spell-in-a-blog-post award the 2015 Man Booker Prize. Learn more about the innovative Hungarian writer and his work.
- Writer’s block? Literary agent / blogger Carly Watters has you covered with these 10 steps to overcome the blank page problem.
- And finally, if you’re looking for some top-notch Maritime books, check out the 2015 Atlantic Book Award winners on 49th Shelf.
Hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s round-up. As always, check back next week for more of our best bookish links.
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