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.

• Kurt Vonnegut’s first rule of creative writing: “Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” Sometimes, authors actually don’t give the best writing advice, but their blunders sure are funny.
• Literacy testing reveals the ten most literate countries in the world. Sad to say that Canada is not one of them. Let’s get it together, people.
• Sometimes it feels good to read about the angsty lives of others, if only to remind us of how good we have it. Take a look at these books of varying genres that will definitely bring the feels.
• A library that the Canada-U.S. border runs right through. The permit process for this must have been a nightmare. Road trip? Anyone?
• And finally, George A. Walker’s version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was featured on the Alcuin society blog. Thanks for the props, guys!

And that’s it for this week’s edition of the PQ Weekly Roundup. See you here next week.

Cheers,