Going to try to ease you into the week with some non-hair-tearing news stories.

- Warm up to the week with some easy reading: reasons to love Dolly as much as Ms. Ninja does (including some bookish ones);
- Follow that up with some library pr0n;
- Also nice: ever wonder what it’s like to be David Sedaris’s boyfriend?;
- Good news: sex positive books for readers of all ages… all? All;
- Right on: Royal Society of Literature is trying to walk the diversity walk;
- Community kitchen becomes book for kids? Sweet;
- Queen’s Gambit fuels chess set boom in time for Giftmas/spring garage sales;
- Everyone, uh, needs a hobby? On hunting down books bound in human skin;
- Lordey Lordey, look who’s writing a book about Antarctica;
- Two mystery writers chat about finding your story/setting;
- And now you’re almost ready for the news: it’s still 2020…. sorry;