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Announcing: Lit Shark Magazine’s May Poem of the Month!
Happy Thursday, readers, writers, and shark fans! I hope you are all having an absolutely FIN-TASTIC week! Issue 10 of Lit Shark Magazine: The Winter Edition went live yesterday, and the paperback edition is ALREADY available on Amazon for those of you who are...
Announcing: Issue 10 of Lit Shark Magazine!
Happy Wednesday, readers, writers, and shark fans! I have MISSED you!! Most of you who submitted know this, but those of you who didn't know, or who might be coming to this issue unaware (welcome!), I went through a pretty big moment with my mental health mid-2025. I...
Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! Free Book Inside!
Hi readers, writers, and shark fans! Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! As a final celebration for National Poetry Month, it's Poem in Your Pocket Day, during which we can literally carry poems around in our pockets, or we can try a little harder to share poetry with the...
Latest Book Reviews
Learn How the Mind Works to Slow Down Time, Enjoy Life, and Make the Most Out of the Hours in Your Day with Jean Paul Zogby
Slow Down Time: The Power of Time Perception by Jean Paul Zogby looks at how we see and process time. As Einstein said “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours you think it’s only a minute, but when you sit on a hot stove for a minute you think it’s two hours....
What Makes a Villain? A Review of ‘Verity’ by Colleen Hoover
This review contains spoilers of Verity by Colleen Hoover. Content Warning: Abuse, Death, Mental Health, Violence, and Sexual Assault Exploring Character Intent and Actions Many books craft a story with a clear villain and a hero, providing the reader with a...
Make a Joyful Life in 30 Days with ‘The Joy Plan’ by Kaia Roman
The Joy Plan by Kaia Roman outlines a 30-day experiment where the author concentrates solely on joy, quitting complaining, and stopping worrying! She puts the results of the experiment into this book. It’s easy to read, fun, joyful—and super inspiring. The book starts...
Congratulations to Han Kang for Winning the Nobel Prize in Literature!
Happy Friday, readers, writers, and shark fans! We're very excited to share that the results are in for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the winner is none other than the incredible Human Acts author, Han Kang. The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 is awarded...
If You Loved ‘The Pagemaster’ and ‘The NeverEnding Story,’ Read ‘Edwin and the Quest for Drow’ by Gordon C. Allan Next!
One of my favorite tropes in middle-grade and young adult stories is the concept of the main character loving one of their parents but not being particularly close to them... so when that parent dies or disappears, the main character toils with missing and grieving...
The ‘Charlie’s Story’ Series: Let’s Give Octopi Another Look
When I first discovered Cyanea by Ann R. McNicol and then realized it was the fourth book in a series, I quickly immersed myself in the world of these books—and I am so grateful I did!...
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Creative Highlight: “Listing”
Happy Wednesday, readers, writers, and shark fans! In response to our "We're Making a List" writing prompt, Julie A. Dickson wrote this wonderful poem, "Listing," which also went on to appear in Issue 1 of Lit Shark Magazine. Here is Julie's poem, recreated as a...
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Latest Author Interviews
Dickinson & One-Thousand Rages: An Interview with ‘Armed to the Teeth’ Poet, Ellen Hirning Schmidt
Happy Thursday, readers, writers, and shark fans! We love celebrating our Lit Shark community here, so we are excited today to share Ellen Hirning Schmidt's latest poetry collection, Armed to the Teeth. Ellen graced us with her presence in Issue 2 of Lit Shark...
This Charming Equestrian Thriller Has Surprises at Every Turn, Even for the Author
How many lives can one woman save in one romantic equestrian thriller? Well, Betty Briggs pushes the envelope in her novel, Pressure Point, in which Stephanie receives a letter from her ultimate nemesis, who mocks her with the kidnapping of her future adoptive...
Anne Hathaway Fulfills the Boy Band Fantasy of Our Dreams in ‘The Idea of You’
Happy World Book Day, readers, writers, and shark fans! To celebrate, we're sharing a fun book that will be available to watch early this May. Our Editor-in-Chief was invited to attend an early viewing event of the film adaptation of Robinne Lee's 2017 romantic...
The Game of 2,000 Words & Other Tips from R.L. Stine
Happy Tuesday, readers, writers, and shark fans! We love Motivation Mondays and Tuesday Tips around here, so today, we thought we'd share an interesting series of tips from Goosebumps YA horror author R.L. Stine. We recently sat in on an interview between some of the...
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Announcing: Lit Shark Magazine’s May Poem of the Month!
Happy Thursday, readers, writers, and shark fans! I hope you are all having an absolutely FIN-TASTIC week! Issue 10 of Lit Shark Magazine: The Winter Edition went live yesterday, and the paperback edition is ALREADY available on Amazon for those of you who are...
Announcing: Issue 10 of Lit Shark Magazine!
Happy Wednesday, readers, writers, and shark fans! I have MISSED you!! Most of you who submitted know this, but those of you who didn't know, or who might be coming to this issue unaware (welcome!), I went through a pretty big moment with my mental health mid-2025. I...
Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! Free Book Inside!
Hi readers, writers, and shark fans! Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day! As a final celebration for National Poetry Month, it's Poem in Your Pocket Day, during which we can literally carry poems around in our pockets, or we can try a little harder to share poetry with the...
Writing Prompt Wednesday: Choose Your Own Adventure!
Happy Wednesday, readers, writers, and shark fans! More specifically, Happy FIRST Wednesday of 2026! And welcome to our first Writing Prompt Wednesday of the new year! Yays all around! At the beginning of the year, I love to do a creative writing prompt that's more...
Happy New Year from Lit Shark to You!
Happy Monday and Happy New Year, readers, writers, and shark fans! And WELCOME BACK! We have seriously missed you all so much and appreciated your patience during our time away. As much as we didn't want to take it, it was a much-needed break, and we're incredibly...
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Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Ecco Books: July 30, 2024, 368 pages ISBN-13: 978-0063204164 “Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.”...
How to Fight Book Bans and Censorship by Book Riot
How to Fight Book Bans and Censorship by Book Riot Book Riot: February 1, 2023, 214 pages ASIN: B0BT8L8YL3 "Fight back against book bans by learning the history of book bans, why the freedom to read matters, and what strategies you can take to combat censorship...
Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King
Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig King Scholastic Press: September 6, 2022, 272 pages ISBN-13: 978-1338680522 "Award-winning author Amy Sarig King takes on censorship and intolerance in a novel she was born to write. "When Mac first opens his classroom copy...
Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt Little, Brown Spark: April 4, 2023, 240 pages ISBN-13: 978-0316426497 "Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place where science and spirit meet" - Robin Wall Kimmerer "In...
The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abe
The Second Mrs. Astor: A Heartbreaking Historical Novel of the Titanic by Shana Abe Kensington Books: August 31, 2021, 336 pages ISBN-13: 978-1496732040 "Abé is an exquisite storyteller. Rich in detail and deeply moving." –Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling...
Answers in the Pages by David Levithan
Answers in the Pages by David Levithan Yearling Books: September 5, 2023, 192 pages ISBN-13: 978-0593484715 "A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from the school curriculum by New York Times-bestselling author...
Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh Harper Muse: January 9, 2024, 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1400233946 "The Titanic was only the beginning. What she survived has become legend. "Violet Jessop is Miss Unsinkable. "After her mother becomes too ill to work, the responsibility to...
Discovering the Secret World: Coral Reefs by Radka Piro and Martin Sojdr
Discovering the Secret World: Coral Reef by Radka Piro and Martin Sojdr Board Book Teaches Kids Ages 3-6 about a Reef, Diving Deeper into the Sea with Each Turn of the Page, with Educational Fun Facts Happy Fox Books: September 14, 2021, 14 pages (board book) ISBN-13:...
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers: September 27, 2022, 400 pages ISBN-13: 978-1524741006 "From the New York Times bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl comes the richly imagined story of Valora and Jamie Luck, twin...
Santa Shark: A Great White Christmas by Mike Lowery
Santa Shark: A Great White Christmas by Mike Lowery Orchard Books: October 3, 2023, 32 pages ISBN-13: 978-1338803952 "Here's Santa as you've never seen him before -- get ready for a hilariously, fintastic underwater holiday story, from New York Times bestselling...