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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...
Important Lit Shark Update: Sea You Soon.
Dear Readers, Writers, and Shark Fans... This isn't a post I ever thought I'd have to send... at least not anytime soon. But as of right now, Lit Shark is going on hiatus throughout the rest of 2025. I just spent the morning drafting emails to my team, to my writers,...
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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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...
Important Lit Shark Update: Sea You Soon.
Dear Readers, Writers, and Shark Fans... This isn't a post I ever thought I'd have to send... at least not anytime soon. But as of right now, Lit Shark is going on hiatus throughout the rest of 2025. I just spent the morning drafting emails to my team, to my writers,...
Final Days to Submit to All Lit Shark Projects!!
Hi readers, writers, and shark fans! Happy Wednesday! We apologize for not posting as frequently. We've been busy reading the submissions you've already sent for Issues 10, 11, and 12, your Poem of the Month submissions, and your early bird submissions for The Shiver...
Announcing: Lit Shark’s First Book (and More!)
Happy Wednesday, readers, writers, and shark fans! We have some catching up to do! First of all, Happy National Book & Rose Day! Today's the day to share a book and a rose with that beloved reader in your life, whether it's you or someone else. My husband ordered...
10 Top Titles
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Penguin Books: May 7, 2019, 368 pages ISBN-13: 978-0735224315 “Witty, wise, and tender. It's a marvel.” — Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning “To say I love this book is an understatement. It’s a...
Silent Came the Monster by Amy Hill Hearth
NOTE: We've included this book because it's an incredibly interesting read, but DO NOT let the title tell you everything. There is so much more to this book than its title and subtitle. We're here to end the stigma around sharks, not to perpetuate it, and despite its...
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...
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Penguin Books: May 9, 2013, 304 pages ISBN-13: 978-0525559498 "A feel-good book guaranteed to lift your spirits." — The Washington Post "The dazzling reader-favorite about the choices that go into a life well lived, from the acclaimed...
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Celadon Books: May 3, 2022, 336 pages ISBN-13: 978-1250790750 "INSANELY READABLE." - Stephen King "Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA...
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz Starscape Books: May 1, 2018, 256 pages ISBN-13: 978-0765385581 "You’re Never Too Young to Fight Censorship! "In Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, a fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L....
The Bottom by Betsy Andrews
The Bottom by Betsy Andrews Winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Prize 42 Miles Press: September 1, 2014, 55 pages ISBN-13: 978-0983074755 "Poetry. Winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award. "'It's night on the blood-dimmed gulf between ethics and murk,' Andrews...
Chasing Shadows by Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot
Chasing Shadows: My Life Tracking the Great White Shark by Greg Skomal and Ret Talbot William Morrow: July 11, 2023, 368 pages ISBN-13: 978-0063090835 “At last: the story of tracking the ocean’s most charismatic and controversial predator, compellingly told by the man...
Someone Somewhere Maybe by Sophie Diener
Someone Somewhere Maybe by Sophie Diener Griffin: September 26, 2023, 176 pages ISBN-13: 978-1250892713 "For fans of Rupi Kaur, Cleo Wade, and Amanda Lovelace, Someone Somewhere Maybe speaks to the joys and sorrows of finding your way as a young woman today. "Poignant...
A Kids Book About Banned Books by the National Coalition Against Censorship
A Kids Book About Banned Books by the National Coalition Against Censorship, Edited by Ashley Simpo A Kids Book About, Inc.; September 12, 2022, 64 pages ISBN-13: 978-1953955708 “We believe questions are important because questions lead to conversations. And...