His dark materials is a review in The Guardian not so much about the new Chronicles of Narnia movie, but more about the ongoing questioning of the Christian message of the Narnia series. The article covers Philip Pullman’s negative response to the series as well as Tolkien’s disappointment in the lack of world building. Fascinating reading.

Hopefully all of the librarians reading subscribe already to Unshelved, the library-related daily comic. Lately on Sundays, they have been doing a color strip that features one of their librarian characters telling a patron about a book. This week, they chose Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis as the featured book. You can read the comic here. And if you wish, can subscribe by either email or RSS feed.