by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Taking tomorrow off in observance of the holiday. See you here next Sunday.
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I'm taking off tomorrow as well! Enjoy.
Hope you do, too!
Thanks, Elizabeth. These links are always so helpful! And wouldn't you know it, the very first link – the one about content warnings – resonates! Just yesterday, my husband showed me the book he's reading. It has a content warning on one of the inside intro pages, and we were talking about whether that's necessary. I think some people really do find that information useful. I don't know that all books need those warnings, but I can imagine situations where people are glad to know that a book has, say, graphic violence in it. It's sure an interesting question!
I’m not sure about content warnings inside the books, but I think the trigger warnings are good when reviewing a book and maybe in promo. An interesting question, for sure!