This week on the bookish internet

• Namina Forna writes about reading fantasy novels as a person of color. (The Guardian)
• Ferrett Steinmetz has thoughts about prequels and Narnia. (Tor)
• Rachel Mans McKenny reflects on new fiction that looks at monstrous mothers. (Electric Literature)
• Alyea Canada reports on a new mobile library service in India and I love it so much! (Melville House Press)
• Danika Ellis has a problem. She can’t remember what she reads. (Book Riot)
• Writers are telling Alison Flood that they are running short of inspiration that one of them is writing poetry about the dishwasher. (The Guardian)