This week on the bookish internet

• Cassie Gutman speaks for a lot of bookish folk when she explains why you should never ask a reader for their favorite book. (Book Riot)
• Jessie Gaynor hilariously deciphers terms and phrases that appear in way too many professional book reviews. (LitHub)
• Gabriel Hart ponders whether fiction has moved past Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. (LitReactor)
• Phoebe Wynne looks at anger and how some women authors have staked their claim on classical literature in recent years. (LitHub)
• Senjuta Patri talks about falling in love with and then moving beyond her grandfather’s book collection. (Book Riot)
• Constance Grady reflects on recent publishing scandals and asks, “Who deserves a book deal?” (Vox)