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Please note: many of these contain other types of violence. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Sophie Hatmaker is the oldest sister of three, which means (according to all the fables) that her life must therefore be boring and quiet. So quiet that when she’s cursed by a wicked sorceress, she finds herself turned into an old woman. What better time to have an adventure? Sophie decides to chase off the Wizard Howl, who has a reputation for breaking girls’ hearts....

It’s only natural that I want to bestow this love of the holiday to my young daughter. I want her to embrace all the elements of the day. The spookiness, the silliness, and the costumes and candy, of course. For the baby’s first Halloween, we dressed her in five or six costumes. So here is a list of 15 halloween books for toddlers. They include rhyming books, activity books, narrative books, and much more....

Here are my sixteen favorite: “Marion the Librarian” from The Music Man Shirley Jones as a hard-to-get librarian. Singing. Iowans. Adorable. “I Love You” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s Of course the “I Love You” scene in a movie based on a book happens in a library. Of course it does. The Breakfast Club “Construction Complete” from The Shawshank Redemption From library-as-prison to prison library (see what I did there?). Andy Dufresne’s decades-long library project comes together just as his own plan to escape comes together....

2018 Food Memoirs Buttermilk Graffiti by Edward Lee A two-year road trip across the U.S. resulted in Lee’s culinary travelogue, which dips between New Orleans hot spots and immigrants’ kitchens to explore how this cultural mish-mash transforms our eating traditions. An absolutely engrossing read—the food book not to miss this year. The Donut King by Ted Ngoy The first time that Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy tasted an American donut, he says, he “was transported back to childhood celebrations and sweet moments with my mother....

young adult book releases I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver. Out May 28th, 2019, from Push. Cover art by Sarah Maxwell. With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo. Out May 7th, 2019, from HarperTeen. Cover art by Erick Davila. Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi. Out June 11th, 2019, from Feiwel and Friends. Descendant of the Crane by Joan He. Out April 2nd, 2019, from Albert Whitman....

By no means is this list exhaustive, and the books are not listed in any kind of ranked order. Here’s an updated list of must-read SFF books to add to your TBR pile! If you’re looking for the original list, check it out here. If you’re looking for even more SFF books, check out this post and this post. A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope edited by Patrice Caldwell This anthology has 16 stories that center Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals, full of magic and fantasy....

This list of fall books for kids covers pictures books perfect for reading aloud together. It also includes early readers and beginner chapter books for new readers to tackle on their own. There are lots of fall books with activities among the list. And the activities range from a song to sing on a leaf hunt to directions for roasting pumpkin seeds. And with the extra anxiety a lot of children are feeling this year about going to school in person for the first time in a long time, I added some books about being nervous while doing new things....

This year’s judges were C. S. E. Cooney, Julie Crisp, C. C. Finlay, Richard Kadrey, and Misha Stone. The finalists and lifetime achievement recipients are as follows: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom/Orbit UK) The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros (Inkyard Press) The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (Orbit US/Orbit UK) The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (Nightfire/Viper UK) Nothing But Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw (Nightfire) And What Can We Offer You Tonight, Premee Mohamed (Neon Hemlock) Finches, A....

From international bestselling author Catriona Ward comes The Last House on Needless Street, a shocking and immersive read perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Haunting of Hill House. In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street lives a family of three. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but what is buried among the birches may just come back and haunt them all… at Epic Reads: 14 Latinx Fantasy Books to Add to Your TBR Right Now at AudioFile: Welcoming Audiobooks at Riveted Lit: 10 Books to Read If You Loved the Infernal Devices Series at Mental Floss: 8 Books That Won the Newbery Medal at Goodreads: A Reading List of New Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Lit Hub: The Ultimate Fall 2021 Books Preview at POPSUGAR: 28 Feel-Good Books That Will Boost Your Mood at Five Books: Best Stand Alone Teen Novels (Quick Reads) at Crime Reads: 10 Novels Set in the High Country of the American West at Tor: When Authors Collide: Five SFF Works of Collaborative Fiction at NPR: October Book-Ahead: What We’re Excited To Read Next Month at CBR: 10 Over-The-Top Feats Of Strength By Heroes In Classic DC Comics at Electric Lit: 11 Books About Stalkers and Obsessives for Fans of “You” at Autostraddle: Things I Read That I Love #321: I’m Not Normally Like This

The thing is, if you do a general Google search on books about angels, you are going to find a plethora of books…and most of them are written by white women, with a tendency to fall into the conservative Christian interpretation of angels. And while there are some very good books within this category, there are also some amazing stories outside this white feathery room. Stories that would usually be glanced over because they are not the usual ‘book about angels’....

Reading Statistics in the U.S. In 2017, people in the U.S. 15 years and older spent an average of 16.8 minutes a day reading (not including for work or school), according to a survey by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 22.8 minutes in 2005. Women read more than men, 19.8 minutes per day compared to 13.2, with men’s reading time declining more quickly than that of women....

1. “After Love” by Sara Teasdale Excerpt: There is no magic any more, We meet as other people do, You work no miracle for me Nor I for you. 2. “The Break Up Poem” by Rage Almighty 3. “Oxymoronic Love” by Jennifer Militello Excerpt: Hatred is the new love. Rage is right. Touch 4. “The Fist” by Derek Walcott Excerpt: This fist clenched round my heart loosens a little, and I gasp brightness; but it tightens again....

How I Put Together a List of the Top Nonfiction Books I’ve already created my own list of the top nonfiction books, but that list is very subjective and based only on my own opinion. Here, I’m letting Goodreads users have a say. To be clear, this list is also subjective. What Goodreads can tell us is how many of their users have rated a book and what the overall average rating is....

The book podcast world is great to explore for book lovers because there are so many different kinds of experts reading and talking about their reading and writing processes. This list is a very small slice of the book podcasting world out there, so hopefully this helps your exploration process as well! The Best Book Podcasts To Listen To Deadline City! Writers Zoraida Córdova and Dhonielle Clayton share an office and an ever-mounting series of deadlines in this chatty, wonderful podcast....

I’ve mentioned Sinéad Gleeson’s Constellations before on Book Riot- but it’s a recommendation that sits firmly on my ‘must reads’ so it’s worth a second mention. Gleeson writes about the body and the heart with her emotions on her sleeve, open and vulnerable for the world to see. Her essays have immense depth of field and each one left me reeling. Invest heavily in this- buy it for your Mom, your sister and your uncles and aunts....

I’ve particularly enjoyed exploring YA books by Latinx authors on audio. There’s something so comforting about getting to hear bits of my first language woven in thought these stories, enhancing what for me is still the novelty of seeing my culture on the page. That experience hasn’t always been a smooth one, but I’m pretty jazzed to have found a narrator who hasn’t let me down. Here are five of my favorite YA audiobooks read by Frankie Corzo, a talented storyteller who always nails pace, emotion, tone, and vibe with some lovely Spanish to boot....

Whether you’re just looking for titles to add to your diverse TBR, wanting to see what the country can offer, or looking to delve into the rich Philippine culture, this is a good list to start. It may not be Asian Pacific American Heritage Month anymore, but who says we can’t read them? Insurrecto by Gina Apostol Part of the best of the best book lists in 2018 (including Book Riot, Publishers Weekly, and BuzzFeed), this novel by the winner of the 2013 PEN/Open Book Award is an obra maestra....

It’s also been an amazing tool to create new readers, introduce students to new books and connect them with other schools around the world. Here are five ways I use Skype to do this. Author Visits This one is a given. Not only are they often way less expensive than an in-person author visit, it creates much more flexibility with the visit. Sure, you miss out on signed books, but if you’re Skyping with authors from 3,000 ore more miles away, chances are you weren’t going to get those anyway unless you’re very lucky and they visit you on a promotional tour....

(It seems there is no middle ground with Kaur, which I simply don’t understand? But that’s a different post, I guess.) In any case, when Milk and Honey was first published — even before it got republished and repackaged cough-with-the-same-cover-cough — I’d posited that it would be the stepping stone into yet more poets to discover; perhaps even more Canadian poets of colour. From what I can tell by not-so-slyly observing the poetry section at the store I work at, this is not the case....

There are, of course, questions to contemplate about what material will make it into the series. One has already been raised: Will Ripley be gay? I want to delve into that, but there’s a lot more to discuss! Below are some specific things that I’d like to make it to the small screen. This show may not reach the level of Killing Eve as a stylish crime series featuring obsessive queer or queer-ish attachments....