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Little Women was published in 1868. It quickly became a huge success, and readers clamoured for a sequel. Alcott hadn’t even wanted to write the book in the first place. Her true literary tastes were more akin to Jo’s passion for scandalous sensation fiction, like her novel A Long Fatal Love Chase, which wasn’t published until long after her death. Alcott had been pressured by her publisher to write something about girls, though, so she based the characters on her sisters and wrote the novel in just ten weeks....
These groups are well-organized and continue to flood schools and libraries for a reason. If there’s too much going on at once, the hope is for distraction and for the media to forget (or, even better, for the media to name these folks and bring more attention to their causes). Right now, several of these groups are proudly defining themselves as domestic terrorists, too, further muddying the language we use to talk about actual threats to democracy and the Constitution....
Well, if replicating success works out so well for movie franchises, why not apply it to people, too? For one thing, it’s highly unethical, but when has that ever stopped a supervillain? Cloning may be a rare and restricted process in the real world, but for your average superhero, it’s almost as common as those movie sequels and remakes. Our heroes never know when the person they bump into on the street will turn out to be their artificial twin — and whether that twin will be out for blood....
Well, maybe it’s not so surprising after all. With cloning, shapeshifters, magic, parallel earths, and strange dimensions all a fact of life in the world of superheroes, it would be more shocking if doppelgängers weren’t crawling out of the intergalactic woodwork to kick each other’s butts. As such, superheroes have developed various ways of dealing with their treacherous twins. We’ll start with the most obvious solution… Beat ‘Em Up In a now-infamous 2017 storyline, Captain America was “revealed” to have been a secret, brainwashed HYDRA agent this whole time — in other words, a Nazi....
Being a video-based format, TikTok gives audiobook narrators a whole new range of tools at their disposal. I can hang out with Natalie Naudus live as she records, or I can listen to Kelsey Navarro’s latest round of corrections. And don’t even get me started on all of the TikToks that cross my feed when audiobook narrators get together — content gold. As someone who has spent her entire life listening to audiobook narrators, I’ve never really gotten to see behind the scenes, and TikTok gives me a new way to interact with my favorite narrators....
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I am the first to put up my hand and admit that I’m a fiction junkie. When it comes to books, novels are my first love. I even used to say I hated nonfiction. Because I’m not always self-aware, I didn’t recognise that I was doing the very thing I accuse people who say they hate reading of doing. I had only ever tried to read one genre of nonfiction....
Baby Loves Green Energy! by Ruth Spiro If you think that clean energy is too complicated to explain to a toddler, then you’ve never read this board book! Take a look and introduce your very little ones to climate consciousness early. The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia M. Gholz When Jadav Payeng saw that misuse was destroying the Brahmaputra River, he decided to do something about it....
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Shanghai: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City by Stella Dong In this historical narrative, journalist Stella Dong weaves the sordid tale of Shanghai between 1842 and 1949, when crime and illicit sex were rampant and spies and warlords swarmed the city streets. The story of Shanghai’s transformation from swampland to a thriving, modern-day Babylon will be sure to both enthrall you and offer you a new perspective of a city that plays such a critical role in China today....
Young Adult New York City Fantasy The Diviners (Series) by Libba Bray In 1926, Evie O’Neill is sent from her small hometown to stay with her occult-obsessed uncle in New York City. When they are called to the scene of a murder, her own occult powers might come in handy to catch a serial killer—if she’s willing to reveal herself. There are four books in the series. The Hazel Wood (Series) by Melissa Albert In The Hazel Wood, Alice leaves New York in search of her mother and has to go into the Hazel Wood to find her, and learn her own origin....
A lot, as it turns out. While reading is a relatively tame past time, it can easily goes wrong. With the constant birth of new ways to experience books, so are born new ways to miss out. Technology giveth, and technology taketh away. Even with good old-fashioned analogue reading, there is no shortage of pitfalls a bibliophile can experience. If you’re a lifelong bookworm, or even a recent devotee, you’ve probably experienced one of these bone-chilling scenarios....
Royal romance? Check. Bisexuals falling in love? Check. Accidental marriage? Check. Get ready to swoon. With these ten adorable queer couples, you won’t be able to help it. Alex Claremont-Diaz and Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor Evelyn Hugo and Celia St. James Soraya and Parvaneh Linus Baker and Arthur Parnassus Skye Shin and Henry Cho Grace Porter and Yuki Yamamoto Lily Hu and Kathleen Miller Winslow and Hero Danika Brown and Zafir Ansari Addie and Henry If that isn’t enough books for you, you might check out these 50 must-read LGBTQ fiction books, 5 M/F romances that are queer as hell, and 31 queer books with happy endings—because you know you want more of those....
The core of New Adult is that it’s supposed to act as a transitionary category between young adult and regular adult works. It’s perfect for those of us who want the feel of a young adult without being stuck in a teenager’s head. The target audience is those of us between 18-30 and crosses all genres. Because it’s a new genre, and queer books are only beginning to be widely published, it can be slim pickings for those looking for sapphic new adult books....
“Kissing is just another way of talking expect without the words.” —The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon “Dignity is overrated. You know what trumps dignity? Kissing.” —Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour “Then his lips caress mine. It’s only a brush, but the warmth overheats every part of me. Leaning back, my elbow bumps into the power button on the dryer and the old appliance starts moving....
At the start of lockdown, I joined a Trans Discord chat. We share political education resources, help each other access trans healthcare, play D&D, have a book group reading Marx’s Das Kapital, share book and movie recommendations, and generally keep each other company through isolation. It was this group that introduced me to Larry Mitchell’s book The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions. I read it, listened to an audiobook of it, and read it again....
New York City is one of the most expensive cities in the world, so this is a pretty common experience where I live. However, I think this tweet also captures a shared frustration. Soaring prices for COVID tests, high electric bills, the coming commoditization of water: all of these are issues brought about by capitalism. It’s possibly a tired joke to say we’re living in the worst version of a 1950s science fiction novel, but that’s how it feels sometimes....
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay I dare you all to not howl with laughter while reading anything written by Adam Kay. His This Is Going to Hurt was a phenomenal, record-breaking bestseller with its impeccable blend of humor and poignancy. Here he continues to simultaneously crack us up and make us feel sympathy for the hectic life of hospital staff during Christmas time. Make It Scream, Make It Burn by Leslie Jamison One of the most esteemed contemporary name in nonfiction, the writer of The Empathy Exams is back with another blistering book....
As someone who lives with generalized anxiety disorder, I have experienced these things firsthand. And if you’re going through this too, I want you to know you’re not alone. In fact, anxiety disorders are the most common mental health issue in the United States, affecting 40 million Americans 18 or older. That’s 18.1% of the U.S. population. And yet, while anxiety disorders are treatable, only about 36.9% of those suffering receive treatment....
