Stands are also ideal for home use. For example, I love baking cookies. Preparing chocolate chip cookies is my favorite, yet I can’t commit the recipe to memory. I need my cookbook for reference. What am I to do? Get a holder to prop up my book for easy reference, of course! Enter this list of 25 portable book holders! Whether you rely on physical books, or use your ereader for everything, these stands will suit your needs!...
I returned a few times on my own, buying Garfield comic books and later a John Grisham paperback, since that’s what I was into that summer. It went out of business the following year which, in retrospect, was not surprising — the selection and the interior had not kept up with the 21st century. But that didn’t happen before I found their collection of old National Geographic magazines, which was when I suddenly decided I was going to own every single back issue known to man of this magazine....
From the New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces comes a breathtaking story about a town, its tragedies, and the quiet beauty of everyday life. Emory’s junior year is starting, and Mill Haven is reeling from the accident that killed Candy MontClaire: the same accident that revealed just how bad her brother’s drug habit was. Everyone’s telling Emmy who she is, but so much has changed—how can she be the same person?...
In Lobizona, bestselling author Romina Garber weaves together Argentine folklore and what it means to be illegal “in a timely tale of identity and adventure that every teenager should read” (Tomi Adeyemi, bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone). One beautiful aspect of America is the idea that it is warm and welcoming to all; that success and happiness is offered equally to any who work for it. However, that fantasy is not always true....
As a successful reporter, Susie Cruise was used to reporting the news not becoming it, but when a careless driver mows down her little girl that is exactly what happened. Grief-stricken, Susie and her husband, Roy, turn to the law for justice, but when the system fails them, grief soon turns to hate. Three years later, a chance encounter at a mountain vacation offers the tantalising prospect of retribution, but at what cost?...
So, I suggest you heat up your favorite warm beverage. Pull on cozy wool socks and sweaters. Find cuddly blankets or start a warm bath full of bubbles. And, most importantly, pick a cozy YA romance novel to fully embrace hygge season with. If you have a fireplace, light that fire! If not, maybe find the fireplace channel on your streaming service of choice. Light candles. Bake cookies. Get ready to bask in the comfort of pre-COVID teenage shenanigans and the hopefulness of first love....
TBR is Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Been dreaming of a “Stitch Fix for books?” Now it’s here! Tell TBR about your reading preferences and what you’re looking for, and sit back while your Bibliologist handpicks recommendations just for you. TBR offers plans to receive hardcover books in the mail or recommendations by email, so there’s an option for every budget. Visit mytbr....
Meet Libby. The one-tap reading app from OverDrive. By downloading Libby to your smartphone, you can access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks from your library for free anytime and anywhere. You’ll find titles in all genres, ranging from bestsellers, classics, nonfiction, comics and much more. Libby works on Apple and Android devices and is compatible with Kindle. All you need is a library card but you can sample any book in the library collection without one....
All Rob wanted was a normal life. She almost got it, too. But when her oldest daughter, Callie, exhibits the same darkness Rob remembers from the childhood she left behind at Sundial, the mother and daughter embark on a dark, desert journey to the past in the hopes of redeeming their future. In my mind and reading experience, psychological horror has come to be characterized by the ‘wait a minute moment....
The 62-year-old bestselling science writer didn’t intend to become a science writer, though. In a 2013 interview with The Verge, she said she goes into each book topic without much prior knowledge: “I come into a book with the same sense of awe as my readers. I’m discovering all of this stuff with them at the same time, this feeling of ‘holy shit, I cannot believe that!’” If you read even a single chapter of one of her books, it’s easy to see her unabashed love and fascination for the weirdness of human existence....
Let’s do some mental gymnastics here: imagine you’re Cassandra, the young woman running tech support on that AI. Let’s say that in the course of your duties, you discover a group of super-powered women inside the AI’s programming trying to break through into reality. They’re not coming to destroy, however; they’re bringing rebellion, sure, but they’re also bringing hope to humanity, a hope people doesn’t even realize they’ve lost. Not to conquer....
That brings us to the topic of bestsellers. Which books topped the charts over the past decade? What do they say about our collective mood? We must analyze. And sometimes, we must try to remember the best-selling book in question. It’s safe to say we’ll be talking about explosive titles of the 2010s like Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl (2012) for some time. Likewise, books like Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch (2013) have become so ensconced in the book club circuit that they’ll remain top-of-mind....
Times change. Had I known then what I know now, I would have committed to a childhood of climbing through ruins, scraping my knees on trees, and exploring ant colonies. As an adult, the draw I feel to nature knows no bounds and I wish I’d found this love sooner. I spend a lot of my time reading books about the outdoors—whether that’s tales of technical mountaineering, books about long thru-hikes, or stories about beekeeping, I’m interested in absolutely all of it....
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When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and nearly 100,000 people downloaded the Me and White Supremacy Workbook. Updated and expanded from the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy, takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources....
All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson George M. Johnson is Black and queer and this memoir-manifesto is about his finding himself, finding community, coming out, and being seen. He shares some very heavy things that people don’t necessarily talk about, but they are things that many teens may be going through and stories like this should not be kept from them. The author shares not only the traumas that can occur as a queer person or a Black person but at the intersection of being both Black and queer....
As a writer, I feel that playing D&D can be kind of a fiction skills workout for authors. You’re thrown into a scenario with several other characters, and have to ensure that your character makes decisions that make sense, advance the plot, and are entertaining. It’s like a writing warm-up exercise, and it’s definitely helped me develop how I think about D&D character ideas in the stories I’m working on....
Speaking of Maya Angelou, before I go any further, I must point out that she is the sole person of color on this year’s entire list of 19 titles. There are also only two (2!) women. Needless to say, for a company that has been doing this as long as The Folio Society, this is disappointing. In fact, the representation in their entire catalog overall is problematic. There are works by authors of color in there, but they are few and far between....
With their compelling debut novels, these first-time authors deliver everything you want in a great story, including drama, insight, humor, and plenty of sharply written observations that will stay with you long after you finish reading the final chapter. So break out your TBR list, and read on to make note of some of the best recent and upcoming new debut books hitting shelves this fall. For even more great reads to look forward to in the coming months, check out 12 Incredible Fall 2021 Books To Put on Hold at the Library and 10 of Libro....
We can crush on Aragorn or Mr. Darcy all we like, but the truth is we might not be very well matched. After all, as much as I’d like to think I have some qualities in common with Arwen or Lizzy Bennet, well, who can say for sure. Maybe my true match is more of a Jo March or a Peeta Mellark. And, hey, I wouldn’t hate that either! Because the truth is we’re all a bit biased when it comes to our literary crushes....
