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A mother’s worst nightmare, a chance at redemption, and a deadly secret that haunts a family across the generations. Claire, Robert, and Jillian manage to accomplish something incredible—they create the world’s first baby with three genetic parents, and the possibility to eliminate inherited disease. But when word leaks of their illegal experiment, only Claire and Robert manage to escape while Jillian is locked away, destroying her future. Little do they know, nothing will stop Jillian from reuniting with the man and daughter who should have been hers....

Here are a few of our favorite bookish finds at Anthropologie. Prices listed reflect the full price before discount. The 25% off will automatically show up when you put an item in your cart. Magic! Grab one of these garden themed monogram journals with your initial of choice. $18. I think these gold owl bookends are classy, stylish, and also perfect for those who, like me, cannot get enough owl goods in their life....

When I was in grade school, my tittering classmates and I would pass around a battered copy of Michael Crichton’s Disclosure, where we all made straight for the pivotal sex scene. I doubt any of us read the full novel at the time; I certainly didn’t give a damn about corporate conspiracy or tech-industry shenanigans. I didn’t understand everything in this one passage I did read, but I got that it was titillating....

I must confess: the PC games were a bigger part of my childhood than the Nancy Drew books. I owned them all, but I don’t remember how many I actually read. Recently, while cleaning out the attic, I spotted 56 bright yellow spines, still in good condition, glowing on a dusty shelf. And since I’ve had Nancy Drew books on the brain lately, I decided that I would read my way through the entire collection and tell you nice readers all about them....

As a writer, I am naturally an introverted person, happy to never talk to more than about three actual human people. I have had whole conversations about this fact with countless people. And, no, it’s not irony. It’s something better than irony. It’s Book Twitter. For both writers and readers, books are an ultimate escape. Most of us have been shaped by this escape since early childhood. For me, it was Encyclopedia Brown....

Earwig and the Witch: A Book and a Film Before I dig into my horror genre revelations, let me get you acquainted with Earwig and the Witch. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son, Gorô Miyazaki, the Studio Ghibli film adaptation of Earwig and the Witch released in 2020. There was a lot about this film that piqued my interest. First of all, it’s Studio Ghibli, which means every fiber of my being demands I watch it....

It sounds like a conspiracy theory. It’s not. School board meetings have been inundated with angry parents, many aligned with groups like Moms for Liberty or No Left Turn or variations of similar local “parents rights” groups. They’re attending the meetings and fighting against books in the curriculum or libraries that go against their faith-based beliefs. In addition, they’re monitoring school boards for vacancies and being trained by groups with deep pockets to run for those very boards as a means of destroying the system from the inside....

Sex and power have always had an uncomfortably close relationship in our collective consciousness. With E L James’s Fifty Shades of Grey being a household name now, it’s safe to say that this relationship has been a hot topic the last few years in particular. Of course, E L James wasn’t the first to play with power and control in her romance novels. Anne Rice’s The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty and Anne Desclos’s Story of O were some of the forerunners of the work that populates the romance section of your local Barnes & Noble....

It’s magical — and it’s called flow. Flow is a state of mind in which the mind is completely focused in the present and the activity at hand. Some know it better as being “in the zone,” and associate it with moments of extremely high productivity, learning or even athletic accomplishment. But it can also be found in other activities that call for deep focus, including reading. To many, flow seems out of reach — a remarkable moment that might happen just a few times to any given person....

This year, with one international and national emergency after another, I’ve had just a little trouble focusing on the pages in front of me. This year, maybe more than any other, I’m going to need the encouragement of a summer reading program to keep my nose in a book. Just in case you’re finding yourself in the same boat, I thought I’d put together a list of adult summer reading programs that might provide a little encouragement, a little structure, a little community to keep you going....

I feel like I’m a bit of an oddity since I’m still able to read during this time. That is both surprising and then less so. I’ve talked before about how reading has always been a constant friend to me, during the darkest of personal times. So, on some levels it stands to reason that I can still read right now. Which isn’t to disparage those who find themselves not being able to read since again, everyone is processing the quarantine in their own way....

For decades, the American Library Association (ALA) has provided a reconsideration form template. It offers all of the basics, and gives those who wish to exercise their rights to contest material to do so. This is a good thing, not a bad thing. A healthy democracy encourages input from an array of individuals. But in an era of increased censorship with no anticipated cooling in sight, it’s time that challenge forms and policies are overhauled across the country....

I decided to read only women authors in September of 2014, but I’d unknowingly begun much earlier, in January of 2013. Here’s how it went down. In September of 2014, frustrated by yet another example of white male authors having all of the advantages (it’s worth noting that I don’t even remember what the actual catalyst was, because there are so many possibilities), I declared that I was not going to read anymore books by men....

As a child, Alka witnessed her parents’ brutal murder at the hands of Wizards before she was taken in by an underground rebel group. Now, Alka is deep under cover at the most prestigious school of magic in the Republic: Blackwater Academy. To survive, Alka will have to lie, cheat, and kill to use every trick in her spy’s toolkit. And for the first time in her life, the fiercely independent Alka will have to make friends, to recruit the misfits and the outcasts into her motley rebellion....

If you’re the same, this season might just be your reason for living. Allow me to make it even better by sharing some of my favorite B horror films—and the books you should read immediately afterward. If You Liked The Descent, Read Josh Malerman’s Bird Box I think this might be my favorite horror movie of all time, and not because of the creatures stalking the film’s group of spelunkers....

Like my science fiction sub-genre primer, this primer will not cover every fantasy sub-genre that ever was. That would take eons. Even then, there would be sub-genres missing. Plus, so many lines blur and intersect when describing fantasy sub-genres. A single novel, a single short story, can be many sub-genres of fantasy, and that is a beautiful thing. The limits do not exist, y’all. Like my science fiction primer, this fantasy primer seeks to be a jumping off point for readers and writers seeking to explore this vast genre and all its offshoots....

Born in 1923, Kerr grew up in Berlin until her family was forced to escape the rise of Nazism. She wrote about this journey in a remarkable trilogy of books: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Bombs on Aunt Dainty, and A Small Person Far Away. I describe these as remarkable, because they are. Kerr wrote with a simply endless truth. There’s one moment in When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit where she mentions an instance of Nazi torture, and it’s presented so starkly – so simply – that you get it....

On June 14, we’ll experience a full supermoon in Sagittarius. This can bring out a bit of the archer in all of us, encouraging us to live life on our own terms and venture off the beaten path. It may even be the right time to take a trip, particularly to somewhere you’ve never been before, as Sagittarius is the biggest traveler of the zodiac. Next up, we’ll celebrate the summer solstice on June 21, bringing the most sunlight of any day in the year....

Ribbon bookmarks come in such a wide variety of styles, but two basic ones stand out: there are those with charms that hang outside the book and those without charms. I’ve included a wide range here, including both ribbon bookmarks with charms and charm-free ribbon bookmarks. Treat yourself. Imagine how pretty these would look stuck inside a shelf full of books waiting to be read. Lovely Ribbon Bookmarks To Save Your Place This missal bookmark is going to be one for hardcover books, as opposed to paperback, as the non-ribbon portion goes between the binding and book spine....