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I’ve made every effort to be inclusive of books I might not normally gravitate toward; I asked for input from the other Book Riot romance readers, and have spent the last two months of the year frantically reading every title they suggested. Indeed, I have read every book that made the top ten, and most of the books that earned a mention (the exceptions, in the “Other Rioters Recommend” section, simply had too long a wait at my library, and I did at least read excerpts of those)....

This is the dream, right? We read about meet cutes and bookstore romances in novels all the time. How lovely and cozy and perfect would it be to exchange vows with your special person in your favorite bookstore? Not only would you, a voracious reader and lover of books, be given the bookish wedding of your dreams, but you would also be supporting an independent bookstore, and that is a double win....

Every year, three titles are selected in each of three categories: Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade. For 2022 the selected titles are: Adult Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman YA Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare The Companion by Kate Alender Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams Middle Grade The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne...

Don’t let the starting art/writing turn you off Webcomics are, by and large, an amateur medium, and most webcomic creators start out with far less experience than in the print industry. Furthermore, webcomic creators are unpaid, making webcomics almost exclusively passion projects that creators work on out of their own pocket on their own time. But whether they’re art students looking for practice, or a creator with some great ideas who has no drawing experience whatsoever, it’s essential not to be turned off by the webcomic’s initial art....

The editors introduce their picks as, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage Stay True by Hua Hsu The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai The Consequences by Manuel Muñoz We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O’Toole The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century by Daniel Treisman and Sergei Guriev Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Read their write ups for each choice at the Atlantic....

Please note: the cookbook world skews very white and very male, and the baking book world glaringly so. Tried-and-True Bread Books Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day by by Jeff Hertzberg, MD (Author), Zoë François (Author), and Stephen Scott Gross (Photographer) This is the book that got me back into bread baking as an adult, and I think it speaks pretty highly of the book that I was able to consistently make great bread when my children were toddlers....

Ah. The coffee table. Part desk and part footstool, the coffee table is a great piece of furniture that serves many purposes. It can be your unofficial dining table for late night snacks as well as your tea or coffee holder. One of its major roles is housing your remote controls, small decorative items, books, magazines, and other reading materials. At its core, the coffee table is a convenient piece of furniture for holding household objects and beverages while also providing a place to exhibit some decoration!...

The mere mention of fantasy conjures images of dragons, knights, elves, and magic spells. There’s a lot more to speculative fiction than that, however. To that end, I’ve picked books from across the genre, including epic fantasy quests, urban fantasy adventures, and tales that blur the line between fantasy and science fiction. In addition, this selection spans more than 40 years of fantasy publishing and represents a broad spectrum of cultures — from Viking Norway to the contemporary Chinese diaspora....

Nothing but Death by Pablo Neruda Love and Death by Sara Teasdale Excerpt: Shall we, too, rise forgetful from our sleep, And shall my soul that lies within your hand Remember nothing, as the blowing sand Forgets the palm where long blue shadows creep When winds along the darkened desert sweep? And you as well must die by Edna St. Vincent Millay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB3bvRhxev4&feature=youtu.be Death poem by Moriya Sen’an 我死なば 酒屋の瓶の下にいけよ もしや雫の もりやせんなん Ware shinaba sakaya no kame no shita ni ikeyo moshi ya shizuku no mori ya sen nan Bury me when I die beneath a wine barrel in a tavern....

How did Dickens accomplish this tremendous feat of literary immortality? Dickens was a mere 31 years old when A Christmas Carol was published in 1843. Since he was 25, Dickens had gained considerable international recognition for his novels and his public lectures and readings. Dickens’s father had gone to a debtors’ prison and Dickens toiled as a laborer in a blacksmith factory during his adolescence; reforming the institutions that penalized the poor had always been of paramount importance to Dickens....

Aside from the goal to push back against tyranny, the three significant aforementioned protests had another thing in common: Protesters openly made the three-finger salute from The Hunger Games series. The said gesture has now become a common sight in many pro-democracy protests in Asia and has since become a symbol of resistance to tyranny in the region. Appearances and the Meaning of the Three-Finger Salute in The Hunger Games Books The three-finger salute first appears at The Hunger Games book when Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist, volunteers for her sister Primrose at the 74th Hunger Games....

At recess, I made myself a home at the lone picnic table in the parking lot and lost myself in reading, trying to figure out how these girls did it. How these girls—the ones in my books I loved—navigated growing up and crushing on boys and finding friends. But I could never find girls like me. The girls in my books were tall, thin, porcelain-skinned, and effortlessly cool. I was acne-prone, gap-toothed, unevenly tanned from soccer uniforms, and definitely not sample sized....

Here are just a few of the most anticipated horror books out in 2023. Click the links for the descriptions as well as the publication dates. See all 39 titles at Goodreads. All Hallows by Christopher Golden The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro Don’t Fear the Reaper (The Lake Witch Trilogy #2) by Stephen Graham Jones Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A....

During the first and second quarter of the project, the team explored titles which had been published in the last 12–24 months. During the third quarter, as reported previously, the metrics tightened. Books were limited to titles published within the last 6–12 months. Guy LeCharles Gonzalez, Project Lead for Panorama Picks, said the decision to look at more recently published titles was in part to reach indie bookstores—the closer to initial publication date books are, the more likely they can be acquired and stocked....

The first time I saw this book was in a TikTok by Jaysen @ezeekat, a BookToker with a large following, who documented his unboxing of the mysterious package: The book came with a letter from the author, who talks about how BookTok inspired them to write this book. It also comes with a code, though not everyone got the same one. The book was signed and inscribed, and this inscription says that the book is authored by a fellow Disney nerd BookToker....

While typically I’m too absorbed in Ben and Leslie’s love story, Chris Traeger’s positivity, or Leslie’s compliments for Ann Perkins, on this rewatch I was drawn to April Ludgate. While on the outside, her who-cares attitude and intentional lack of competency along with her less-than-agreeable general disposition shine through. Especially in comparison to her dedicated coworkers. But when I took a moment to notice what was going on in the background, I saw our beloved April Ludgate might show an interest in something we all do here: reading!...

About half of us read the most during the summer months. Regular readers who read a book a month or so for book club or as a hobby during the year seem to get through more books in the summer than any other season. Summer is often when people have more leisure time and brain space available. Beach Read vs Summer Read The connotation of beach read is different from summer read....

When Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl hit shelves in 2012, it became a literary phenomenon. It sat atop The New York Times Bestseller list for eight weeks, sold two million copies in its first year, and was adapted into a movie two years later. The breakout success of the twisty domestic thriller created a reader desire for more stories like it, and publishers have rushed to meet the demand. Thrillers experienced a huge surge in popularity in the book world post–Gone Girl....

The “nonsense fantasy” category name comes from @darbyisescaping‘s video on nonsense fantasy book recommendations. Between you and me, @darbyisescaping has excellent content if you are a fan of science fiction and fantasy-focused booktokers. She describes nonsense fantasies as books with loose magic systems that are a mix of science fiction, fantasy, and other genres. Nonsense and fantasy have often gone hand in hand. Things that are nonsensical or fantastical prop up the genre....

In YA celebrity romances, teens do not just have parental supervision, they have bosses, managers, and PR coaches. They have added burdens to their romantic lives as they decide if they want or can have a public or private relationship. The celebrities and regular people involved in the resulting relationships have a lot to decide, and often, not a lot of time to make decisions. If The Lizzie McGuire Movie and a surprisingly large number of Disney channel original programs have taught me anything, people love to watch teens fall in love with famous people....