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Paris is the city of romance. It is also one of the most romanticized cities. However you feel about the American-in-Paris romcom show Emily in Paris, it’s a very romanticized look at the city. American-in-Paris stories are an extremely popular genre of books about Paris, probably because of all the writers who moved to Paris and became enchanted with the city and its beautiful bookish locations. Many great novelists of the American literary canon spent time in the winding streets of Parisian arrondissements....

I love origami. In everything else, I am a chaotic hot mess, bubbling with ideas but no follow-through (please do not look at my TBR pile). Yet, when I slide out a piece of Japanese paper and apply my thumbnail to some clean crease-folds, I gain a sense of calm and control over my life. There is a sweet challenge in bending the paper to my will to create something lovely....

1) You Don’t Owe Anyone Anything (If You’re Not Getting Paid) This is a very broad statement, and it’s the top one that I wish I could impress on my beginner book blogger self. It’s so easy to get bogged down in feeling like you’re not doing enough, that you have to craft these perfect publicity posts for a publisher, that you’re not reading enough or not reading the right books or not reading deeply enough....

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And so I thought it would be useful to put together a little guide on what cookbook writers (and other food writers around the internet) are suggesting that we eat as we all stay inside. I also found some cookbooks for cooking right from your pantry, and some cookbooks just for the king of all pantry foods: beans. But first I’ll offer my suggestions. You already know you should be storing pasta and beans and freeze what meats you can....

100 Crushes by Elisha Lim Written in a looping handwritten script, this book is a series of meditative vignettes about LGBTQ people of all types, including genderqueer people. Like the best of us, this book never demands that the individuals it covers define themselves. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe There’s a lot to love about this autobiography. Maia’s struggle to assert eir pronouns is poignant and relatable. If you’ve ever had to come out twice, then you’ll appreciate the complications e experiences as e navigates eir family’s misunderstandings and misapprehensions....

And there is definitely room to be angry about this, especially when they have been reaching out to literary agencies to ask them to categorize all their books using this system. Not for nothing, it’s also a system put together by four white women from Utah, and it seems to be more concerned with how books conform to Mormon values than a more general set of criteria — despite being marketed as a one size fits all system....

Tin Man by Sarah Winman First, sadness. This beautifully written novel is both affirming and heartbreaking. Two 12-year-old boys meet in Oxford and become fast friends, until one day their friendship blossoms into more. But years later, one is married, and the other has left town. What happened between them, and how has it shaped them into the men they became? Part love story, part elegy, this novel is a moving meditation on love in all its forms....

What’s to look forward to for cozy mystery releases during the second half of 2022? Sleuths of all ages abound, from a retiree investigating crimes as part of a small-town true crime club to a younger Instagram influencer solving a murder linked to her great-aunt’s bakery. You’ll find plenty of series starters to enjoy here along with continuations of longer-running series (including an anthology retelling of perhaps the best-known amateur sleuth, Miss Marple, releasing this fall)....

I used the definition of Southeastern Europe as: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Moldova, and Slovenia. I tried to make sure that each country was represented in the list below. Many of these countries have been through turmoil in the past century. After Yugoslavia broke up in 1991, new borders were drawn and secessions, violence, and new political regimes criss-crossed the region. The shift into nation-building, into questions of language and memory, into trying to make sense of violence and politics, sparked a new push in national literature, a resurgence that led to new novels in Croatian, Serbian, Romanian, Bulgarian, and more....

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In putting this list together, I wanted to focus on standalones and first-in-series books, but I also have five sequels I would be remiss not to include. If you haven’t read any of the earlier books in the series listed below, I recommend you get caught up! Releasing: August 18 Releasing: September 1 Releasing: September 15 Releasing: September 15 Releasing: September 15 Releasing: September 22 Releasing: September 29 Releasing: October 13 Releasing: October 13 Releasing: October 20 Releasing: December 1...

Young Adult Books Like Sharp Objects Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn Book Riot’s Amanda Nelson compared Kuehn’s dark and twisty YA novel to Sharp Objects in another post, and based on the description I’d have to agree with that assessment. Cate Henry was sent to juvenile detention for committing arson two years ago, but now she’s free—and she’s determined her brother Jamie a message. All of This is True by Lygia Day Penafor My favorite aspect of Sharp Objects is the portrayal of teenage girls and how complex their relationships with each other can be....

Everything from self-help, memoir, history books, and fiction can be found in this list of the best marriage books. The infinite wisdom of people who have already been through all of it will shine a light on whatever issues you might be facing. Plus, it is always good to know you and your partner are not alone, or that your issues are not different from those of many other couples....

If you’ve read one or many Roald Dahl books in your time, you might recognise this quote as the author’s motto, which is often published as a kind of preface to his books. This year marks 30 years since the beloved Welsh author and children’s book extraordinaire passed on, but his motto continues to hold relevance to his life. Since expanding his writing to children’s stories in the 1960s, Roald Dahl has continually brought lovely light and laughter to the lives of his readers around the world....

Keep in mind that pub dates are always subject to change. Asterisks (*) indicate a sequel or book in a series. Best Winter New Releases 2019–2020 December 3 Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance by Jennieke Cohen Lady Victoria has based her expectations of love off of her favorite books: Jane Austen’s entire catalog. So when she’s expected to marry and begins to date, she’s at a loss when her precious books don’t have the answers she needs....

Fellow bookworm Trekkies, this one’s for you. Check out this list of 16 sci-fi recommendations matched with some of the best Star Trek characters. Jean-Luc Picard: Foundation by Isaac Asimov To reflect Picard’s love of classic literature, I thought it was fitting to recommend one of the cornerstones in the sci-fi genre. The Galactic Empire, a once powerful nation, is dying, and only psychohistorian Hari Seldon knows why. He believes that humanity is falling into another dark age of barbarism and ignorance and, unless they take action, all of the art and knowledge of the past few millennia will be lost....

So I pay a lot of attention to narrators. I like to think about who’s narrating a story in the same way I think about who’s telling it. Is the narration own voices? Does the narrator have some cultural or ethnic connection to the characters? There’s no one right answer to these questions. Audiobook narrators are a talented bunch of voice actors, many of whom beautifully, authentically and respectfully voice a staggering range of accents and dialects....

Not enough LGBTQ comics and graphic novels for you? Check out these 9 queer YA comics, 8 feel-good queer comics and graphic novels, 5 queer graphic novels not-to-be-missed in 2021, and 9 rad comics featuring F/F relationships. Lifetime Passes is notable in that while it depicts multiple LGBTQ characters, romantic relationships aren’t at the forefront of the story that focuses much more on friendship and being true to yourself — even when it means standing up to bad friends....

List Criteria In compiling a list of online literary journals, I leaned heavily on those that are only online. Some may do a print anthology over a volume of issues. Yet for the most part, these journals publish exclusively via their website or through digital issues (PDFs, ebook, etc.). I also wanted to showcase an array of genres and lengths, from flash fiction publications to those specializing in science fiction and fantasy....