I also may or may not have done an Alice in Wonderland engagement photo shoot and an Alice in Wonderland–themed wedding. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m kind of into Alice in Wonderland. If you are as well, enjoy this list of Alice in Wonderland nursery ideas. (Or, if you’re like me, this list of things you want in your childless home.) Alice in Wonderland Art There are SO MANY options when it comes to Alice-inspired art....
The Prime Book Box for Kids is now $19.99, down from the $22.99 it launched at. For those of you that like percentages instead, that means you’re saving 40% off the cover prices instead of just 35%. The Prime What For What Now? What’s In The Box? Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar is based on the author’s own experiences of growing up a Cuban-Jewish immigrant and trying to adjust to her new home in New York City in the ’60s....
We’re giving away a year of free books, courtesy of Macmillan’s Reading Group Gold Newsletter. Just fill out the form and you could win a one-year subscription to the TBR Hardcover level, which includes three new books every three months! at Brightly: 19 Books for Kids About the Immigrant Experience in America at BuzzFeed: 15 Audiobooks That Are So Sexy They’ll Make You Lose Track Of Time And Reality at Electric Lit: 11 Novels Starring Essential Workers at Epic Reads: 36 Books Your Favorite Authors Recommend Reading at Get Literary: Read like a Hargreeves with These 8 Books for Umbrella Academy Fans at Greatest: Unleash Your Inner Creativity: 17 Books to Get You Started at Huffington Post: Children’s Books That Teach Kids About Emotions at POPSUGAR: Hittin’ the Road?...
I’m still not seeing as many fat heroines as I’d like to, though – especially fat heroines who are happy with the way they look. There have definitely been some – Jelly by Jo Cotterill is a great, funny story that I recently read and loved, while Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy has been a worldwide sensation, and There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon is high up on my TBR pile – but still not enough....
You know I love you, right? You know I appreciate everything you do for me by keeping my place in the pages of the four books I’m reading at the same time, depending on my mood that day. When I bought each and every one of you, it was with the intention that we would have a long future together. You would accompany me as I read through grand sci-fi adventures, complex and breathtaking fantasies, sweet and devastating romances, and ghastly horror novels....
After all, I don’t have to set a goal for how many minutes of TikTok I’ll watch in a year (and wow, do I ever not want to know that number). I don’t call myself a TV watcher as an identity, despite happily consuming multiple seasons of The Great British Baking Show in the space of a week or two. They’re entertainment, and they’re what I turn to when I have a free moment and want to escape reality for a while....
I was lucky enough to pick his brain one afternoon, talking about being creative in a negative political climate, how Henry David Thoreau is extremely millennial, and, of course, books. Below is a mere snippet of our chat. If you need more Kleon in your life, check out his website for more interviews and talks. He’s brilliant. What inspired you to put the book together? Everyone sort of rolls their eyes, but I’ve been really inspired by Thoreau in the past couple of years....
I think it’s time to really stretch and take on some personalities from non-Western comics, don’t you? Good, glad you agree. Next up from The Devil is a Part Timer! manga by Satoshi Wagahara (who also wrote the light novel series from which the manga is adapted) and artist Akio Hiiragi: Hanzō Urushihara, AKA Lucifer One of the important things to establish right away here is that Satan (Sadaō) and Lucifer are separate characters in this mythos....
Summer is a season traditionally associated with vacation and unscheduled afternoons. Summer reading programs capitalize on this carefree feeling to associate reading and fun. While some programs provide challenges and prompts, others will reward reading within certain parameters by awarding prizes. The most important push, however, is the one that gets people excited about reading. Whether you lean towards gushy romances, prefer audiobooks, or get lost in gorgeous graphic novels, it’s important to understand what makes you want to keep reading....
When it works, I can love it, but in general, I am not a fan of the surprise twist, be it a reversal at the ending or a mid-plot change-up. It often seems lazy, a “give ’em the old razzle-dazzle” approach to distracting readers from a lack of substance, and when done poorly, it can ruin a book for me. And let’s be honest, there are some surprise twist conceits so played out and/or impossible to pull off that no writer should use them again, ever....
Although she is most recently in the news for inspiring a nude, buff statuette in London, Wollstonecraft has also been known for other things. For instance, she wrote a text that was foundational in political philosophy. She wrote novels. She witnessed and penned a history of the French Revolution. She translated books from French and German. And she worked as a governess and wrote a children’s book, the story of two girls who went bad after their mother died and their father dumped them with servants....
New research from authors Rachel Noorda and Kathi Inman Berens, both of Portland State University, published by the Panorama Project and funded by OverDrive, the American Library Association, the Book Industry Study Group, and the Independent Book Publishers Association, explored consumer attitudes toward media and books. The findings are fascinating and insightful in exploring who is buying books, where readers are engaging with books, where and how books are being discovered, and more....
Book Riot is teaming up with Reading Group Gold for a chance to win a stack of books worth talking about! One winner will receive each of the following titles to add to their TBR pile: Here We Are: To Migrate To America… It’s the Boldest Act of One’s Life by Aarti Namdev Shahani, Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson, Jack: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson, The Book Collectors: A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories That Carried Them Through a War, Delphine Minoui, Lara Vergnaud (Translated by), and What You Wish For by Katherine Center....
“This literary tour de force was so literary and so forceful that I 1) did not understand a word of it and 2) could not physically put it down on the bottom tier of my bookshelf for fear of throwing my back out.” —Famous Author of Novels That Get Turned Into TV Shows “Once in a while a novel arrives at the exact moment it is needed in the political conversation....
Bookworm Art Print: This is a gorgeous art print with #ShelfGoals! Howl’s Moving Castle Candle: This is a candle based off of the book by Diana Wynne-Jones (and the inspiration behind the film!). Romance Trope Mug: What’s your favorite romance trope? You name it, it’s on this mug! Reading Is Always A Good Idea T-Shirt: There’s never not a good time to read. Memory Jogger Bookmarks: These are brilliant for book club reading, or when you read multiple books at once!...
Today’s edition of kids’ book deals is sponsored by Oni Press
No One Is Coming To Save Us by Stephanie Powell Watts for $1.99 Creative Quest by Questlove for $1.99 A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnstone for $2.99 Paperbacks From Hell by Grady Hendrix for $2.99 Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev for $1.99 The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang for $1.99 All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slater for $1.99 The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab for $1....
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Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Our Summer Reading Pack Giveaway courtesy of Harlequin.com. Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil by Lezley McSpaddena for $0.99 With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo for $2.99 How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny for $2.99 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo for $4.99 Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes for $2.99 Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey for $2....
