Books

The weather is getting chilly in the Northern hemisphere, which means it’s time to layer up your apparel. Whether you’re going to layer over your book tank tops or your favorite reading T-shirts, you’ll find yourself rich in options when it comes to book sweatshirts and book hoodies. Buy one for yourself, buy one for

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It’s that time again! Here are some of the highlights of this week’s new releases. Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi Okay, so this is actually the sequel to War Girls, which came out last year, but it’s awesome and I wanted another opportunity to bring the first one to your attention. Because 1) it is

Libro.fm, a digital audiobook retailer that allows listeners to purchase their favorite new listens while splitting profits with indie bookstores, released their top 10 audiobooks of 2020. The list is based on sales of over 1,300 independent bookstores and highlights the culture zeitgeist of one of the most challenging, volatile, and unique years in modern

Burbank, California, once a sundown town, is in the midst of a particularly challenging book challenge in its sprawling school district. Five novels which had been classroom staples, including To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, The Cay by Theodore

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It’s a day ending in Y, so people are once again confusing Mary Wollstonecraft with Mary Shelley. This is somewhat understandable since Wollstonecraft is Shelley’s mother, and Shelley is frequently credited as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. It’s happening this time largely because a statue of Mary Wollstonecraft—or rather, a statue in tribute to her—was unveiled on

‘Tis the season…for NaNoWriMo! November is National Novel Writing Month. Some of you are smelling the spiced cider, enjoying the autumn leaves, and getting ready for turkey and pumpkin pie. But while you’re preparing your shopping lists for the season, don’t forget your lovable writer perspiring alone in their room. It’s a marathon month for

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I am fascinated by book as objects. Obviously, I love reading, and I am a big proponent of audiobooks. I don’t even mind reading ebooks! There is something special, though, about the paper book. I find comfort in being surround by them even if they’re stories I have no interest in reading. In my years

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History has always been a popular jumping off point for comics, from enhanced lecture-style texts to creative nonfiction interpretations and memoir to more interpretively inclined retellings. Each genre has something to teach us about the past and the people who lived in it, who influenced events, and were changed by them. U: Uganda Children of

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What if real life suddenly worked like a video game? That’s the question posed by the wildly popular manhwa The Gamer (hosted on Webtoon) by author Sung Sang-Yoing. The Gamer shows us a world that runs on the same rules as a role playing game, or RPG. If you want to get good at something

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Tuesday is New Books Day, and it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants: Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur I am so excited this book is finally out! Elle Jones is an astrologer with a popular Twitter account. Darcy Lowell is an actuary with a meddlesome brother who

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The internet can be a scary place. As a writer/journalist, I’ve already had my fair share of the online harassment experience. Since online bullying always happens, it can be a “normal part of the job” for some. In fact, the majority of online harassment cases that involve journalists are never reported. If you’re a journalist,

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On a usual Monday morning, the Louttit Library would have an overflowing book return bin as parents flood in for the first session of storytime. Now, the sun streams in through the windows as the children’s librarian quietly prepares a new bundle of books to put in her take-home storytime kits. When the pandemic began

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Hooray, you’re pregnant! Hooray, you’re queer! Welcome to the wonderful world of LGBTQIA+ pregnancy! It’s a land where strangers are suddenly interested in exactly what’s going on here and how that happened. (Details! They need them!) Obviously Book Riot is here to hook you up with queer pregnancy books. If What To Expect When You’re

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After watching the new Netflix film Enola Holmes, I discovered a genre niche I hadn’t even known I’d been craving. Suddenly I knew I wanted to read books like Enola Holmes. The movie worked its magic on me in so many ways. I fell in love with the historical setting, twisty mysteries, and clever protagonist

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Superheroes, like too many things in life, are very white. For decades, the only people of color you could find in mainstream comics were a) villains, b) horrible stereotypes, or c) both. It took a long time for heroes of color to start showing up. Even then, it was a trickle rather than a flood.

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Calling Elizabeth Acevedo’s award-winning young adult novel The Poet X “a frontal assault on Christian beliefs and values,” John and Robin Coble filed a lawsuit against their 9th grader’s high school. The federal lawsuit seeks to remove the book from the child’s classroom. The Coble’s claim that main character Xiomara’s language has a clear anti-Christian