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NOOK Glowlight Plus Of the B&N devices, this is the superior one, and if you’re married to the store this is your guy. Although you’ll be limited to the NOOK store, it is compatible with ePub and PDF files. Rating: Price This is one of the more expensive ereaders, with a regular price of $199.99. You can get a small discount if you’re a Barnes & Noble member, but it’s still more expensive than the competition considering its standard features....

The original novel follows Anne Elliot eight years after her family convinced her to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth. Now that Anne’s family is renting to Frederick’s sister and her husband, Anne and Frederick are thrust back together and Anne is second-guessing her decision years back. While her family wants her to marry William, a cousin who will inherit her father’s estate, she has to decide what she wants for herself....

Containing brand new dessert and drink recipes from Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia, this follow-up to the first The Golden Girls Cookbook will make you feel like you’re relaxing on the lanai or getting set to win the Shady Pines bake-off. Filled with innovative recipes by renowned chef Christopher Styler, and beautiful photos by New York Times food photographer Andrew Scrivani—plus fun quotes, jokes, and photographs from the show–this is a must-have for all fans of The Golden Girls....

This worked for me for a few years, but eventually I got burnt out. I started choosing books based on length. I slogged through books I didn’t like just because I’d already read 100 pages and I didn’t want those pages to “go to waste.” It was time for a change. While I didn’t want to keep going with the Goodreads Challenge, I also didn’t want to drop back into unmotivated reading....

Exactly as it says on the tin, folks. We collectively have a tendency to become petty and/or prideful when it comes to banned books. It seems to be predicated on the logic of “making the right people angry”; you did something to piss off the “right” people (i.e. conservative individuals or honestly anyone with a different ideological viewpoint from you) and the fact that they are retaliating against you or your ideals now is proof that you have the ideological high ground....

It’s Jane Eyre with a twist…of a knife! Jane Steele is an orphan with a painful childhood, one that ends with with a body count. Years after she flees to London, she hears that her childhood home has been claimed by a stranger. Overcome by curiosity, Jane moves back, posing as a governess for the house’s new owner, Mr. Thornfield, a compelling man with a dark history. As Jane is drawn to Mr....

So if you sometimes drift off to sleep at night by designing your dream bookshelves or imagining which fictional library would be most fun to live in, you’ve stumbled across the perfect quiz. You can finally put those questions to rest — although I recommend keeping the daydreams. All you have to do is answer some questions about your reading aesthetic and our carefully calibrated quiz — run by bookworms and powered by fairy dust — will tell you exactly which fictional library is your perfect match....

Orphan Black meets Margaret Atwood in this twisty supernatural thriller about female power and the bonds of sisterhood. The supernatural genre places magical creatures in real-world scenarios. When events cannot be explained by the natural sciences, you have found yourself in a supernatural novel among creatures like demons, ghosts, witches, and other powered beings. Now thrillers are a bit tricky to pin down. In a thriller, the stakes are high for a large group of people, the main character is threatened, and the plot builds to a point where the epic ploy is uncovered before the villain can cause a disaster....

Rainbow book spines can be hard to resist. You know that old adage – don’t judge a book by its cover? I regularly do. As I wander the stacks, my eyes flicker over to those radiant spines and suddenly there is a stack of rainbow-tinted books in my arms. What is there to do? Sometimes the rainbow spine can be incorporated, like if the colours are muted and swirled together....

Although I love mysteries, I think many other genres can fall under the umbrella of rainy day reads. The best rainy day reads take me out of my home reading nest and deep into a fictional world. Rainy day reads are different for everyone, and these are the ones that got me through this unusually wet May. A dispatch from my reading nest These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer Falling into the drama and intrigue of the court of Versailles in the 18th century is the perfect fictional trip....

Meet Libby. The one-tap reading app from OverDrive. By downloading Libby to your smartphone, you can access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks from your library for free anytime and anywhere. You’ll find titles in all genres, ranging from bestsellers, classics, nonfiction, comics and much more. Libby works on Apple and Android devices and is compatible with Kindle. All you need is a library card but you can sample any book in the library collection without one....

Created by Book Riot, this smartly designed reading log consists of entry pages to record stats, impressions, and reviews of each book you read. Evenly interspersed among these entry pages are 12 challenges inspired by Book Riot’s annual Read Harder initiative, which began in 2015 to encourage readers to pick up passed-over books, try out new genres, and choose titles from a wider range of voices and perspectives. Indulge your inner book nerd and read a book about books, get a new perspective on current events by reading a book written by an immigrant, find a hidden gem by reading a book published by an independent press, and so much more....

Oh, how I wanted this, too. I yearned for a community to discuss the hard-to-measure, invisible-to-other-people work that writers do. If you’re a storyteller harboring publishing hopes, you know how much time, silence, can stretch between victories: 365 coffee spoons, a spin around the sun. Inspired by Talusan, I, within moonrises, gauged interest with my text chain. Of my dear fictioneers, two — my MFA wifey and poetry pal — wanted to celebrate their consistent steps, too....

For fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and Evvie Drake Starts Over comes a funny and tender debut about a reclusive artist whose collection has gotten out of control—but whose unexpected friendship with a pair of new neighbors might be just what she needs to start over. Quirky and charming, big-hearted and moving, The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton proves that it’s never too late to let go of the things that don’t matter…and welcome the people who do....

Half-angel Trinity and her bonded gargoyle protector, Zayne, have been working with demons to stop the apocalypse while avoiding falling in love. The Harbinger is coming . . . but who or what is it? All of humankind may fall if Trinity and Zayne can’t win the race against time as dark forces gather. Don’t miss Rage and Ruin, book two in the fantastical Harbinger trilogy from #1 New York Times Bestselling author Jennifer L....

In 1941, due to the German occupation of Paris, Sylvia’s bookstore closed and never reopened. However, in 1954 George Whitman opened a new independent bookstore, and named it Shakespeare & Co. (with her permission) in tribute to Sylvia Beach and the community the original bookstore built in Paris. This iteration of the shop is still family-owned, and is run by George’s daughter Sylvia Whitman and her partner today. I recently visited Shakespeare & Co....

Since the goal of this article is to expand your Holmesian horizons, I’m going to skip the best-known versions (sorry, RDJ fans!) and focus instead on some more obscure Sherlock Holmes adaptations, including a few that provide a more diverse take on the detective and the doctor. By the time you click away from this page, you will be as well-versed on international Holmeses as Holmes himself is on tobacco ash!...

Happily, there are thousands of books available digitally through Hoopla. Checkout limits vary from library to library, but there are no waiting lists for any ebooks you borrow via Hoopla. See a book you like? You’re one click away from reading it! You don’t have to leave your house to use your library. Here are 20 of the best books on Hoopla right now. I’ve stuck to books that are fun, funny, hopeful, upbeat, and light....

What makes this list unique in comparison to lists made earlier this year is that many of the titles here are those which had publication dates shifted. So some of the books which were spring 2020 YA books are now actually summer 2020 YA books. Which means this list is likely not comprehensive. There will be titles missing, as well as titles that were or are moving some more. Use this list less as definitive this season and more as pretty accurate with some potential changes....

Any bookish person knows the struggle. For any one book you read, whether you love it or hate it, you end up with about five new titles that sound interesting—maybe the author was so great you want to read the rest of their backlist. Maybe all the reviewers who disliked the book recommended other books that are better. Maybe the author is a friend of yours and you feel immense guilt if you don’t support their career....