Or maybe you’ve read her book, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, on which the docu-series is based. I had somehow managed to never hear of it before stumbling upon the documentary, so I am reading it now. I was all in to begin with, and from the introduction I was…whatever a step beyond all in might be. It is so good. So so good. The existence of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat in both its forms makes me desperately wish for a new era of food television....
The Racial Diversity Report looks at the largest romance publishers and tracks the percentage of the titles published that year that are by authors of color. Ripped Bodice looks up over a thousand authors and using biographies and other public information to try get this estimate. When The Ripped Bodice opened in 2016 in Los Angeles, it was the first romance-only bookstore to open in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s run by sister-owners Leah and Bea Koch, who raised money on Kickstarter to fulfil their dream of opening a romance bookstore....
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Compared to the average person, I read a whole lot. There was a time I averaged three books a week, if not one a day. (I’m still not our resident Velocireader, Liberty, who has historically read over 600 books a year, but who is, really.) Well, I used to read a lot. I still read plenty, but not a lot a lot. Recently, it’s been easy to start, but a bit harder to finish....
It’s interesting to me how the dystopias of ten years ago differ from the dystopias of today. Cronin’s 2010 epic is—much like Stephen King’s The Stand—about a government-made super-virus unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. But the dystopias of today (or at least the ones I’m most drawn to) all seem to be about the same thing: governmental control of women. Can you really blame me, when we live in a world where women’s bodies seem more than ever to be policed by everyone but them?...
Sometimes, this is understandable. It’s a breathtaking work of art that double as a bookshelf, one that the creator poured hours into and is made of the highest quality. It may be an antique, one that’s unique in this world. On the other hand, sometimes it looks exactly like another shelf that is a tenth of the price. While usually I click away from these obscenely expensive shelves, this time I’ve decided to lean into and showcase some of the most expensive bookshelves there are....
Cozy mystery books are the perfect kind of books for marathon reading, as they usually contain more than ten in a series and are relatively inexpensive. And no matter what paranormal creature you’re looking for, there is a cozy mystery series about it! There are hundreds (really, hundreds) of paranormal cozy mysteries out there, but here are just a few series to get you started! The Enchanted Bay Mysteries by Esme Addison After the tragic death of her mother, Alex’s father banned her from ever visiting her aunt and cousins....
I, for one, am completely fine with the volume of Star Wars books being published (I believe there are ten, for adults and YA/young readers, that publish in 2019, not including comics or non-novels). I am loving the options readers have, as well as the more diverse authorship and characters. For so long, it felt like the Star Wars books were mostly written by white dudes, with a non-male writer occasionally writing a book....
Currently there’s much debate and questioning as to why people, mostly women, are drawn to such dark and violent crimes. We’re also finally seeing the much needed conversations about the problems with true crime: victim blaming, fetishizing killers, ignoring the human victim and their loved ones—to name a few. The genre is still extremely problematic and publishing, being publishing, still also has the problem-on-top-of-the-problem of most true crime being written by white men, excluding many other voices....
Welcome to Finale, the final book in Stephanie Garber’s #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series! It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist. Tella must decide if she’s going to trust Legend. After uncovering a secret, Scarlett will need to do the impossible....
Let’s be real: I know that I can’t take the epic trips some of my child-free friends can take, because of the aforementioned toddler. I also can’t take a month or three to travel because of work, speech therapy appointments for my son, his camp, and other life responsibilities. That’s not even what I’m aspiring to. I’ve been trying to plan a road trip to my beloved North Carolina, and that might even still be in the works....
Romance comics, of course, have a romance at their center. Some people might confuse comics with a romance subplot with romance comics, but romance comics differ from those with only subplots in that they guarantee an HEA (happily ever after). From anguish to complete fluff, romance comics give you a wide variety. Couples may take a while to confess their feelings towards each other, but when the last chapter arrives, you bet they’re going to be together....
The life of J.R.R. Tolkien looks to make an epic story. Born in what is now South Africa, he was orphaned and raised by a Roman Catholic priest, forming a close fellowship of friends at school, all but one of whom would die fighting alongside Tolkien in the First World War, and married his lifelong love Edith (who became the inspiration for Lúthien). This movie explores how these experiences would shape Tolkien’s fiction as he goes on to become a professor of Anglo-Saxon and English at Oxford University and author of some of the most well-loved stories of our time....
Michelle Cheripka explains that the project stems from the idea of “I want to make and/or watch a film that makes me feel the way that I do when I read a poem—a film or poem that gives you a viscerally sharp intake of breath, that makes the fractures of our world fall into place a little bit.” Adding to that idea, in linking together different kinds of artists, the project builds a network of creative thinkers....
#BooksSaveLives will officially launch December 1, 2022, with a three-prong strategy: Books Save Lives Grant will offer up to $10,000 for schools to purchase inclusive books for their collection, prioritizing those experiencing ongoing book bans and challenges. We Need Diverse Books will develop a guide for educators, as well as provide support on the ground to challenge censorship efforts in communities across the country. This will include author visits, librarian support, and more....
I was 14 when I realised that my periods definitely weren’t “normal”. In the two years since I’d started, my cycle had been getting heavier, and more and more erratic. And the pain was so much worse than I’d read about in the various “Fun Guide to Being a Teen” books that I’d been handed. I often found myself doubled over, unable to stand up, one time collapsing into a wall because I was in too much pain to walk....
Lyra Lyra Belacqua is the main character of these books. She is a fierce, wild 12-year-old girl full of curiosity and strong will. Lyra gets swept up into a fight against the authorities without knowing that a prophecy has been made about her. Lyra is brave, shrewd, and loyal. Again and again, she faces daunting tasks on her own and succeeds. By the end of the series, Lyra has experienced love for the first time, but then she must face a painful goodbye....
In 2018 when I started, there were 18 books in the series with a tentative “spring” release for Munro. I was lucky enough to have all of the series that was published up to that point so I could marathon read it along with the podcast. Cole released all 18 over the course of 11 years. Some years had more than one book released at a time, an impressive feat....
Folks, I felt that. The romance genre is vast, but the majority of the books most of us read, by force of human nature, take place indoors. They might be office romances, or courtship stories. Scenes are set in homes, restaurants, ballrooms, maybe some back alleys if supernatural creatures are on the hunt. The indoors is something we all know very intimately after two years, and who knows how many more, of cautiously stepping into the sunlight....
I saw this firsthand when I worked as a Youth Services Library Associate for the Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center (CCPL&IC) in North Carolina. When Hurricane Matthew hit in October 2016, it caused 29 deaths across the Carolinas and an estimated $10.3 billion dollars worth of damage in the U.S. It was catastrophic. In Cumberland County, Matthew dumped three to four months’ worth of rain in about 12 hours....
