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So, today’s news that Foer’s next novel, Escape from Children’s Hospital, will come out in 2014. Not soon enough for fans, but any news here is good news. Here’s the publisher’s description: A fictionalised account of a life-changing event that happened to the author as a nine-year-old – an explosion in a summer camp science class, which left his best friend without skin on his face or hands, and whose brunt the author avoided by inches and for no good reason – this is a story about the shared trauma of childhood, the potential destructiveness of storytelling, and the redemptive power of friendship....

Honorable Mentions There are so many great books out today that I had a lot of trouble narrowing it down! So also check out: When a deal for Laila to acquire a piece of caul falls through, she is heartbroken, but when the child is stillborn, she is overcome with grief and rage. What she doesn’t know is that a baby will soon be delivered in her family — by her niece, Amara, an ambitious college student — and delivered to the Melancons to raise as one of their own....

I have ADD and Dyslexia. While these neurodiversities make my spelling atrocious and destroy my ability to complete tasks in one sitting, I was able to hide it well enough when I was in school. I always finished my homework. I loved to read even when the words swam around on the page, but I was one of those people who got good behavior awards. After college, I downloaded my first audiobook....

Part of the aesthetic is curating it, both online and off, and these fun aesthetic dark academia gifts will help make your interests even more clear. You will notice, of course, in items relating to books that they lean toward being far less inclusive than the sub-genre of literature truly is. This is, as always, due to who gets bigger marketing budgets and thus, more attention and more potential fandoms dedicated to them....

Latinx Fantasy Book Recommendations Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova Labyrinth Lost is a young adult fantasy story about Ecuadorian–Puerto Rican bruja sisters living in Brooklyn as they learn to control the magic within them. Honestly, what more do you need? Zoraida Córdova has crafted a wonderful series full of sisterly bonds, brujeria, and fantastical plots that readers can lose themselves in. Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore Anna-Marie McLemore is the queen of magical realism, and my favorite novel of hers is Wild Beauty....

Phone cases for book lovers can feature literary quotes, the images of famous authors or from favorite books, or they can simply be a gorgeous stack of books. Whatever brand of phone or operating system you have, there’s some kind of perfect phone case for you. Find below an awesome array of phone cases for book lovers. I’ve noted what types of phones they’re made for to help you pick your perfect next case....

Hey, I didn’t say it was all good. So, I figured I’d round up a list of poetry books for beginners, people who say they can’t get into it, or don’t understand it, or even hate it. On behalf of all poets, I’d just like to formally apologize that your high school English teacher made you read William Carlos Williams’s “The Red Wheelbarrow” and now you hate anything that rhymes....

What do we mean by public domain children’s books? The public domain includes creative works that are no longer under copyright or anyone’s intellectual property. Copyright means exactly what is say: the right to copy. For books, this means any publisher can create their own copies of public domain books to sell. That’s why there are hundreds of editions of Shakespeare’s plays and Pride and Prejudice on the shelf in the bookstore....

From the creator of Barely Functional Adult, a painfully relatable webcomic with over 130k followers on Instagram, comes a never-before-seen collection of incriminating short stories about exes, murder, friendship, therapy, anxiety, Hufflepuff, sucking at things, freaking out about things, calming down momentarily, melodrama, wrinkles, pettiness, and other wonderful delights.In this beautiful, four-color collection Meichi perfectly captures the best and worst of us in every story, allowing us to weep with pleasure at our own fallibility....

The show, based on the Grishaverse books by Leigh Bardugo, takes place during the first book in the series, Shadow and Bone. It will also feature prequel material focusing on the Dregs (Kaz, Inej, and Jesper) in Ketterdam as well as Nina’s capture by the Drüskelle in Fjerda (where she’ll eventually fall for a certain handsome someone, but no spoilers). I love that the series is going to be combining the story from the books as well as new material to give us a full picture of what is going on in the world during Alina’s time as the Sun Summoner....

But where do you begin with an epic industry of books written for children when you’ve been out of the game a while? It’s overwhelming to dip your toes into middle grade given the diversity of voices and genres. If you’re looking to get back into middle grade but aren’t sure how to start, this quiz should help get you launched into contemporary children’s literature. Each result will give you a recent middle grade novel that will be a great fit for you based on a series of questions....

There are so many different aspects of books and reading, so I wanted to look at just one part to see how all relate to it: the plot. Personally, I feel like I read differently than most people: I’m not a very visual person, so I don’t “see” much in my mind as I read. It’s more of an emotional experience for me. Perhaps because of that, I often miss plot details, including clues and foreshadowing in mystery novels....

It’s hard to define exactly what under-the-radar means. It depends on who you ask, and what kind of bookish circles you run in. There are plenty of queer books that are popular on the queer bookish internet but don’t get mainstream attention. There are also quite a few queer books out there that tons of people I know have read — but the people I know are queer book nerds....

TBR is Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Been dreaming of a “Stitch Fix for books?” Now it’s here! Tell TBR about your reading preferences and what you’re looking for, and sit back while your Bibliologist handpicks recommendations just for you. TBR offers plans to receive hardcover books in the mail or recommendations by email, so there’s an option for every budget. Visit mytbr....

TBR is Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Been dreaming of a “Stitch Fix for books?” Now it’s here! Tell TBR about your reading preferences and what you’re looking for, and sit back while your Bibliologist handpicks recommendations just for you. TBR offers plans to receive hardcover books in the mail or recommendations by email, so there’s an option for every budget. Visit mytbr....

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....

I prefer to read books set in the place I’m visiting, and by authors who are from the country I’m in. I think that it both feels more legit that way—you’re connected to the place you’re visiting both when you’re in and out of your book—but also that it helps me find authors I haven’t read before, or pull me to classics that I should have read but haven’t yet, especially by authors of color....

For me, as a nonfiction writer, I’m partial to Didion’s nonfiction. Her spare, crisp prose and journalist’s eye are refreshing, and what she doesn’t say is often just as important as what she does. Her writing is easy to read, which belies how hard it is to write as well as she does. If you’ve never read Didion’s nonfiction, here are some suggestions to get started. The Year of Magical Thinking This was the first book of Didion’s I ever read, when it first came out in 2005....

But I believe the truth of Ed and Lorraine Warren lies somewhere in the gray. Since their founding of the New England Society for Psychic Research in 1952, the Warrens have become synonymous with all things ghost and demon. Some of the most mythic ghost stories in our country’s history had this charming couple right at their center… Amityville Horror, Annabelle the doll. Many a movie has been made. Many a book has been written....

After the Flood by Kassandra Montag Blackhearts by Nicole Castroman Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin The Black Swan by Rafael Sabatini The Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer The Captain Alatriste series by Arturo Perez-Reverte Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller Frenchman’s Creek by Dauphne du Maurier The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig Heart of a Pirate – Pamela Johnson The History of Pirates – Angus Konstam How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean by Edward Kritzler Lady Smoke by Laura Sebastian The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner Ned the Knitting Pirate by Diana Murray and Leslie Lammle On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers Peter Pan by J....