For Readers Who Love Love | Carina Adores is home to modern, romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.Learn more and download a FREE ebook today at CarinaAdores.com! We can be the main character. We can have our own love stories, our own happily ever afters, our own queer romances, where the boy gets the boy, the girl gets the girl, they fall in love with them, with every delicious trope you could wish for....
As I walked around the show floor, looking at the booths and the latest ARCs being dropped, I managed to snag a few through the massive crowds of book lovers. Here are some books that captured my attention during Book Expo and BookCon: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Everyone and their mother was vying for Leigh Bardugo’s upcoming release where she delves into the world of adult fiction. Ninth House was most probably the most sought after book at Book Expo and BookCon, and thanks to two friends who knew how much I needed this ARC, I was able to receive a copy for myself....
If I’m rereading a book, or going through a particularly long classic, I’ll crack it open in the morning and spend the first part of my day with it. I am a morning person. It is when I am most attentive, and most willing to concentrate. All the birds sing inside my head with readiness to start the day. It is the perfect time for tasks that require my concentration and patience....
Get ready for the latest from the king of horror! Pre-order Stephen King’s Billy Summers book (releasing on August 3, 2021) at ThriftBooks.com and enter for a chance to win a FIRST EDITION copy of Stephen King’s The Shining, valued at $500. Craving even more King? Shop ThriftBooks.com for an extensive collection of Steven King books, movies, and collectibles today. ThriftBooks. Read more. Spend less. I present a list of books showcasing a wide range of experiences in college, both fiction and nonfiction....
I first became acquainted with this piece of flash fiction attributed to Ernest Hemingway in college as part of the annual Scavenger hunt. An item asked team members to write a six word erotica. Until that moment, I didn’t even know it was a thing. I later learned that flash fiction was basically any story under 1,000 words. It can be anything from six words to several pages, or even a single paragraph, like Somerset Maugham’s retelling of “The Appointment in Samarra....
Now grab some paper and a pencil and write yourself a haiku. Give the tanka a spin. While you’re at it, remember to make your haiku a metaphor for nature and the your inner emotional landscape. Write a tanka about your kids (or somebody else’s kids) like Victoria Chang. Embrace these wonderful Japanese poetry forms and all the depths they contain. These classic Japanese poetry forms are still in use today, not only by Japanese poets, but poets around the world....
Enter the Tijuana Bible, an early relative of underground comics. These bibles were silly, and dirty, and fun. They featured obscene parodies of celebrities or well-known cartoon characters (including mice). What are Tijuana Bibles? Tijuana bibles were also called eight-pagers, Tillie-and-Mac books, blue-bibles, and two-by-fours. In short, they were eight-page dirty comic books, about the size of your wallet. They were created during the 1930s–50s, but they were most popular during the depression era....
While I love seeing nondisabled people pick up books by disabled authors, I’ve noticed that when able-bodied folks review disability literature, they often say things like, “I can’t relate to this” or “the writing is just too clunky.” But disability literature is, at its core, for and by disabled people. These books entirely center disabled folks and our experiences. But when able-bodied people review disability literature, they often write their reviews through an abled lens, which skews their understanding of the book....
My approach to using the Goodreads to-read shelf is one of many. I find it extremely useful, and I started to wonder: do folks with thousands of books on their to-read shelf also find it useful? How do different readers use this function? What purpose does it serve in their reading lives? How do people organize their TBRs, both on and off Goodreads? Is there an optimal way to utilize the Goodreads to-read shelf?...
Each issue contains an A–Z feature on a topic and no matter what the focus is, I find myself revisiting this particular piece again and again. It’s a highly designed double spread, and always leads me to leaning new things about arts and crafts I never knew before. I wanted to take that idea and see it applied to the book world, running a periodic A–Z feature. This time, let’s take a look at poetry and poetic terminology....
The hype is well-deserved. I flew through City of Brass in a weekend. Chakraborty’s enthralling tale of Middle Eastern magic, full of enough political intrigue to make George R.R. Martin blush, is “can’t look away” reading at its finest. The only thing that eased my mind as I got close to the end of the first book was the sequel sitting next to me on the couch. That’s why I was thrilled when I got the chance to talk to Shan about Daevabad, New Jersey, and everything in-between....
Ireland and Northern Ireland have a long history of crime fiction, with the tensions and history of the two countries often providing a backdrop to the central crimes of the story. With the international popularity of writers like Tana French and Catherine Ryan Howard, this sub-genre has become a popular choice for readers of crime stories. While most of the books here are chilling, they do each present a unique story of a crime (or crimes) and the impact that unspools in its wake....
What Are Wuxia Novels? To put it simply, the wuxia genre tells stories about martial artists and their adventures in an alternate ancient China. Sometimes wuxia stories feature fantastical elements like we see in The Untamed, but many times they don’t. For a couple cinematic examples of wuxia, think back to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers. There are many types of wuxia stories, but certain elements recur time and again....
I am pretty excited about Rebecca, pending proper casting for Mrs. Danvers, but what I really want to talk about is Wild Cards. I read the first book in the late ’90s and fell madly in love, only to read on in the series and fall right back out of love. But wait, let me give you a quick overview first. A Quick Overview of the Wild Cards Universe So, the first book is historical fiction, starting during World War II with Jet Boy, progressing through the ’50s and giving a new twist on the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings with Golden Boy, and introducing characters I loved, like Croyd, the teenager who sleeps for months at a time and wakes up with a new form every time....
Audiobooks vs Reading: Comprehension Reading a physical book and listening to the audiobook are two different paths that lead to the same destination. Each creates differing experiences and memories, but neither is better or worse than the other. There’s a fair amount of research on the subject of comprehension in audiobooks vs reading. The most helpful and positive of these that I came across was that of Dr. Art Markman and Dr....
One astronomical event with implications for all signs is the sturgeon supermoon on August 12. A supermoon occurs when the moon is full and at its closest point to Earth, so you can expect great night sky views. When it comes to astrology, the sturgeon supermoon represents a time of reflection and gratitude, particularly in things related to nature and the changing of the seasons. To make the most of the full moon, take some time on the evening of August 12 to do some moon watching....
James Patterson is one of the most successful and bestselling authors alive. He has been either first or second on Forbes list of highest-paid authors since at least 2013, earning an estimated $90 million a year. He lives in a mansion that cost $17 million dollars and has spent $14 million on renovations. Approximately 1 in 17 novels bought in the U.S. is a James Patterson book. The publishing industry has begun to publish more authors of color, but it continues to put out mostly books by white authors....
And that’s enough about the state of things let’s get to the books Barnes & Noble’s selected as their Top 10 Books of 2021–it’s really 11, they couldn’t stop at just 10. “’It proved impossible to limit our Best Books of 2021 to ten titles this year without a little bit of bloodshed. Every one of these books has passionate advocates and, for the sake of peace, this year we have eleven titles on the list....
While it’s still early in the year, several of these buzzy novels are already in stores and waiting to be added to your nightstands and bookshelves — and many more are on the way in the coming months. From a YA novel set in a small town to a captivating dive into the world of classical music, these engrossing page-turners will keep you hooked until the very end (and if your top picks are still a few months away from their release, you can also get your suspense fix by checking out the most under-the-radar mysteries of 2021 in the meantime....
But what happens when you’ve finished your favorite author’s backlist? Recently I’ve started working my way through other kinds of backlists — from indie presses to cover designers. I love how reading through these backlists shakes up my reading life. It gives me a fun project, but it’s entirely unlike reading an author’s backlist. Often I end up reading books I might never have picked up otherwise and end up loving them....
