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BookTube When I was first getting into the bookish side of the Internet, YouTube was my first outlet for searching for new books. There are so many amazing BookTubers out there creating amazing content. Some of them even work here at Book Riot as well. For instance, our very own Rincey Abraham has a YouTube channel called Rincey Reads. And if you’re looking for a video specifically about new books to read, Rincey released a video at the beginning the year covered her Most Anticipated Science Fiction & Fantasy books of 2019....

One of the greatest gifts my husband has given me was building a little library we placed in our front yard. Even after several years of having it, I still get excited when I see someone leave with a book in their hands, especially if it is one of the books I put there. It would be fair to say that one of the joys of my life has been to see books travel....

But then I came across Vivien Chien’s Death by Dumpling one day at the bookstore. It was my way back into the genre. Now I love cozies once again, thanks to the Noodle Shop Mysteries. I was also bothered by the avoidance of substantive issues in the series I read. One of the hallmarks of cozies is there in the name. It’s meant to be comfortable. No graphic violence, no sex, no swearing....

In my personal experience, after a day of reading articles, academic books, and writing hundreds if not thousands of words, the idea of reading more does not appeal. Yet, as I have come to discover over and over throughout my life, it is exactly at challenging times in life that reading is most necessary. It is a sanctuary, a temporary reprieve from the noise of the world. It can inspire me....

Loudermilk: Or the Real Poet; Or, the origin of the World by Lucy Ives (Soft Skull, May 7) Loudermilk is a campus novel — a genre I love — about a prestigious MFA program in Iowa (clearly based on the Iowa Writers’ Workshop although it’s not named exactly). Troy Loudermilk has been accepted into the poetry program and is ready to begin. The problem is that he has never written a poem in his life....

Each episode will be around 20-25 minutes long, and this first season will have six episodes, with a new episodes coming out every other week. Today, episode 1, “Is It 1984 Yet?,” is available. In this episode, we look at the resurgence in popularity of George Orwell’s 1984 and then investigate how and why 1984 came to be in the first place. It’s available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice....

“Thanks to the Hogwarts curriculum, I can withstand mind control and even limited torture, but I cannot write a compelling cover letter without humiliating grammatical error’s. Why is literature not a course at your skool? I can enchant my quill to write my thoughts, but I never learned how to make my thoughts enchanting. I heard that Durmstrang students have a skool newspaper. You know what Hogwarts has? A three-headed dog lurking in the castle, with permission to kill whoever it finds....

The Ringer reported earlier this week that Richards had a history of disparaging remarks toward women, Jewish people, and other marginalized groups. These appear throughout his former podcast The Randumb Show in 2013 and 2014. Richards, who had been executive producer on Jeopardy, confirmed that he was out in a statement. He said the report and the history which came to light had been “too much of a distraction for our fans and not the right move for the show....

Most of Jackie Lau’s characters are Asian Canadians, like herself. She has said she started writing more nonwhite characters and lighter, funnier romantic comedies during the Trump era to tap into what readers needed during that time. She is a hybrid author with a mixture of self-published and traditionally published books. Her stories often feature family or friend group dynamics, but the focus is on the hero and heroine. And, as in all true romance novels, a happily ever after is guaranteed....

Located at 8163 Lefferts Boulevard in Kew Gardens, New York, Kew & Willow got its name during a discussion over coffee at the local shop Ateaz. The pair wanted to keep their location in the name: Kew. They also wanted to choose a tree as a tribute to their supporters in the neighborhood where they met, Forest Hills. Maybe you’re familiar with the Whomping Willow. Vina is a self-proclaimed “proud Potterhead,” and so Willow won out....

(Spoiler warnings for all novels listed below) Scarlett O’Hara Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Is Scarlett a hero? Is she an antihero? All right, that’s probably not a hard question, she’s an antihero, but also fascinating as someone whose main motivation is, arguably, self-preservation, but who also seems to just happen to save everyone else along the way. What is Scarlett’s one-step-too-far? There are so many, but marrying Charles Hamilton just because she’s angry at doesn’t-deserve-any-of-the-women-in-his-life Ashley is up there....

During her absence, supportive chalk artwork reading “Choose to include,” “Lincoln LOVE: All are Welcome Here,” and “Spread Love + Kindness” was found every day outside of her classroom. Although the “concerned citizens” that called for her firing–many of whom were not local and did not have students in the district–were loud, there was also an outpouring of support, especially from her community. Equality Illinois released a statement that they were “deeply troubled” by the investigation of Ms....

What did I do to get through the long days of COVID? I co-founded a makeup challenge group. The Quarantine Cuties was the brainchild of one of my best friends, Samantha, about a month into this unique experience. We invited our friends and family members and encouraged them to participate in weekly makeup challenges. Some of our favorite topics have been Decades (where we highlighted a different decade each day of the week), Heroes, and most recently Pantone Colors of the Years (where I learned that 2020’s “Classic Blue” is a big gap in my makeup collection)....

A post shared by Rena Barron (@renathedreamer) on Sep 18, 2019 at 6:46pm PDT About Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron From the full blurb from Goodreads: “Magic has a price—if you’re willing to pay. Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval. There’s only one thing Arrah hasn’t tried, a deadly last resort: trading years of her own life for scraps of magic....

New language in the statutes read as follows: Subd. 8. Drag queen story hour. (a) “Drag queen story hour” or “drag queen story time” means a children’s event in which a drag queen reads stories or books to children or engages in other learning or educational activities with children in a library setting. (b) For calendar year 2021 and later, a public library that hosts a drag queen story hour event shall have regional library system support aid from the Department of Education reduced by 100 percent....

Since I have The Witch Queen (my video game expansion) on the brain, I’ve been thinking a lot about morally grey characters. Destiny 2 is actually really great in that it’s got multiple female characters who are wonderfully written, very questionably moral people–Mara Sov, the Awoken queen, is one, and Savathûn, the Hive queen, whose story I just got to play through, is another. So how about some more morally gray heroines!...

The comic book market size increased by more than 60% between 2020 and 2021, which both DC and Marvel benefitted from. Marvel’s share of the market was 37% in 2021 and DC’s 27.1%— which included digital and print sales. With this increase in sales and popularity, it follows that some of the comics companies’ major characters would also grow in popularity. When looking at each state’s favorites, Wisevoter found that Spider-Man was the most popular in 25 states, followed by Batman in 10, and Superman in four....

Best Novel The Venice Sketchbook by Rhys Bowen Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby Five Decembers by James Kestrel How Lucky by Will Leitch No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield Best Fact Crime The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History by Margalit Fox Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedorn Two Truths and a Lie: A Murder, a Private Investigator, and Her Search for Justice by Ellen McGarrahan The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade by Benjamin T....

The world of Watchmen collides with the DC Universe in the most shocking story in DC history! Presented by master storytellers Geoff Johns and Gary Frank–As the Doomsday Clock ticks toward midnight, the DC Universe will encounter its greatest threat: Dr. Manhattan. But nothing is hidden from Manhattan, and the secrets of the past, present, and future will leave ramifications on our heroes’ lives forever. Alongside Rorschach and the never-before-seen Mime and Marionette, Veidt follows Manhattan to the DC Universe, which is on the brink of collapse as tensions push the “Doomsday Clock” closer to midnight....

LibreTexts This resource is structured to the gills, so expect to poke around a little. That said, it’s a great institution with an amazing selection of books. To start, roll over “Explore The Libraries.” As in the case of many of these resources, LibreTexts is an aggregator that may pull books from many other resources, meaning that you may both see repeats and encounter new books. There’s also a section just for open textbooks in Spanish!...