Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Read Bliss. The Electric Woman by Tessa Fontaine for $2.99 The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa by $1.99 Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha for $1.99 What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey for $2.99 The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff for $2.99 The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure for $3.74 More Myself by Alicia Keys for $2.99 A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs for $1....
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Love is Powerful by Heather Dean Brewer and LeUyen Pham. Pretty Little Liars 3-Book Collection by Sara Shepard for $4.99 The Beautiful Ones by Prince for $2.99 Dear Girls by Ali Wong for $2.99 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo for $2.99 The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu for $2.99 The Witching Hour by Anne Rice for $1.99 Pale Rider by Laura Spinney for $3....
Today’s edition of SFF Daily Deals is sponsored by St. Martin’s Press.
In case anyone doesn’t know how to find signings in their area, here are some ways that you can find upcoming book tours near you: Check Your Local Bookstores’ Event Pages If you’re looking for book signings in your area, check out your local bookstores’ event pages on their websites. Bookstores will often update their event pages months in advance so readers can see which authors are coming to their area to meet with readers....
If Keith Haring’s name doesn’t sound familiar, I’m still willing to bet you could recognize or have seen some of Haring’s work without knowing it. (Especially his figures dubbed the “radiant baby” and “barking dog.”) I don’t remember when or how I was first introduced to Haring’s art, but I have always liked that it is both refined and bizarre. The figurines in his drawings and paintings are evocative of the nonsensical drawings a child might produce with a pile of thick crayons and a sturdy imagination....
I am a white woman who lives in Sydney, Australia. I will never understand what it is like to be Black in the United States of America. I will never understand what the hell is going on with our society. I have been aware of racism in our communities and I have spoken out against it, but I will never understand. Although I may never understand, that won’t stop me from wanting to learn how to do better....
Since the second season of Euphoria was such a success, it will probably come as no surprise to you that HBO has officially announced that they have renewed the show for a third season. “Sam, Zendaya, and the entire cast and crew of Euphoria have taken Season 2 to extraordinary heights, challenging narrative convention and form, while maintaining its heart. We couldn’t be more honored to work with this gifted, wildly talented team or more excited to continue our journey with them into Season 3,” Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President of HBO Programming, said in a statement....
Bestselling and award-winning author Todd Babiak returns with an immersive story about fourteen-year-old Adam Lisinki and his all-consuming fascination with Beatrice Cyr, the enigmatic new woman in town. By turns riveting and tender-hearted, The Empress of Idaho is a story about the vulnerability and confusion of adolescence at the moment when it slams against adulthood. It’s an unforgettable portrait of a boy’s difficult coming of age. We have 5 copies of The Empress of Idaho by Todd Babiak to give away to 5 Riot readers!...
So in 2018, I was thrilled to hear that there was a She-Ra Netflix show, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. However, my 7-year-old niece and I turned it off after we watched a couple of episodes. I celebrated the (popular) reboot effort, but was not into the super optimistic version. Still, I was now too tech-savvy to enjoy the classic version. How could I celebrate my reemerging She-Ra fandom?...
I loved finding a book, pulling out the check out card, and then reading all of the names of kids who checked the book out before me. Sometimes I checked out books multiple times throughout different grades. I watched my handwriting change and develop from large print to spirally cursive over the course of four or five grade levels. I am now a teacher at the same school that I attended....
Some of these challenges have gone well. Some have been less successful (why does this lace pattern scarf suddenly have 107 stitches? I don’t…damn it). As I was contemplating the sum total the other day, however, I realized I hadn’t yet done any sort of comics challenge. And thus Comics A–Z was born. We’ve finished up our first challenge: pairing comics/graphic novels. This week, we’re tackling part two of challenge number two: a hero for every letter of the alphabet....
HOLIDAYS ARE HAPPIER WITH AUDIOBOOKS. Make your holiday travels, errands, cooking sessions, and all the rest more enjoyable by listening to an audiobook. From bestsellers, to thrillers, to self-care, you can find the perfect listen for any moment. Give yourself the gift of audio this holiday season. When you have to commute to work every single day, audiobooks are basically a must-have for reaching your reading resolutions. I commute for one hour to work and one hour back....
It also has unique places like Squishface, a comic studio in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. Squishface is a combination of co-working space, comic shop, event space, and publisher ― all crammed into a medium-sized room. The cartoonists’ work is displayed and sold nearest the window, with desks and the all-important tea-making facilities further back. It’s a friendly place, where you can have a chat with the artists, browse their business cards and publications, or be gently voyeuristic by watching them at work....
Acclaimed author Vanessa Riley infuses the ballroom settings of Regency England with hints of Demerara Island and Jamaican flair in Rogues and Remarkable Women, her series revolving around The Widow’s Grace, a secret society of widows battling society to regain their money and a chance at love everlasting. In this sweeping second installment, as a shipwrecked woman searches for her memories after being imprisoned in Bedlam, she becomes entangled with a conflicted Lord who doesn’t know he holds the answers… Surviving a shipwreck en route to London from Jamaica was just the start of Jemina St....
If you want happier suggestions, BR has you covered with Five Books to Read When Life Feels Like it Sucks, 20 pop culture books to distract you, and reading for pleasure while things fall apart. Maybe you just have a short attention span right now or you’re thinking about your socially-distanced winter. It makes sense to prepare yourself mentally. We’ve also got you covered if you’re dealing with the difficulty of how to Fight the Suck when writing....
As the distance of time between WWI and today stretches even further, the importance and even the feel of ANZAC Day seems to be shifting. The same glory-driven propaganda used to encourage enlistment in 1914 has kept going, despite the real-life experiences of those who lived it. For history buffs, it can be a fascinating genre to read. But to be honest, it is rare to find a book that feels real – or at least when compared with the small scraps of tales I have heard from family over the years....
As this was happening, a new billboard showed up in Crystal Lake, Illinois, which is just a few miles west of Barrington. The billboard said that districts in the town needed to stop sexualizing children, and at their school board meeting the same night, a regular right-wing staple showed up and spoke about government conspiracies related to the 1918 pandemic (she’s been mad about a book in their school library since at least January)....
With so many children’s stories on the shelves today, there’s no one right way to curate books for your children. Where do you shop? What do you pick? How will your kids react? I asked a diverse group of moms—one who was expecting her first child and seven with children ranging from five months to six years old—for their perspectives on creating personal libraries for kids. Curating: When, Where, and How When Ashlie Lacy found out she and her husband were expecting their son, she immediately began thinking about what books she’d need to buy to start his library....
Plus, the stories are also democratic and relatable since the sleuths are amateurs. As a reader, you can see yourself in a cozy mystery. No fancy forensic expertise is needed. Conversation and local knowledge (good old fashioned gossip) are the best tools for the job. With the year we’ve all had, it’s no wonder there’s a cozy boom. It’s the perfect combination for these times: vicarious escape and reassurance side by side....
