Decoupage Your Walls I used to work in a bookshop/café in Glasgow and entertained myself by trying to persuade the boss to let me decoupage the toilet walls with covers from books that were too damaged to sell. I never won this battle, but my love of DIY continues and I reckon our new downstairs loo would look smashing with some comics-themed wallpaper! Here’s a great DIY guide for decoupaging a guitar....
So why do I do it? Why do I forge forward, isolated on a plane and so completely immersed in the story I’m reading, even when I know the tears are slowly rising? A good happy-cry is one of the best things that can happen to us. Sometimes when I’m getting into my feelings, I’ll watch a series of Broadway song videos that get me into that mood. “I’m Here” from The Color Purple, for one....
Kate Williams, the Chair of Judges commented, “I am thrilled to share this longlist–sixteen incredible books by a diverse group of women, from the UK and countries across the world, all brilliant stories that sweep you into another world. Each of them have been a privilege to read, and they have taken us into places a million miles from each other, exploring the lives of women and men in so many different but utterly compelling ways....
I worked because I believed that working made me “good” and that not working would make me lazy and “bad.” I believed that working hard led to rewards — higher pay, happiness, a more established feeling of accomplishment. In the years that followed, I worked a whirlwind of different jobs. From server at several Steak ‘n Shake restaurants to comment screener for an online obituary site to third shift inventory specialist to assistant of four attorneys in a commercial title insurance company....
Previously, I wrote about doing a LFL walking tour of my neighborhood. I really enjoyed the novelty of it, but several of the LFLs I saw were in disrepair and most had the same ratty James Patterson books or outdated nonfiction. I live in an area that I think has a fairly wide range of incomes and real estate values. There are plenty of rundown houses and some expensive ones....
The four books being published are: The Hanging on Union Square by H. T. Tsiang East Goes West by Younghill Kang No-No Boy by John Okada America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan Each new book will feature introductions from contemporary Asian American authors like Alexander Chee and Elaine Castillo. Okada (No-No Boy), born in Seattle and sent to an internment camp during World War II while he was a college student, is often considered the first Japanese American novelist....
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy (Hamish Hamilton) In 1989, Saul Adler, a young historian, is hit by a car on the Abbey Road but survives apparently unscathed. In 2016, Saul Adler is hit by a car and rushed to the hospital. This hypnotic story takes place between these two intertwined time zones. A candidate for my book of the year, this novel is a masterclass in immersive storytelling....
Thomas launched her book tour at New York City’s Symphony Space. Dominique Fishback—who plays Kenya in The Hate U Give movie—opened the event, introducing Bri by performing an excerpt from one of the character’s rap battles. “The best have heard about me,” Fishback rapped, “You can only spell ‘brilliant’ by first spelling Bri!” A post shared by Angie Thomas (@angiethomas) on Feb 7, 2019 at 6:07am PST In On the Come Up, readers return to Garden Heights, the same neighborhood where The Hate U Give’s Starr Carter witnessed a white police officer shoot her friend Khalil....
Browse through our holiday gift guide to find the perfect something for you and your book-loving family and friends. For the budding cook or experienced chef—cookbooks that are as much fun to read as they are to use. For the puzzle master who wants a new colorful challenge. For those who love gathering in the family room for game night or those who prefer a more solitary pursuit: journaling, or writing postcards that feature 50 of the greatest literary quotes of all time....
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. TBR is also available as a gift to give to the readers in your life!...
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Nevernight Chronicle, Jay Kristoff, comes the first book of an astonishing dark fantasy saga. For nearly three decades, vampires have waged war against humanity; building their eternal empire even as they tear down our own. Now, only a few tiny sparks of light endure in a sea of darkness. Imprisoned by the very monsters he vowed to destroy, the last silversaint is forced to tell his story....
Today’s edition of kids’ book deals is sponsored by Albert Whitman & Co.
The Only Child by Mi-ae Seo for $1.99 Down Among the Dead Men by Michelle Williams for $1.99 Girl in Disguise by Greer MacAllister for $2.50 Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay for $1.99 My Invented Country by Isabel Allende for $2.99 Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan for $1.99 The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller for $2.99 Passage West by Rishi Reddi for $1.99 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey for $1....
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by All Ways Black and Penguin Random House.
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik for $1.99 My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite for $1.99 The Other Americans by Laila Lalami for $1.99 Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi for $2.99 The Broken Girls by Simone St. James for $1.99 Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany Jackson for $2.99 Madame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson for $2.99 A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell for $2....
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Random House Children’s Books. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion for $2.99 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin for $3.99 The Thirst by Jo Nesbo for $2.99 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini for $1.99 Unstoppable by Bill Nye for $2.99 Far from the Tree by Robin Benway for $1.99 Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith for $0.99 1776 by David McCullough for $3....
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart for $2.99 Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien for $2.99 Cooking with Mary Berry for $1.99 No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin for $2.99 Nocturna by Maya Motayne for $1.99 Joy of Cooking (2019) by Collected Authors for $2.99 Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal for $1.99 Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson for $2.99 Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble for $2.99 Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice for $3....
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Hollow Fires. The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante for $1.99 The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna for $1.99 You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe for $1.99 The Golden Thread by Ravi Somaiya for $3.99 Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo for $2.99 The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld for $1.99 My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan for $1.99 Sisters by Daisy Johnson for $1....
Huntress by Malinda Lo for $1.99 The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco for $1.99 The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes for $2.99 Wicked Fox by Kat Cho for $2.99 Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller for $2.99 Just Kids by Patti Smith for $3.99 Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik for $2.99 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier for $4.99 The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher for $1....
