Cory Doctorow’s Attack Surface is a standalone hacker thriller set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Little Brother and Homeland. In her day job at a transnational cybersecurity firm, Masha makes the hacks that allow repressive regimes to spy on dissidents. But, for fun and to ease her conscience, Masha sometimes uses her skills to help those troublemakers evade detection. When her targets were strangers, she could compartmentalize....
The summer of 2020 has been a wake-up call for many Americans who haven’t experienced this system. From the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor to the catastrophic spread of COVID-19 in American jails and prisons, it has become abundantly clear how broken the U.S. criminal justice system is. Here are eight books that will help you better understand why the American criminal justice system operates the way it does and what can be done to change it....
Watchmen Zac Synder adapts Alan Moore’s seminal work about the mysterious murder of an infamous superhero. Cinemax Hulk (2003) Ang Lee takes on the origin story of Bruce Banner and how a lab accident turns him into the incredible Hulk. FX Captain America: The First Avenger Unable to enlist in the army, Steve Rogers agrees to be a part of the Super Soldier program during WWII. Spider-Man With great power comes great responsibility as Sam Raimi presents the first in a long line of movies about Peter Parker and his role as Spider-Man....
And maybe it doesn’t give you all the answers. It’s up to you to put together the pieces. I know some readers don’t love when loose ends aren’t always tightly knotted by the end, but when it’s done right, those loose ends are sublimely unsettling, the perfect way to evoke an extra strangeness, an extra element of the uncanny, and pull it into the pages. When a book leaves you deliciously unsettled, still tugging at dark shadows and mysteries, that’s when the story is most likely to follow you off the page....
Why are so few books written by intersex writers? To answer that, we need a basic understanding of what intersex is. Intersex is an umbrella term for a number of medical conditions that cause someone to vary from the male/female binary. This can be a change in the shape or formation of sex organs (like myself). It can also be variations in chromosomes. While XX is associated with females and XY is associated with males, some intersex people can have XXY chromosomes....
This Sci-Fi/Fantasy adventure is set in the fictional town of Piure, California, where the multidimensional powers of 16-year-old Adam have bent his moral compass beyond understanding. His pessimism sinks him deeper into a void after his supernatural abilities ascend, until Afro-Russian teen, Carly Wit, arrives to help him cope, by showing him he isn’t the only one of his kind. The duo explore the obligations and consequences that come along with mind-boggling superpowers while discovering their Russian ancestry....
Charlaine Harris is back! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series (the books that inspired HBO’s True Blood) has an all-new series that fans new and old will adore. Perfect for readers of alternate history and weird westerns, A LONGER FALL is set in a world where Franklin D. Roosevelt was assassinated, and follows gunslinger Lizbeth Rose in the fractured countries and territories that were once the United States of America....
Revenge is everywhere in popular culture: Murder on the Orient Express. Hamlet. Nightmare on Elm Street. John Wick. That Aerosmith video with Alicia Silverstone and Stephen Dorff. Titanic. (True story: the captain of the Titanic killed the iceberg’s baby.) My point is that so many of the most popular movies and novels in history are revenge stories. People love a revenge story, even though they often involve murder. And murder is wrong....
—Dionne Brand, On narrative, reckoning and the calculus of living and dying I believe this is true; during this pandemic, we are listening a little more attentively, more diligently, perhaps even more sincerely, at the issues that affect our communities. For many, this attention brings painful reminders or a new understanding of the many injustices surrounding us, which can be debilitating. But paying attention has also prompted people to take action....
I asked my fellow Rioters what books they turn to for comfort and escape on period days. Here’s the list we came up with. Because we all probably want to read different kinds of books on period days, I made sure this list covers a variety of genres. I hope you find the perfect read for the next time your period comes around, and that some of these titles bring you a little much-needed comfort, joy and/or distraction....
She is as much legend as she is fact—dark, dazzling, intense, glamorous, “the sphinx of Rio de Janeiro,” “a female Chekhov on the beaches of Guanabara.” She inspires cult-like fervor in her readers. In the introduction to his biography of Lispector, Why This World, Benjamin Moser quotes an anecdote I’ve heard repeated often, “‘Be careful with Clarice,’ a friend told a reader decades ago, using the single name by which she is universally known....
Of course, I’m referring to the 1964 musical film adaption by Disney, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. To say that film singlehandedly defined my childhood would be an understatement—Mary Poppins has singlehandedly defined a great portion of my life. When I was younger, it satisfied my love for musicals and sassy female characters. But as I grew up, I began to realize how much I identified with the story and the character....
Fruit Bookmarks To Keep Your Spot Saved Sweetly First up, the avocado bookmark. This delicious fruit can keep your pages tidy and remind you how great avocado toast is. $5.50 Snag a set of two fruit bookmarks: a strawberry bookmark for you and a watermelon bookmark for a friend. Or…keep both for yourself. $3 If you love resin bookmarks, this fruit-filled bookmark available in a number of sizes is sprinkled with all kinds of fruit....
Looking at vintage typewriters is something I enjoy doing, and I absolutely adore any sort of typewriter flair. Stickers, mugs, prints — let me drool, please. If you love a typewriters and typewriter paraphernalia, then you’re going to love this roundup of typewriter fetish. There are no actual vintage typewriters included, but I highly recommend seeking them out on Etsy or Ebay. Of note: the shipping can be very pricey, as the weight of typewriters isn’t insignificant....
Looking over the list is a great reminder that, all other things aside, this was at least a great year for literature. This year’s top title is Brittany K. Barnett’s memoir A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom, which chronicles Barnett’s struggle to help three clients caught in the the criminal justice system. Other titles in the Top 20 include The Vanishing Half by Britt Bennett, Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Deacon King Kong by James McBride....
I loved the way the note from the publisher fell out of the cover, often onto the floor, its letterhead glistening on expensive paper. I love the publication date on the side proclaiming to the world, “HERE I COME!” Or how often the galleys are a work of art separate from the final versions. Just as COVID-19 has brought much of the world to a standstill, most book reviewers have now found themselves switching to digital as publishers cut back on the number of galleys they send out....
Dear Friends, I wanted to start off by saying that I’m sorry. I know that most of you are probably really great and that I would enjoy my time with you. It’s not that I don’t want to read you. It’s that other things keep getting in the way. And I know that’s not really an excuse—most of you have been around longer than those other books, you have seniority!...
The book is on a ninth grade reading list for the school. “This is what they are “ suggesting “ your child read !! Are you going to allow them to teach your kids to hate our police , is this what you really support??! I need you all of you any of you to get up make those calls , write those emails demand these books be pulled , you are paying for these books your child is being abused by an organization who wants to control your children!...
From Jennifer Homan’s review of The End of Men by Hanna Rosin
Book and Cat Stack Enamel Pin: If books are stacked, but a cat isn’t around to sit on them, do those books really exist? Yes, We’re Reading Sign: Look, the world might be shut down for the foreseeable future, but that doesn’t stop us from reading! Typewriter Hipster Bag: This is a cute typewriter-themed bag that may not be big enough to fit a fat hardcover, but you should be able to slip your ereader in!...
