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The best YA ebook deals, sponsored by Wattpad Books, publisher of Still With Me. 

Our list has something for folks who want to save a buck or two during the decorating process, books specifically for creating amazing home libraries, and books for those amateur designers who want their rented pad to shine bright like a diamond. There are even books for people who are into tiny homes and for interior design fans who want to create something beautiful without destroying the planet. Whether your style is boho chic or East meets West, this roundup of interior design books has everything to inspire your next DIY project!...

And with that fandom comes a lot of really fun bookish goodies inspired by her worlds and words! So whether you’re a Grace and Sam fan, you love the magic and danger of The Scorpio Races, or you want to lose yourself in The Raven Cycle and Dreamer Trilogy (or all of the above!), here are some fun bookish goodies from each of those fandoms, ranging from original artwork to accessories to candles!...

Part of creating that seamless travel experience for me is finding the perfect balance of organization, coziness, and convenience, from the way I pack my luggage to the actual time spent on a plane or train. Is my luggage labeled in case it gets lost? Are all my travel documents handy and in one place? Will I be cozy on the plane? Do I have my print books, and my ebooks, and my audiobooks all queued up, and do all my devices have enough juice for the ride?...

Being an elementary librarian who has two school-aged sons and eight nieces and nephews under age 8, I’m pretty much always perusing bookstore newsletters (shout out to my local, The Silver Unicorn!), Barnes & Noble kid sections, and Bookstagram accounts, matching books to the child in my life who needs that particular title. I’m not going to pretend books are the most exciting or flashiest gift, but with a little background on the interests of the recipient, you can usually find something to delight every type of reader....

You’re probably here because, like me, you haven’t been able to stop thinking about Nope, the latest film from everyone’s favorite horror director Jordan Peele. There are a lot of moving pieces in Peele’s latest film that all add up to one thought-provoking and terrifying whole. It’s a surprising take on alien invasion/UFO horror. It’s a monster horror film that includes social commentary about media spectacles, exploitation, and more. It’s a horror film about the art of filmmaking....

Then, more covers resembling this specific book started to appear on my Instagram timeline; none of the books was the same one I had seen at the bookshop, but they were similar, very similar. Is this a trend, I thought? I started paying more attention to bookish posts, looking out for that art style, and I started taking notes: the colours, and the shapes are not always the same, but when you look at them, there is something that seems to unite them, as if a new wave of book covers and art has been put together....

Hello mystery fans! I recently finished an excellent crime audiobook that left me thinking about mysteries that are either set in communities where you get to know a lot of the residents and/or mysteries set in a community where the community itself feels like a character. — as you’ve certainly already guessed — that’s what I’ve rounded up for you today. This surprises everyone, including Sportcoat who isn’t really aware he was responsible for the shooting and ends up with a price on his head for it....

Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook begins working for R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary – including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. “Sherlock Holmes meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (Chicago Tribune) in this series brimming with cheeky humor and a dose of the macabre....

Have you ever wondered why a “biscuit” is a hard, flat baked good in the U.K. and a light, fluffy bread in the U.S.? That’s partially due to the food’s long, winding history. Biscuits were created as a way to make a bread that was simple, storable, and longer lasting. Dry, hard biscuits last much longer than soft, fluffy breads. That’s why they were the food of choice in military meals ready to eat (MREs) for centuries....

Of course, my mind went first to my solution for everything: is there a book that could help with this? I’ve often fallen asleep to podcasts. What if I fell asleep to an audiobook instead? It feels a little bit sacrilegious, but I’m willing to push past that. My fellow Book Rioters had a long list of suggestions of soothing audiobooks, so I thought I’d share them with you! If you are stressed about missing anything in the book, you can stick to books you’ve already read....

Lois Lane has been at East Metropolis High for several weeks now and since her adventure in Fallout, things have settled down. … That is, until the sister of her friend Maddy gets into a bind involving a shady laboratory on the rundown side of town. Soon Lois and her team of teen reporters are digging deep once again, leading them to a conspiracy involving a local mobster, a recently disgraced politician, and some weird science....

DCPS has been a target for Florida-based Moms For Liberty since the group’s founding, with members showing up to board meetings and writing to the board demanding a host of changes. A November 2021 report to the board, for example, shows the group writing a lengthy letter stating it would be inappropriate for educators to attend professional development on diversity and inclusion. The August 23 primaries allowed three candidates endorsed by or involved in the group to earn seats on the board, and the millage for the district barely passed....

Sparks fly between a K pop starlet and a tabloid reporter in this heartwarming rom-com from Maurene Goo. 10:00 p.m.: Lucky is the biggest K-pop star on the scene, and she’s just performed her hit song “Heartbeat” in Hong Kong to thousands of adoring fans. She’s about to debut on The Tonight Show in America, hopefully a breakout performance for her career. But right now? She’s in her fancy hotel, trying to fall asleep but dying for a hamburger....

Maybe you lost access to the HBO Go account you were “borrowing” because your friend’s parent’s cousin changed their password. Maybe The Bells made you swear off the show forever. Or maybe swords and dragons just simply aren’t your thing. Whatever the reason, you didn’t watch Game of Thrones, and the constant barrage on your Twitter feed each Sunday is an incessant reminder of how far outside the cultural mainstream you really are....

The Vampire Chronicles continue with the riveting saga of Prince Lestat. Lestat, rebel outlaw and vampire prince, addresses his tribe, directly, intimately, telling the enthralling story of the formation of the Blood Communion and how he became Prince of the vampire world. From his beginnings as reigning monarch to his fierce battle with the mysterious Rhoshamandes, a force who threatens all that Lestat has dreamt of—from the towers of his ancestral castle in France to the wilds of Louisiana, the far reaches of the Pacific Islands, and the court of Empress Catherine in the 18th-century city of St....

A voyeur captures a brutal murder by an unknown intruder. Reporting the crime will reveal his own. Only the killer knows his dirty secret. From the bestselling, Edgar-nominated novelist Catherine Ryan Howard comes REWIND — Psycho meets Fatal Attraction in this explosive novel about a murder caught on camera. You’ve already missed the start. To get the full picture you must rewind the tape and play it through to the end, no matter how shocking....

Fortinbras In A Wrinkle In Time But about him little is known. Madeleine L’Engle only tells us that Fortinbras arrived at the Murray’s. “Arrived on their doorstep, a half-grown puppy, scrawny and abandoned, one winter night.” And that he is “part Llewellyn setter and part greyhound” which left me scratching my head having never seen a “Llewellyn setter.” Won’t someone please write a story about him? How ripe is this for a first sentence of a canine tell-all: Fortinbras “had a slender, dark beauty that was all his own”?...

Here are nine basic types of plots you’ll find in the bones of a lot of horror novels. Some novels stick to the script of just one of these while others pick and choose parts of multiple types to build a narrative entirely their own. Want to read about other types of plots? Check out these 8 kinds of murder mystery plots or these 10 types of crime plots. Often, these people are inhumanely indestructible and manage to survive any number of attacks that should have killed them....