The bookternet has been abuzz with speculation on who could have penned the spicy romance novel Corinne that came out in July, and it got me thinking about how to become a literary sleuth. The speculation began with this Reddit post that points to Stephenie Meyer, of Twilight fame, writing as Rebecca Morrow. The author bio for Corinne simply says “Rebecca Morrow is a pseudonym for a New York Times bestselling author....
But I have gathered a few tips on how to enjoy several books during the same time period. I love having multiple books in progress at any given time. When my mood changes, if I’m more tired or more energetic, if I’m just not feeling a theme or a style, I just switch it up. And the books can complement each other, drawing out different aspects—the advice in How to Be a Bawse reminds me of the career-minded main character in The Kiss Quotient, who made me think of my favorite storyline in The Illumination....
When my book came out last year, I had been writing seriously for a decade. This was the moment I had been waiting and working for all those years. I can’t imagine how it would have felt to have that snatched away from me – knowing that publishing moves on fast, and if I didn’t seize the moment when my book came out, I would have missed the narrow window in which I could make an impact....
I ached to live in the olden days, in a humble cabin swallowed by prairie grasses. I wanted to churn butter and sweep earthen floors and strip to my petticoat and bloomers to cool off in a swimming hole. I vowed that I would pass this adoration for pioneer days along to my future children by reading them the Little House books from infancy. Through my freshman year of college, I reread the books in order each year....
Coffee shop alternate universes have been around in fan fiction for about 20 years. In these stories, characters from other properties or real people are ported into a coffee shop setting. Typically, one of the main characters works at the coffee shop and their love interest is a regular customer, though there are many variations on that theme. For a more thorough history, check out SyFy’s exploration of the genre....
Why am I so quick to get rid of things? First off, if I personally cannot find a self-evident practical use for something, I immediately begin to consider it dispensable. And I’ve discovered that what makes this all even easier is the fact that I find it extremely difficult to attach sentimental value to objects, though I couldn’t tell you what the root cause of that is. I certainly don’t find it impossible, but in comparison to others, I’ve definitely seen a noticeable difference in the rate at which I am able to do so....
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Note: There is a wide dearth of TV and movie adaptations of books written by women, authors of color, and non-cisgender men. This list does not adequately reflect that dearth because it is limited to Netflix new releases for January and February 2020. Movies Based on Books Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Some writers describe Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina as the greatest work of literature ever written. In the film, Keira Knightley plays Anna Karenina, a Russian aristocrat trapped in an unhappy marriage....
If this story sounds familiar, perhaps you’ve heard of Hamlet. The game is called Elsinore, and it is an interactive take on the tragedy of the Danish prince. The main difference is that the story unfolds from Ophelia’s point of view, and the game allows the player to work to prevent the bloodbath at the play’s conclusion. It’s a fantastic game, worth the purchase if you’re looking for a well-crafted challenge....
Happy Margaret Atwood Reading Day! Are you wondering what the next Atwood you pick up should be? Handily, we have a flowchart for that! Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every two weeks. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, , and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS....
Agnes Wickfield is a pretty classic type of Dickens character: the strong-willed, loyal woman who symbolizes morality and the male protagonist’s longing. Her company includes women like Oliver Twist‘s Nancy, whose noble sacrifice saves Oliver from an unsavory life, and Estella Havisham, the cool and indifferent object of protagonist Pip’s affections, who nevertheless is implied in at least one ending to partner with Pip. Although, or perhaps because these fictional women are a typical “type” for Dickens, there is one who is more or less a perfect antithesis to them, and who is arguably one of the author’s most famous characters: Miss Havisham of Great Expectations....
AcWriMo: Academic Writing Month Originally called Academic Book Writing Month by its progenitor PhD2Published.com, this tall order of fries with extra shake does not, thankfully, require you to write 50,000 words of well-cited academic research in a month. Instead, you set your own goal. It can be anything, as long as you can track your progress every day and declare your results at the end of the month. That’s how to punch the ol’ dissertation into shape science-style!...
The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), a nonprofit which advocates on behalf of those held in correctional facilities throughout the US, recently acquired a list of specific titles and their associated violations for those incarcerated in New Hampshire. According to the mail policies and procedures as outlined by the state prison system, the following printed materials (i.e., books) are in violation of policy and subject to rejection: Obscene material, as determined by the LRC, the Commissioner, or a court of law, and including publications containing explicit descriptions, advertisements or pictorial representations of sexual acts involving penetration, bestiality, bondage, sadomasochism, or sex involving children and including, but not limited to material that violates RSA 650:1, will not be permitted....
I devoured comics in 2017, greedily making up for lost time. I read Goldie Vance and Y: The Last Man and Princeless. I read middle grade comics (Phoebe and Her Unicorn), sci-fi comics (Alex & Ada), silly comics (Space Battle Lunchtime), and slice-of-life comics (Check, Please!). I couldn’t get enough. A whole new world had opened up to me, and I was ready to dive in. I didn’t have any fond memories of browsing comic book stores in middle school....
I blame it on the woeful year 2017 was for me personally, because frankly that year was rough. To quote our favorite slayer, it sucked beyond telling of it. I went through a lot of personal trials that year as well as having to deal with the world at large and that was a testament to those problems. I know, I know. This is a personal challenge. We’re not graded or judged for this or any other book challenge that we undertake....
The Toronto Public Library System came in at the top of the list of libraries with big digital checkout numbers, clocking in at over 6.5 million checkouts in 2019. Five systems loaned more than 5 million digital titles each: the Los Angeles Public Library, the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium, the King County Library System (Washington), the Ohio Digital Library, and the New York Public Library. You can see the full list of libraries in the Million Checkout Club here....
The ACLU has spoken out in opposition of the book policy, saying it’s “not just wrong, it’s probably illegal.” A representative of the American Library Association also spoke out against the policy, saying that “it’s a policy not intended to develop a robust collection that serves a wide variety of readers’ needs, and in fact is designed to exclude materials that might well meet the information needs of students … by arbitrarily fencing out materials based on a very vague description of sexual content....
Find below a roundup of some of the most exciting YA paperbacks hitting shelves this fall. Because publication dates can shift—and many have because of COVID-19 earlier this year—these are as current as can be expected. Some of these books are paperback originals, meaning they’ll only ever release in paperback, while others are first releases in paperback of books that have already been published in hardcover. I’ve stuck to first books in a series only, so know there are additional paperback releases of series books that are not the start of those series....
But more, as someone who is experiencing her first pregnancy in the midst of a global pandemic, pregnancy books are sheer fantasy reads. I endured a long road to becoming pregnant. It was infertility paired with treatment being shut down, paired with medications that decimated my body and mind, paired with a traumatic experience during a procedure paired with too many people making really insensitive jokes about pandemic babies (which, by the way, any simple searching will tell you: there won’t be a baby boom, just like there wasn’t during the pandemic last century)....
Picture the scene: it’s been a rough week; a rough year and a half. But it’s Saturday night and you’re determined to escape into a romance novel you’ve seen all over Bookstagram. People have called it hot and fun and perfect for fans of X TV show! That sounds like just what you need after the last year and a half of pandemic, political upheaval, and whatever else life has thrown at you....
