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Today’s edition of Romance Deals is sponsored by Sourcebooks Landmark.

Note: If one of the links below comes up sold out, check the rest of the stock of the shop. Chances are they have other candles to browse. Candles That Smell Like Books This candle smells like leather bindings, aged paper, and intrigue. What does intrigue smell like, you ask? It’s got top notes of white woods, middle notes of cedarwood and leather, and base notes of sandalwood and patchouli....

Coined by TikTok user Lexi Nicoleta, the coastal grandma aesthetic is a laid back preppy style, a la many of the moms you may have seen in ’90s films (the mom in The Parent Trap is a good example). It’s not as uptight as prep and not as nostalgic as the ’90s. It is beachy and it is minimal. It is the kind of aesthetic that fits readers, as it invites slowing down, journaling, reading on the beach or in a hammock or on the veranda after working in the garden and tossing veggies on the grill....

The hero of the series is the titular princess, Catherine of Aragon (Charlotte Hope), best known as the first wife of Henry VIII. In the series, Henry is just young Prince Harry (Ruairi O’Connor), initially Catherine’s brother-in-law and later her would-be husband. The series subtly reminds viewers that Catherine’s story is so much more than that of the middle-aged woman shown rejected by Henry in productions like The Other Boleyn Girl and Wolf Hall....

These books focus on close-knit communities, charming worlds, relaxing atmospheres, and a spirit of adventure that’ll make you excited to explore. This collection of light and sweet reads will help soothe your soul in no time. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Set in 1946 against the backdrop of a reclusive, but nevertheless eccentric, community of islanders, this book is the epitome of the words ‘quaint’ and ‘cosy’....

In response, Brooklyn Public Library, one of the largest library systems in the U.S., has launched the Books UnBanned initiative, which allows anyone across the country between the ages of 13 and 21 to get a free eCard from BPL, which will give them access to 350,000 ebooks and 200,000 audiobooks, as well as access to databases. The BPL is also making a selection of frequently challenged books available with no wait times for all BPL cardholders, including The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison....

Read the first novel in Robert Jordan’s internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheelof Time®. Soon to be an original Prime Video series starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine!Since debuting in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around theglobe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in the series wereinstant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America’sbest-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read....

I first learned about these cute little worlds when my friend showed me her adorable book nooks that took her weeks to make. She enjoyed cutting and measuring each piece and assembling them into a lovely scene, but that attention to detail is not for everyone. And it doesn’t have to be either! If you’re not too crafty, but want to add a cute touch to your bookshelf, you can purchase a book nook....

Women’s heroes are everyone’s heroes! In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote, we read books that are by, for, and about powerful women of all ages. A pre-teen who helped discover the world’s first dinosaur bone, a young women in the early 20th century who braved the illness and death of the radium factories and fought a groundbreaking battle for workers’ rights, or teens—one black, one white—who rely on each other to survive a night of violent race riots in their city—these are the stories of remarkable women of history and resourceful everyday girls....

Each of these stories hit the news in recent weeks, ranging from an author being uninvited from an event in Katy, Texas, to a Hudson, Ohio, mayor demanding school board members resign over a book’s writing prompt, showcase the ways and means censorship is alive and well in the U.S. Read and understand what’s at stake in each of these stories and then, whether you’re local or not, take steps to help put these books back on shelves where they belong....

There are few better pairings than Girl Scout cookies and books. After all, the founder of the Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low, was a woman of literary interests. According to Lady of Savannah, Low had a passion for poetry, journalism, and theatre. Plus, Girl Scout cookies and books intersect in both the cookie selling process (many troops read about business and sales in preparation for their annual fundraiser) and in their regular activities, like earning badges such as Screenwriter, Book Artist, and Novelist....

In addition, the Mat-Su Board also pulled The New York Times’s The Learning Network. All of the titles pulled from classrooms are part of English electives and while not all are required reading, some of them are. Questions have swirled about whether these books would also be removed from school libraries, but the Board does not have the power to remove materials from school media centers (BP 6163.1). The Mat-Su School Board determines the course of study for the high schools within the district, with superintendents of each school responsible for ensuring the instruction is unified....

It’s the little things that make a difference. Comic Book Villain Mugs Infinity Gauntlet Mug I love the smell of ultimate power in the morning. It smells a lot like the part-chicory stuff you get in New Orleans. To be honest, though, if I did have the Infinity Gauntlet, I’d probably just use the time stone like a “sleep” alarm button to get a couple more hours, or years, of glorious slumber....

While initially part of South Asia, by the 1700s, as the British penetrated the various regions of Asia, tea culture began spreading from East Asia to western Europe. In the 1830s, the British, fearing monopolization of the tea industry by the Chinese, began their own crop cultivation for tea in India, which is how it made its way to the west. Traditional chai as we have come to know it today is usually a blend of spices ranging from cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, cloves, fennel, ginger, and peppercorn, along with a chosen blend of black tea....

This is the fourth major reboot for the company and the third since I started reading comics, and I’m back again to beat the drum I always beat in DC’s eardrums: Where are the women? Did they hire them this time? Or are we looking at the same embarrassing gender disparity as always? To crunch these numbers, I looked at DC’s solicitations for March 2021, when Infinite Frontier officially kicks off....

I have. I’m a writer, I can’t help it. I like complete universes, even if I’m the only one who ever knows the tiny details. I also enjoy cooking and really love eating, in addition to doing the family meal planning, so I spend a lot of time thinking about food. I’m even doing a cooking challenge over on another website for which I’m attempting to cook 100 recipes I’ve never made before in 2019 (I hit 80 last week)....

The group has teamed up with London’s Southbank Centre for a year-long residency, with the centre hosting monthly poetry and music nights, along with poetry masterclasses. I was lucky enough to run across the Southbank events by accident and attended the July Out-Spoken event with a friend from university. Taking place in the (truly beautiful) Purcell Room at the Southbank, the night started with a reading by Hannah Sullivan from her collection Three Poems, which won the T....

I have spent most of my life living on an island, always within a half hour’s walk or so from the beach. (Don’t get too envious: it is a Canadian beach, so it’s not exactly tropical most of the year.) As such, the thrift stores I’ve frequented have always been overflowing with questionable seashell art and other touristy nautical decorations several decades out of date. It wasn’t until I started browsing Etsy for bookshelves that I saw how this nautical theme can be done well....