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When was the last time you read one of these children’s books? In the series, each of the children—Oliver, Piper, etc. (names derived from the animated series, which is delightful)—find themselves faced with an animal—Mouse, Moose, Pig, Dog, and Cat. And these animals take those kids for a ride. You know the drill. One request leads to another, and another, and another. As I flip through If You Give a Pig a Pancake, I wonder at my son’s habit of only giving me Pig’s book, and only giving my wife Moose....

United States Red Planet Books & Comics Red Planet Books & Comics in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has a wide selection of books, games, toys, collectables, and comics. They have a membership available for purchase called The Rebellion for fans who are dedicated buyers of comics, books, Manga & other pop culture stuff. Members get 20% off their purchases. Soon they’ll be launching a subscription service called Wonder Box Subscriptions with curated materials for your “monthly dose of Indigeneity....

Back in the 1970s and ’80s, Saturday morning television was all about professional wrestling – Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy are names that will trigger nostalgia in anyone who lived in the UK at the time. The dawn of Progress wrestling brought attention back to the art and in the past few years, wrestling schools like Knucklelocks in London have helped a lot of new talent into the ring. Though wrestling rings today are full of diverse talent – men, women, and nonbinary people, as well as people from a range of ethnic backgrounds and walks of life – books about wrestling remain overwhelmingly written by white men....

The Idea of Big City Map That’s what Big City Map set out to do. Based on the independent comic, Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline, Big City Map was a digital project to bring the world of Brotherman to life. The comic was created by two brothers, writer Guy Sims and Dawud Anyabwile (David Sims), in the late 1980s/1990s about a public defender, Antonio Valor, who decides to take justice into his own hands....

I am so grateful that she agreed to answer a few of my questions. Below, she talks about her RITA award, her upcoming release, and intertwining important issues with epic love stories. Natalya Muncuff: You’ve made history as the first black woman to win a RITA Award, have you been fully able to absorb the win, and what does this mean to you? Kennedy Ryan: I don’t think I have fully absorbed it....

Because Google Sheets has made a few improvements and different design choices this year, I am happy to walk you through how to use, edit, and refine the Reading Log to personalize it to your tastes and reading habits. While there are many awesome features, you can always delete or hide the ones that you don’t want to use or find distracting. I recommend hiding rather deleting, though — sometimes certain values are connected to other features, and you don’t want to make a big mess of code!...

First, though, I’d like to clarify that this article is not about Iron Man’s armor (although he has had some bad ones). If it was, this would be another edition of Fashion Disasters and it would be written by Jessica Plummer. But it isn’t, and I’m definitely not Jessica Plummer, sad to say. No, I’m talking about the fact that Tony Stark, despite being one of the richest people in the Marvel universe (well, usually), cannot dress himself to save his life....

If I’m asked about a book I’m reading, I can give you a rundown of the pros and cons. I’ll tell you what I think is the most important aspect of the story, how it handles sensitive subjects, and what kind of reader would enjoy it. Ask me about that book in a month, though–sometimes even a week–and I will have no idea what you’re talking about. This isn’t limited to books: I forget the names of the main characters of movies or TV shows I’ve seen a half dozen times....

First, a refresher on what this first paragraph actually says: Maybe you’ve never read A Tale of Two Cities, but you are probably familiar with the phrase “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” because it’s become a popular idiom. Here’s a quick summary of the novel before we get into that. Set around the time of the French Revolution, moving between London and Paris, the novel follows a French doctor who was imprisoned for years in the Bastille....

Molly Pohlig’s The Unsuitable is a fierce blend of Gothic ghost story and Victorian novel of manners that’s also pitch perfect for our current cultural moment. Iseult Wince, perilously close to spinsterhood, awkward, wastes no time scaring off the suitors her unpleasant father parades before her. When at last he finds a suitor desperate enough to take Iseult off his hands—a man whose medical treatments have turned his skin silver—a true comedy of errors ensues....

It’s like the avocado ripening on the counter: not ripe for days, perfectly ripe for one day, overripe. I thought I had more time! How did we move from the holidays being weeks away to being overripe? Never fear, fellow distracted shoppers. I have compiled a list of amazing last minute gifts under $100 that you can get shipped right to your door. Or right to the recipient’s door. Whatever’s faster....

An adaptation of Shaftesbury’s award-winning, groundbreaking queer vampire web series of the same name, Carmilla mixes the camp of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the snark of Veronica Mars, and the mysterious atmosphere of Welcome to Nightvale. In 1872, J. Sheridan Le Fanu wrote a novella. It’s about a vampire who slowly sucks the life out of the young girls it charms in the daytime hours, only to be hunted down in by a male protector and killed in its coffin....

The choice of host comes naturally as Burton is a lifelong advocate for children’s literacy and was the former host and executive producer for PBS’ Reading Rainbow as well as last year’s fan favorite for becoming the new Jeopardy! host. Over 200,000 people watched live last year as 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans became the first Black American to be named the spelling bee champion, winning a $50,000 prize....

The Q&A panel was a collaboration of three other groups: the Melbourne Writers Festival, Antidote at the Sydney Opera House, and the Centre for Independent Studies. As a live-broadcast television show, with questions from a large and diverse audience, Q&A is often a great indicator for the hot topics in the community. Previously, I wrote about Roxane Gay’s attendance in March 2019. For that broadcast, Gay brought the class and dignity we have come to expect of her – and which was sorely missing from others on the panel at the time....

Books, Bites & Beverages Our Daily Nada Calling themselves a “boozy bookstore”, Our Daily Nada is a Bookstore Cafe combo and an Instagrammers dream; the bright white interior and vintage, yet modern furniture makes the space warm and inviting for anyone wanting to curl into a corner with a good book enjoying some bookish artisan cocktails. A woman-owned and ran establishment, it’s clear that there’s heart and passion put into the walls of this beautiful space....

Some of these sites are more traditional book tourism, while others are a little out of the norm but make great reading spots. Hope to see you here soon! A Room of One’s Own Based in downtown Madison since 1975, A Room of One’s Own offers a space for feminist and indie publishers to share their work and always has a diverse roster of author guests for patrons to hear from at various events....

The Little Free Libraries organisation helps people set up their own mini library, bringing free books where they are wanted. And while anyone can set up a Little Free Library on their own, there is much to gain from becoming part of the Little Free Libraries organisation: among other things, you’ll be able to use the Little Free Libraries name and map, making sure other people find your library and pay a visit, you’ll get a subscription to a regular newsletter with inspiring stories and special deals, access to a Facebook group which will provide amazing advice, resources, and invaluable tips, not to mention a sense of community....

The first thing I did when I finally got my hands on my TBR cards was to shuffle through the deck and check out just a few of the prompts. One was an epistolary novel, which is one of my favorite ways of telling a story. I’m not sure why I love it so much, but I know it’s high up there on my list. Below are a few that I have found or read that I feel are good examples of a way to fall in love through letters and other written methods of communication....

The Major Differences Between Manga and Manhwa The most obvious distinction between these two types of East Asian comics is their country of origin. Manga refers to comics made in Japan while manhwa refers to comics made in Korea — more specifically South Korea, for the purposes of this discussion; manhwa is also made in North Korea, but those comics are generally inaccessible to an English-speaking audience. In some corners of the internet, you’ll see manga used to refer to all types of East Asian comics, no matter whether it’s manga vs....

What is Middle Fantasy? Back in the old days, fantasy was just fantasy, but these days we’ve branched out and established several different sub-genres, the most notable of which are high or epic fantasy and low fantasy. The term “high fantasy” has only been around since the 1970s and describes books that are set in a fictional alternative world (think Middle-earth). Literarily, the term was used to differentiate between real-world and alternative fantasy world, but these days, it’s also taken on to mean the scope of magical elements in the story as well....