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It’s why I don’t understand during the Marvel Retailer Summit the Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief saying: There are fewer artists that impact sales than there are writers, Alonso said, and they’re harder to promote… “We can hype our artists all we want, but I don’t know if we know how many artists, besides maybe McNiven and Coipel, absolutely move the needle on anything to be drawn. His statements did however make me realize this devaluing of artist–coupled with the confusion of every reboot having the same title–is why I don’t read many Marvel titles....

Somehow, that silly Little Critter nestled into my longterm memories. Now that I’m an adult and a toddler parent, I’ve come to appreciate how Mercer Mayer authentically captures the child’s voice in his stories. In an attempt to share that Little Critter nostalgia with my son, I began checking out one Little Critter book each time we went to the library. We started with Just Shopping With Mom, and that dear reader, is when the magic happened....

Loki In both the comics and the mythos, Loki is genderfluid, despite the fact that the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)has largely pretended this was not the case up to this point. There is also a popular character called Lady Loki, which is Loki’s feminine persona. Loki has always been a queer coded villain, but only recently has his character been able to fully present as queer. Lady Loki didn’t appear until much later, though there is heavy speculation about how this character will impact both Marvel Comics and the MCU over the next few years....

“Many countries censor blogs, newspapers and websites that run counter to their ruling regimes’ views and laws – but those same regimes don’t block Minecraft. Reporters without Borders contracted Blockworks – a company that builds custom experiences inside the game – to build a library full of virtual books, filled with the same banned writing. Launched today, the library currently contains 200 books, with more to be added as time goes on, including articles by censored, jailed, and even murdered journalists....

In 1987 the mayor of Baltimore dubbed it “the city that reads.” It may not be the best-known moniker of “Charm City,” but something about the name rings true to this day. Whether it’s because of Baltimore’s amazing independent bookstores, world-famous libraries, or literary home-town heroes, “the city that reads” is not one to be missed by book-lovers. Independent Bookshops The Book Thing The Book Thing isn’t technically a shop because it doesn’t sell books....

There will be spoilers below for the two hour premier of Emerald City (and for many of the Oz books). I was both skeptical and excited before the premier. Skeptical because I dislike aging up of heroines (Dorothy is supposed to be a little girl–her age is not stated in the books but is often estimated as eleven years old) and hate grimdark fairytales, but excited because TARSEM SINGH YOU ALL....

What is the Book Riot New Release Index? The Book Riot New Release Index gives booksellers, librarians, and book lovers like yourself an easy way to see some of the most exciting new releases in one place. Its features allow you to save titles you’re excited about to your watchlist. You can filter new releases by our curators’ top picks, trending, and recently added. If you want to see new releases in a certain genre, you can select the genre from the sidebar....

Fifteen women have won the Nobel Prize for Literature in its century of existence. Six of these have been in the last 20 years. Because of the way the prize is structured, it’s hard to know who was up for the prize. Information about Nobel nominations and are kept sealed for 50 years after the prizes are awarded. That is, we won’t know who was in the running against Peter Handke until late 2069 or early 2070....

Former First Lady Michelle Obama made history last year when her memoir, Becoming, broke the record for most books sold in 2018. It was published on November 13, and broke the record in just 15 days. It is still the No. 1 hardcover nonfiction title on the New York Times’ bestseller list and has been there for 18 weeks. Now, months later, the book has sold nearly 10 million copies and boosted revenue for Bertelsmann SE (the media company that owns American publisher Penguin Random House) to its highest since 2007....

Here are some middle grade books that unpack some complex conversations or topics. There are certainly a lot more books that do so about a wide variety of topics, but here’s a list of recent ones that can help kick off your reading. Rick by Alex Gino A connected story to Gino’s book George, this book centers Rick, who’s just starting middle school. His best friend Jeff is kind of a jerk, especially to girls....

New York Times bestselling authors Barry Lyga and Morgan Baden have teamed up for the first time to create a novel that’s gripping, terrifying and more relevant every day. The Hive follows seventeen-year-old Cassie, who, after being “condemned” on social media, is on the run from a deadly state-sanctioned mob seeking to exact IRL punishment. Aided by a shadowy underground network, Cassie becomes an unlikely heroine, as her search for the truth makes her a threat to the entire unjust system....

Except when they don’t. And I love it. I don’t consciously seek out heroes with no secret identity, but when I started thinking about characters and stories I love, it was a recurring element. The World-Famous Elongated Man! Wally West’s salad days as the Flash! Superboy in Hawaii and Guy Gardner in, well, everything! Give me a hero without a mask and I’m interested. Heck, I’ve even always said that if I ever decided to Make Mine Marvel, the first place I’d start would be with the Fantastic Four....

We have Jane Harper’s new Aaron Falk for Australian crime fans, a YA dark academia, an L.A. crime novel with “fixers,” a remote mystery set in Alaska, a remote mystery set in a ski resort, the start to a new procedural, a crime novel for fans of dark humor, a new cozy mystery series starter for foodies, the return of Finlay Donovan for fans of funny crime novels, a thriller with a missing husband at the core, a puzzle mystery told through recovered iPhone audio files, and a thriller that places a group of friends in the present still holding onto a past secret that one of them wants to finally tell…With a start this strong, 2023 is bound to be an excellent reading year for mystery and thriller fans....

The blended school year plan, announced on July 8, requires each of New York’s 1,606 schools to choose to operate either two or three cohorts, which will provide in-person learning either 1/2 or 1/3 time respectively, with the rest of the school hours being remote learning. To help alleviate the pressure on parents to monitor the remaining school hours, the city is setting up “learning labs,” made up of 15 students each....

“Former U.S. President Barack Obama took to Twitter this weekend to promote his favorite books and movies of the year. Following close on the heels of his comments about women’s leadership, Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2019 highlight his respect for powerful women. Keep reading to find out more Barack Obama’s reading recommendations, including the 17 newly-recommended 2019 books he loved this year.” Read women! “On January 1, 2020, works from 1924 will enter the US public domain, where they will be free for all to use and build upon, without permission or fee....

In other words, they’re both from the same family. The Aesthetics. Lee is, after all, the founder of the blog The Aesthetics of Joy. Where A Pattern Language concerned itself with the aesthetics of large common spaces, architecture, and city design, Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee (find her TED talk here) is scaled smaller. Even to the bangle upon your wrist. Because fractals. Because fashion psychology is a thing. Joyful “brings you ideas and tools for living a more joyful life backed by scientific research” and celebrates “the power of color, light, pattern, and shape to create a happier, healthier world....

Now, Skillshare isn’t free. BUT, you can take as many courses as you’d like during their month-long free trial (two months if you use someone’s affiliate link to sign up). Most of these courses are under an hour, making it the perfect Sunday morning activity. Grab a cup of coffee and your notebook, press play, and spend the next hour or two writing and absorbing information from the minds of your favorite authors....

Kramer’s debut novel came in 1978 with Faggots. This well-researched but controversial portrayal of gay life in Manhattan and Fire Island went on to be one of the best-selling gay novels of all time. Kramer became involved with activism in 1981 at the beginning of the HIV/AIDS crisis with the founding of Gay Men’s Health Crisis. Kramer’s activism style has been called aggressive and confrontational, but as he himself said to Newsday in 1992, “Sure I have a temper…It happens when you’ve seen so many of your friends die....

I also love talking fairytales with other readers and finding out everyone’s favorite stories, as we all have ones we love most of all. Personally, I’m a “Beauty and the Beast” fan, and I also love “Hansel and Gretel” and “Vasilisa the Beautiful.” But ask someone else, and their ranking might be completely different from our own. This quiz does exactly the same thing. In this quiz, you’ll answer a series of questions about fairytales to find your next fave YA fantasy read....

This quiz is designed to match you up with just such a book. There’s nothing quite as fun as embarking on a literary adventure into the unknown. But when you’re reading a book by an author you love, there’s a minimal kind of safety net there. Of course, there are no guarantees in this territory, either. I’ve selected books I think are amazing despite the lack of attention, but the question remains: why didn’t these books get noticed in the same way as other books in the author’s ouvre?...