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In Looking For Garbo, tabloid NYC reporter Seth Moseley gets a hot tip that movie goddess Greta Garbo is stowed aboard an ocean liner bound for Europe on September 1, 1939. He boards the vessel, desperate to get a candid photo and pay off some hefty gambling debts. But he gets more than he bargained for when Seth realizes the reclusive Garbo is actually sailing on to Nazi Germany, on a secret mission to stop WWII before it can start by assassinating her biggest fan – Adolf Hitler....

In Lobizona, bestselling author Romina Garber weaves together Argentine folklore and what it means to be illegal “in a timely tale of identity and adventure that every teenager should read” (Tomi Adeyemi, bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone).

The stares, the snickers, the constant teasing from the students at Roanoke High—combined with her own self-doubt and absentee parents—finally takes its toll on Mildred Waco. Stumbling upon the Crossroads Magicks shop, she decides she will no longer simply endure the bullying and skeptically buys a revenge curse. But when Mildred begins to lose control and students are found brutally murdered, she realizes that she may have bought more than she bargained for....

That’s right. You can borrow manga on Kindle Unlimited! I have a few caveats, however. Availability varies. Some series are available in their entirety while some only offer the first few volumes. The latter option isn’t as great as being able to marathon an entire series, but it’s a good way to sample a title and decide whether you want to buy the rest. It can be a little tricky to navigate the world of Kindle Unlimited manga, though, so here some recommendations to get you started....

Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight....

The first Harry Potter book was published in 1997, and the final book was published in 2007. I was born in 1996. I love books. I love fantasy. I love Emma Watson. If you do the math and toss in some of those context clues, you could probably assume I fall into the large percentage of my generation who read and loved the Harry Potter series growing up—and you’d be wrong....

Perhaps my inner child is happy to finally have a chance to read books with diverse characters. When I was younger, there weren’t a lot of options featuring poor and/or Black and/or queer characters. Admittedly, it’s nice to see that changing. Don’t worry! I’m not going to rehash the tired argument of whether adults should be reading YA or anything like that. I also have no intention to present my journey to reading adult lit as some triumph....

…just kidding. Here’s what we’re not going to do: That. Because that right there is one of the only issues the otherwise pretty awesome and chill Avatar fandom bangs its collective head against. It’s the reason Avatar: The Last Airbender (the series, not the horrible awful whitewashed travesty of a movie) is almost universally praised while its successor The Legend of Korra goes about 50/50 on the love-or-hate o’meter. Sure, there are parts of Korra that are a little choppy; there are parts of Avatar that are a little choppy, too....

Marvel Studios made the decision to push back Black Widow, originally slated for April 24, to November 6. This was the original release date for The Eternals, which pushed back the release date for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which pushed back…well, you get the idea. You can see for yourself just how house-of-cardsy the whole lineup now is. There’s no doubt about it: this pandemic sucks harder than Tony and Steve’s falling out....

Effective November 16, those who are incarcerated can no longer receive materials from vendors such as Barnes and Noble or Christian Books. In jails across the country, access to printed material is often restricted to new books that come directly from publishers or vendors. This means organizations that donate books to prisons often find the materials they’ve sorted through that meet an ever-changing range of criteria returned to sender. Rather, those who are incarcerated can only receive books which are sent to them brand new....

What Is Solarpunk? The overall vibe of the solarpunk genre is often described as inspired by Art Nouveau, Victorian, and Afrofuturist motifs. Illustrations of solarpunk landscapes often look hypermodern, light, airy, and colorful, but can also be rich in elegant detail. Most of all, everything is so, so green. Just covered in leaves. Like Ewoks moved into the Watergate. Along with this visual style, the spirit of solarpunk is one of craftsmanship, egalitarianism, and optimism where technology can be put to work to solve our greatest problems....

No, seriously, I don’t know why. I’m not primarily a Marvel reader and I’ve never been a big X-Men fan. I have no dog in the Scott/Jean/Logan triangle. Of his solo movies, I’ve only seen Logan. I’d rather see Hugh Jackman in tap shoes than adamantium any day. And yet, I have questions. So many questions. Not the usual ones, like “Who would win in a fight?” or “Could Wolverine’s claws cut through Captain America’s shield?...

August 2019 Horoscopes and Book Recommendations Aries (March 21–April 19) August is your time for summer lovin’, Aries! Romantic relationships will be highly successful and satisfying this month. Whether your relationship is new or old, take your partner on an unusual date and open yourself to new possibilities. Your social network may also connect you to an interesting new job opportunity in August. Keep an open mind! You might enjoy The Right Swipe (August 6, Avon) by Alisha Rai....

I’ve done the research so that you don’t have to, picking up galleys at BEA and from publishers so that I can recommend you the best summer reads for 2019. Some of these recommendations are lighter than others, some are more complex, but all are fun, fast-moving, and suspenseful reads that are recently released or coming out soon, and that will make your summer one to remember. July Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes We’re deep into summer heat now, and this is the perfect book to read at the beach with the baseball game on in the background....

Beautiful words written by folks from across the arts: authors and comedians, actors and musicians, the children of immigrants or immigrants themselves, American Like Me unfurls the gorgeous tapestry of my America, where the descendant of Russian-Jewish immigrants, who grew up keeping kosher and missing Friday night dances, can be a writer and cosplayer and speak Spanish and Arabic. And I won’t give up on it. Dark, sharp, and intriguing, this was a book I could not read fast enough....

—Neha Patel —Kendra Winchester —Jeffrey Davies —Kate Krug —Jessica Plummer —Elisabeth Cook —Ashley Holstrom —Sarah S. Davis —Jessica Pryde —Jaime Herndon —Emily Martin —Carole Bell —Elizabeth Allen —Dana Lee —Jazlyn Andrews —Kathleen Keenan —Trisha Brown —Liberty Hardy —Adiba Jaigirdar —Alison Doherty —Jesse Doogan —Patricia Elzie-Tuttle —Rebecca Hussey —Jamie Canavés —Lyndsie Manusos —Connie Pan —Zoe Robertson —Silvana Reyes Lopez —Jenn Northington —Julius Lobo —Elisa Shoenberger —Nicole Young —Giovanna Centeno —Brooke Bailey Peters —Rachel Rosenberg —Isabelle Popp —Minerva Laveaga Luna —Emily Polson —Natalya Muncuff —Steph Auteri —Laura Sackton —Susie Dumond —Courtney Rodgers —Mikkaka Overstreet —Abby Hargreaves —Leah Rachel von Essen —Nicole Hill —Margaret Kingsbury —Eric Smith —Christine Ro —Casey Stepaniuk —PN Hinton —Chris M....

But if you’re looking for a more unorthodox suggestion—something off the page and also, perhaps, completely off the wall (and, in at least one case, on it), here are a few different ideas, any of which can be on its way to your beloved word-lover with a few clicks on the “Word” Wide Web… —– Applications Accepted Words With Friends may be grabbing all the headlines (for all the wrong reasons), but the Scrabble imitation is hardly the only app out there for your friends who love words....

Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to give away one book bundle containing 5 books by authors you should add to your TBR list: The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull, Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West, The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi, The Bright Lands by John Fram, and A Good Family by A.H. Kim. Horror Book Hoodie: Spooky season is upon us and this hoodie is perfect for all your spooky, cozy reading!...

Book Riot is teaming up with BookClubbish to giveaway a copy of NEVER SAW ME COMING by Vera Kurian and a $100 gift card to Bookshop.org to one lucky winner. Simply fill out the form and subscribe to the BookClubbish newsletter for a chance to win! Fraser’s Ridge Bookmark ($3): Get ready for that new Outlander book with this bookmark depicting Fraser’s Ridge! Jane Austen Tea and Treat Set ($19): Perfect for enjoying a nice cup of tea, a sweet or savory treat, and a book!...

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson for $2.50 How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams for $3.50 In the Woods by Tana French for $1.99 Beach Read by Emily Henry for $4.50 Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez for $1.99 Dune by Frank Herbert for $4....