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The Last Vampire by Romina Garber If you love Jane Austen and you love vampires, this book brings the two of them together in an unexpected way. Lorena Navarrois so excited to enroll in a brand new boarding school that’s just opened up in a formerly condemned Victorian home in …


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It’s the end of the year as we know it, and I’ve got three very interesting articles to dive into. We’ve got the state of Maine telling rural libraries they have to pay their directors a regular salary, an unusual contested library budget vote, and good news on the IMLS …


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There’s Always Next Year by Leah Johnson and George M. Johnson This is a powerhouse, absolute dream of a writing duo. That they’re teaming up to write a holiday rom-com makes my dark heart light up. Andy was going to shed her too-serious persona on New Year’s Eve, but everything …
Audition by Katie Kitamura Kitamura starts us out with a tight and masterful portrayal of people playing roles, and thinking about playing roles. Then, at about the halfway point, the stakes are changed, not in terms of register but in terms of what stories are and can do. Like many …
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+, December 10) Percy Jackson returns for a second season on December 10. For season 2, we’ll join Percy, Annabeth, and Grover as they go on an adventure to save Camp Half-Blood. This is based on the second book in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series,The …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Damn, it feels good to be a reader! Make-believe worlds never get old and are never in short supply. It’s the season for giving, but it’s always time to treat yourself to books. …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Grab your coffee, settle into Sunday, and let the lists come to you. Here’s a holiday buffet of Best Books round-ups. View Original Article Here


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Welcome to your Saturday edition of Today in Books. Here’s the highlight reel from the week that was. The Biggest Best-Of-2025 List Has Landed NPR’s annual “Books We Love” feature is the antithesis of the hyper-curated top-ten. “More is more” readers, rejoice: the crew at NPR—hosts, producers, editors, everybody—has rounded …
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. My search for the queer books on the Best Books of the Year lists continues! This time, I combed through NPR’s staggering 384-title “Books We Love” list. I found about 30 queer books …


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Book Deals Losing control of the narrative, a queer Harlem Renaissance, a cathartic love story, and more of today’s best book deals. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. View Original Article Here


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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s the day after Thanksgiving here in the US, which means I haven’t been confident about what day of the week it is since about Monday, I’ve had pie for breakfast two days …
Prepare Your Library Before January Arrives, November 2024 “Public libraries have beenunder attack for several years, as have the people working within them. We know that what happens in public schoolsmakes its way to the public libraries, often bythe very same peoplewrecking hell upon those schools. Here are some of …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. As November comes to a close and we near the end of Native American Heritage Month, now seems like a good time to reflect on the importance of reading Native American stories all …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Yen On, your favorite novel publisher! Lila, a Polish girl who lost her parents during the Great War, now lives in a mansion with an immortal being known only as the Count. After …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ten Speed Press An illustrated account of Earth’s prehistory, Dinosaurs dives deep into geological time, with art in Rachel Ignotofsky’s notable style, to spark wonder and engage young scientists at every turn. Learn …
Viola and Wilmurare orphans living in the salt-covered town of Caveat. Their parents having abandoned them, the kids were originally being watched by a woman who read them stories about pirates. But one morning, they woke up to find that she had disappeared. Viola and Wilmurwere left to fend for …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. At the end of every year, dozens of best-of-the-year lists bounce around the internet, highlighting some of the year’s best books. But what about the top-tier books that don’t make many lists? Don’t …
I can almost guarantee you’ve heard of A Charlie Brown Christmas, which debuted 60 years ago, in 1965. You’re probably also familiar with It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, the Halloween special that aired the following year. You might even have seen A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, the 1973 special where …
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deckled edges finishing a book just as the train pulls into the station seeing someone reading a favorite book in public a good beginning a better ending a mysterious, wistful inscription in a used book re-reading a favorite and still agreeing with the notes you made in the margins re-reading …


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To much of the bookish world’s surprise, Barnes & Noble announced that Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser, translated by Hildegarde Serle, was their book of the year. But Samin Nosarat’s new cookbook Good Things won their “Best Gift Books of the Year” award, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s a …
The Beast In Me (Netflix) Courtesy of Netfli The tropes of this show are the most bookish: Aggie Wiggs is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has become reclusive and angry since her son died four years ago. She’s divorced and two years behind deadline on the biography she’s writing about …
Welcome to the last digest edition for November! Let’s take a look at what’s been going on this past month. News From DC and Marvel Let’s get the unpleasant news out of the way first: Jeremy Renner is facing ugly allegations, including sexual harassment, from director Yi Zhou. Renner’s lawyer …
