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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. R. Nassor may spend more time with books, tea, and ceramic mugs than recommended by professionals but it hasn’t failed her so far. Nassor has a MA in English Literature from Georgetown University, …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Isabelle Popp has written all sorts of things, ranging from astrophysics research articles and math tests to crossword puzzles and poetry. These days she’s writing romance. When she’s not reading or writing, she’s …
The Little Green Armchair and Tales of Echo Forest by Lisa Luttrell What’s it About? Two tender stories of animals in Echo Forest experiencing journeys of blossoming friendship, courage and enduring love. If you’re looking for a short and sweet, almost vintage-style children’s book filled with animal friends and important …
The Raging Storm by Ann Cleeves What’s it About? Celebrity Jem Rosco disappears as abruptly as he arrived in town, his lifeless body discovered in a dinghy, anchored off a cove with legends of its own. Superstition and rumor mix with fact as another body is found, and Detective Inspector …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The inimitable Nikki DeMarco is as well-traveled as she is well-read. Being an enneagram 3, Aries, high school librarian, makes her love for efficiency is unmatched. She lives in Richmond, Virginia, and is …
Vacation season is still in full swing. Make your summer traffic jams bearable with some great audiobook travel companions. Instead of listening to your GPS tell you about yet another “ten-minute slowdown,” listen to these new romantic audiobooks that involve travel and getaways. Perfect for road trips, or for armchair …
AuthorBuzz AuthorBuzz is the premier marketing and promotion service that lets authors make a personal connection with the people who buy, sell, read, and recommend their books. Created by New York Times bestselling author M.J. Rose in 2005, AuthorBuzz is the culmination of her 15-year advertising career and her 14-year …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Anne Mai Yee Jansen is a literature and ethnic studies professor and a lifelong story addict. She exists on a steady diet of books and hot chocolate, with a heaping side of travel …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Jeffrey Davies is a professional introvert and writer with imposter syndrome whose work spans the worlds of pop culture, books, music, feminism, and mental health. In addition to Book Riot, his writing has …
Heart of Stone by David Burns What’s it About? Hitwoman Kyra Anastas is a modern medusa, killing with the petrifying gaze of the serpents that make up her hair, but a chance encounter forces her to ask the question: Can a monster choose to be good? The high saturation of …
From Beirut to America by Edward Challita “My mother came to pick me up from school one day, screaming ‘Eddy! Eddy!’ All the other mothers came running and shouting too. Their screams pierced my ears and vibrated in my ribcage … I was very afraid.” Edward Challita, five years old …
marionette by Allen Vartanian What’s it About? In this collection of original poetry, Armenian-American poet Allen Vartanian masterfully weaves together themes of connection, manipulation, self-love and autonomy, inviting readers to reflect on and reclaim their own narratives. we sacrifice relationships and burn bridges in the name of self-preservation … but …
U.S. Education Is in Trouble, Let’s Fix It! 22 Reform Proposals by Richard W. Garrett What’s it About? A book about educational reform based on the author’s ten-year expedition to research the U.S. K-12 system to find things in need of improvement. The book covers a wide range of topics …
Foxglove by Adalyn Grace Adalyn Grace’s Foxglove (Little, Brown and Company) is the lush gothic fantasy sequel that you’ve been waiting for. Belladonna was a standout from the start, and Grace’s highly anticipated second installment does not disappoint. A delicate dance of haunting romance, high stakes and fiery emotion, Foxglove …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Mystery Next Door? This book was inspired by my granddaughter, Haleigh Rose, who was nine years old at that time. I had just published my first novel which involved the subject of human trafficking, not exactly an appropriate …
Tough and Competent by Eugene F. Kranz From Gemini to Apollo launches, the Skylab program, and the stunning loss of the Challenger crew, author Eugene Kranz was the face of NASA leadership. Now he documents the leadership and teamwork principles that emerged from an organization of novice, part-time engineers in …
Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either …
Not My Fault by SB Frasca What’s it About? A quirky, endearing teen pursues social justice through art. Remember tenth grade? Or maybe you’re there now. Or headed there soon. Whether you’re a jock, a nerd or a popular kid, you know the importance of finding your people and your …
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The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories by Jess Walter Reading can be a transcendent experience. Constant readers like me are occasionally transported magically into another time, place or world by the sheer eloquence and elegant beauty of an author’s choice of words and phrasing. It doesn’t happen frequently but …
For August, we are celebrating women’s fiction titles that showcase characters relocating from a small town to a big city. Big cities and small towns can be canvas on which authors develop their characters or even characters in and of themselves. Here are four books that perfectly capture this plot …
Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow …
The finalists for the 2023 Kirkus Prize are out. The Kirkus Prize, in its 10th year, is one of the richest literary awards in the world and grants a prize of $50,000 every year to authors for works of fiction, nonfiction, and young readers’ literature. This year’s finalists were books …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. By day, Leah Rachel von Essen is the editor-in-chief of Chicago Booth Magazine at the University of Chicago. By night, she reviews genre-bending fiction for Booklist, and writes regularly as a senior contributor …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Anne Mai Yee Jansen is a literature and ethnic studies professor and a lifelong story addict. She exists on a steady diet of books and hot chocolate, with a heaping side of travel …
Gia R. is from Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated with two business degrees. While studying, her short nonfiction story was published in 2018 in Write On, Downtown, an ASU journal. Since then, she taught preschool students abroad. Now back in AZ, you’ll find her writing, reading, and adoring digital art. View …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Third Wheel? I didn’t pick Third Wheel as much as it chose me. After the success of my debut short story collection, 50 States, I had this idea to follow it up with another collection of short stories linked …
Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn What’s it About? Mrs. Plansky receives a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson, who needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam. By morning, she has lost everything to the scammers. She follows her only clue on a …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Fifth Student (Brad Parker and Karen Richmond Medical Thrillers Book 6)? The Fifth Student, like my other novels, is based on my prior professional life as an academic scientist, which included cancer research and teaching at Harvard Medical …
