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Who Was Madeleine L’Engle?

Speaking of ways, pet, there is such a thing as a tesseract.  I had eye surgery at the very end of third grade. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to swim for six weeks of summer vacation, I had to wear this really fetching sunglasses-visor combo whenever I went …
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Sci-Fi Books for Readers Who Don’t Like Sci-Fi

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Sci-fi can be intimidating. Let’s not pretend it isn’t. There’s a whole set of rules to the genre and a new vocabulary to keep up with. On top of that, sometimes sci-fi can …
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 15, 2022

Deals This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Read The Full Article Here
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Middle Grade and YA Novels By Your Favorite Adult Fiction

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you’re like me, when you find an author you love, you get pretty darn excited when they publish a new book. Lately, I’ve been noticing a lot of writers branching out into …
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Books to Read if You Like Nicholas Sparks

08 Sep 2022 Books to Read if You Like Nicholas Sparks Nicholas Sparks’ books will never fail to make you laugh, cry, and most importantly, fall in love! With his newest novel, Dreamland, set to release later this month, there is still plenty of time to read a couple of …
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Books to Read for Fans of Charlaine Harris

08 Sep 2022 Books to Read for Fans of Charlaine Harris Charlaine Harris is best known for her book series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, which is the basis for the hit HBO Television series True Blood. Though the show itself is ultimately a loose adaptation of the books, Harris’ bestselling …
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This Fall’s Most Anticipated Middle Grade Graphic Novels

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The best new middle grade graphic novels span genres and topics. From horse stories to hero stories, the graphic fiction included in this roundup reflect the diversity of the thriving contemporary middle grade …
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Books to Read if You Like Holly Black

08 Sep 2022 Books to Read if You Like Holly Black Holly Black, best known for novels like The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book of Night, The Cruel Prince, and more, is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Fans of the fantasy genre, both young and old, are sure to love …
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Why We Keep Retelling the Hades and Persephone Myth

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Like most people of my generation, there was a not-so-brief period of my life where I was fascinated with the idea of Greek mythology. And by not-so-brief, I mean the fascination is still …
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17 New Romance Books You Need to Read This September

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. September is the month when seasons change. Bye-bye, summer. Hello, autumn! Hopefully, the heat of this year goes away, because this has felt like the hottest summer ever. When the leaves start to …
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Interview with Daniel Santos, Author of Life is Inevitable

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Life is Inevitable? During my senior year of high school a friend of mine ended her life a month before graduation. I always asked myself what I would do if I could have her back in my life, which …
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If You Loved That Novel, Try This Nonfiction Book

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. My affinity for nonfiction has only been increasing over the years, as I become better at scouting out well written books about topics I find interesting. Often my fiction reading leads me to …
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Interview with Jeffrey L

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Wizardom Legends: Thief for Hire? This is the first novel in a trilogy starring a fan-favorite rogue from my Fate of Wizardoms and Fall of Wizardoms series. The series features the outrageous exploits that brought Jerrell Landish fame as …
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New SFF Releases out in September

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Finally, September is here and you know what that means? Fall is about to start, Halloween season is around the corner — and most importantly, it’s time to take a look at some …
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10 New-to-Me Poets I Discovered Thanks to The Sealey Challenge

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I discovered The Sealey Challenge last year, thanks to my fellow Rioter and poetry lover Connie Pan. During the month of August, poetry lovers all over the world come together to read one …
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Interview with Jeff O’Handley, Author of Powerless

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Powerless? I had the first flash for this story while driving to pick up my daughter at her friend’s house—during a hurricane. The road crossed a small stream, and the stream was absolutely boiling through the culvert below. An …
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Interview with William Bernhardt, Author of Plot/Counterplot

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Plot/Counterplot? A thriller writer is kidnapped by international criminals who want him to use his plotting skills to devise a way to steal the world’s most powerful—and most secret—weapon. If you had to pick theme songs for the main …
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Can You Guess the Fantasy Book By Its Lego-Style Cover?

Last week, I put together a quiz about identifying sci-fi books based on pixelated versions of their covers. That was entertaining for me to do, and it looks like a lot of people liked taking the quiz, so I decided to do the same thing for famous fantasy books. But …
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 8, 2022

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W. Winters On the Romance Genre

01 Sep 2022 There is security in the romance genre that is absent in every other part of life, let alone other books. A guaranteed happily ever after. It doesn’t matter how dark the story gets or how hopeless it may seem, it’s going to be okay. It’s a promise …
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