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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

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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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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SLJ Survey Shows That Censorship Will Have Long-Term Effect on

The America Library Association reported 729 book challenges in 2021 that impacted nearly 1,600 titles, the highest number of challenges the organization has recorded in 20 years. Despite this increase in challenges, only 43% of the librarians who took the School Library Journal’s (SLJ) 2022 Controversial Books Survey reported facing …
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Interview with Dale E

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write A Day for Bones? The flood that starts the novel is based on a pair of real catastrophic floods in Ellicott City, Maryland in 2016 and 2018. The HorseSpirit Arts Gallery, where most of a skeleton is found in …
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Cool Off With These Chilling Mysteries and Thrillers

02 Sep 2022 Cool Off With These Chilling Mysteries and Thrillers The end of August marks the end of the summer season. What better way to enjoy the last days of sunshine and hot weather than with a new mystery or thriller book? Whether you’re looking to get lost in …
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10 of the Best Sleuths in Cozy Mysteries

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It is only in the last couple of years that I have fallen in love with cozy mysteries, which is in itself a mystery to me because there’s very little I love more …
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12 Novels With Recipes In Them

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I love eating! To me, food is a comfort, and it’s maybe a blessing and a tragedy that I seem to plan everything in my daily routine around meals. When I go on …
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Why I Only Read Romance Books On My Phone

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. There were too many times when my mother would catch me reading a book with a flashlight under my sheets, demanding I go to sleep already. I can’t say that romance was ever …
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How To Create A Good Banned Books Display: Book Censorship

Banned Books Week is coming, which means that waves of displays in libraries, classrooms, and bookstores are also incoming. We’re already seeing many, and while they are useful for highlighting the reality of censorship across America to those who are not as tapped into the news about it, too many …
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Barbara Ehrenreich, Author of NICKEL AND DIMED, Has Passed Away

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Barbara Ehrenreich was an author, journalist, and activist who published more than 20 books, including Nickel and Dimed, which documents several months she spent working the lowest-paying jobs in the U.S.A. and trying …
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The State of the Beach Read

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It is prime reading season. From the time we were children, summer reading started with summer reading programs like Book It! and local library challenges, getting us excited about picking up books. Then …
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Books to Read if You Like the Bachelorette

02 Sep 2022 Books to Read if You Like the Bachelorette Have you been following Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey’s journey for love on the Bachelorette this season? If you’re looking for a steamy new book to read, while waiting for new episodes to release, we’ve got you covered! Check …
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The Ugly History of Japanese Characters in American Comics

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The wave of anti-Asian violence that began with the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of abating, so stories featuring Asian characters in a positive light — or even in a complex light, emphasizing …
Wiz Khalifa Announces Red Rocks Concert For 4/20 Cannabis Holiday Tomorrow | Celebrity Insider
Wiz Khalifa Announces Red Rocks Concert For 4/20 Cannabis Holiday Tomorrow | Celebrity Insider
Mormon Wives Star Jessi Draper Reacts to Marciano Brunette Romance Speculation
Mormon Wives Star Jessi Draper Reacts to Marciano Brunette Romance Speculation
Justin Bieber Coachella 2026 Weekend 2 Highlights: Billie Eilish One Less Lonely Girl & More
Justin Bieber Coachella 2026 Weekend 2 Highlights: Billie Eilish One Less Lonely Girl & More
58 Mega-Popular Songs Musicians Regret, Cringe At, Or Straight-Up Hate Performing
58 Mega-Popular Songs Musicians Regret, Cringe At, Or Straight-Up Hate Performing
Rose of Nevada review – a gorgeous Cornish time-travel yarn
Rose of Nevada review – a gorgeous Cornish time-travel yarn
Bold & Beautiful Spoilers for What Happens This Week (April 20-24)
Bold & Beautiful Spoilers for What Happens This Week (April 20-24)
Lee Cronins The Mummy | Miroirs No. 3 | The Blue Trail
Lee Cronins The Mummy | Miroirs No. 3 | The Blue Trail
Nicolas Cages Widely Acclaimed 2021 Thriller Is Leaving Netflix 
Nicolas Cages Widely Acclaimed 2021 Thriller Is Leaving Netflix 
Today, GMA, & CBS Mornings Ratings Revealed After Savannah Guthries Return
Today, GMA, & CBS Mornings Ratings Revealed After Savannah Guthries Return
Angela Bassetts Favorite American Horror Story Character Was Based On A Real Person – TVLine
Angela Bassetts Favorite American Horror Story Character Was Based On A Real Person – TVLine
Daytime TV Performer of the Week: Y&Rs Courtney Hope Delivers Dramatic Turn With Surprise Pregnancy
Daytime TV Performer of the Week: Y&Rs Courtney Hope Delivers Dramatic Turn With Surprise Pregnancy
Tia Carreres Forgotten Tomb Raider-Style Series Is Streaming For Free – TVLine
Tia Carreres Forgotten Tomb Raider-Style Series Is Streaming For Free – TVLine
Guns N Roses Perform Rare Sex Pistols / Runaways Song Live for First Time
Guns N Roses Perform Rare Sex Pistols / Runaways Song Live for First Time
Tory Lanez Sues California Prison System Over Inmate Stabbing
Tory Lanez Sues California Prison System Over Inmate Stabbing
PinkPantheress Brings Out Janelle Monáe, Zara Larsson & More During Coachella Set
PinkPantheress Brings Out Janelle Monáe, Zara Larsson & More During Coachella Set
5 Death Metal Bands Whose Third Album Is Their Best
5 Death Metal Bands Whose Third Album Is Their Best
Leadership and Success Tips: Business Books – NewInBooks
Leadership and Success Tips: Business Books – NewInBooks
Legends & Adventure: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reads for You – NewInBooks
Legends & Adventure: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reads for You – NewInBooks
Emotion & Meaning: Literary Fiction Books for You – NewInBooks
Emotion & Meaning: Literary Fiction Books for You – NewInBooks
Interview with C.L. Gaber, Author of The Order of Odd Brilliance – NewInBooks
Interview with C.L. Gaber, Author of The Order of Odd Brilliance – NewInBooks
We Channeled the '90s in Guess For Coachella Weekend – Starting at
We Channeled the '90s in Guess For Coachella Weekend – Starting at $29
I Spent an Afternoon With an Aritzia Stylist—My Spring Wardrobe Has Never Looked Better
I Spent an Afternoon With an Aritzia Stylist—My Spring Wardrobe Has Never Looked Better
Pretty Dresses, Tops, and Sandals From Nordys End of Season Sale
Pretty Dresses, Tops, and Sandals From Nordys End of Season Sale
Ive Been Binge Watching Euphoria—Ive Tracked Down Every Single One of the Shows Best Outfits
Ive Been Binge Watching Euphoria—Ive Tracked Down Every Single One of the Shows Best Outfits
Movie Review: The Paranormal | Blu-ray | HNN
Movie Review: The Paranormal | Blu-ray | HNN
A MOTHERS RECALL, a haunting psychological horror film from Black Mandala | HNN
A MOTHERS RECALL, a haunting psychological horror film from Black Mandala | HNN
Short Film Reviews: Online Block #3 Cockroach and more. Panic Fest 2026 | HNN
Short Film Reviews: Online Block #3 Cockroach and more. Panic Fest 2026 | HNN
Film Review: Bear (Panic Fest 2026 Coverage) | HNN
Film Review: Bear (Panic Fest 2026 Coverage) | HNN