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A monthly roundup of favorite mystery and thriller reviews from the biweekly Unusual Suspects crime newsletter, highlighting some great new releases and backlist mysteries that shouldn’t...

Out-Spoken started as a spoken word event in The Way of Kings bar near Kings Cross station in central London, and has become one of the...

A beacon for book lovers, The Book Loft lives in the middle of German Village in Columbus, Ohio. The Book Loft boasts 32 rooms of bargain...

My favorite trope in horror is the one that offers the most flexibility: ghosts. This is especially the case with YA books, where YA ghost books...

Don’t get me wrong: I appreciate a slow burn romance as much as the next fanfic reader. But getting together isn’t the only story you can...

Highlighting female authors in translation since 2014, Women in Translation Month is now an explosively popular online phenomenon, filling lit mags and Twitter feeds with lists...

My mother is an amazing woman. She raised four children by herself in a foreign country while getting a Masters and a second degree. She epitomises...

These days, we all hear about meditation, healthy habits, mindfulness. So, I have gathered a list of the best mindfulness books that there are out there....

As each February rolls around, a few bibliophile friends (who are also dedicated Santa Monica Library patrons) and I anticipate the book selection announcement from the...