My Mother Rearranges Strangers’ Lives in the Dark
None of That by Samanta Schweblin We’re lost,” says my mother. She brakes and leans over the steering wheel. Her fingers, slender and old, grip the...
8 Books for the Recovering Nice Girl
Let us begin with the traditional greeting of Nice Girls: omg, hi!! Thank you for being here! As a lifelong Nice Girl, I need to be...
Amazon Changes Kindle eBook Return Policy, Ends Lending Between Kindle Users, and More
Amazon has been quietly making a series of changes to their Kindle policies regarding ebook returns, lending between users, ebook formats, and more. What’s afoot at...
Books That Hit Different the Second Time Around
I am a chronic re-reader, but I wasn’t always. In fact it wasn’t until college that I started to get sick of reading that my love...
Bookish Tote Bags for Your Next Library Haul
A good book tote bag is KEY for a trip to the library, bookstore, or wherever else you’re going in everyday life. But finding the perfect...
The Messiness of My Policeman, E. M. Forster, and Harry Styles
There has been quite the conversation lately about one Mr. Harry Edward Styles, of Reditch, UK, involving his debut as an actor and whether or not...
Quiz: How Well Do You Remember CHARLOTTE’S WEB?
Charlotte’s Web has long been a classic since its publication in the 20th century. Upon rereading the middle grade novel in preparation for writing this quiz,...
8 Jewish Contemporary Fiction Books
One of the first Jewish authors that I fell in love with was Chaim Potok. He was an author and rabbi who wrote the classic story...
Recent Adult Books with Reality TV Elements
Books with reality TV elements are a huge sub-genre! There are reality TV romcoms, YA reality TV novels, horror novels, literary fiction, the list goes on...
Hellbent and Hydebound
“If you wish to know an era,” wrote sci-fi seer William Gibson, “study its most lucid nightmares. In the mirror of our darkest fears, much will...
