The Joy of Writing Real Human Beings with Jean Chen Ho
At BOMB Magazine, Jean Chen Ho discusses her new novel, Fiona and Jane, which follows a friendship between two women over the course of decades. “Even...
Little Free Library’s Action Book Club has an Environmental Theme in 2022
Since 2017, Little Free Library has run the Action Book Club, a book club where “participants read books on timely topics, engage in lively discussions, and...
Book Riot’s Romance Deals for January 19, 2022
Today’s edition of Romance Daily Deals is sponsored by $3.99 Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert Get This Deal $1.99 The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn...
Book Riot’s Children’s Book Deals for January 19, 2021
Today’s edition of kids’ book deals is sponsored by Featured Deals $1.99 Sparrow Rising by Jessica Khoury Get This Deal $1.99 Love Sugar Magic: A Dash...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 19, 2022
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $1.99 Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter Get This Deal $6.99 State of Terror by Louise...
My Slut Shaming Ghost Can Go to Hell
Here Preached His Last The first time I see the ghost of George Whitefield, I’m fucking my neighbor Karl. We’re going at it with more enthusiasm...
Heroes Will Not Save Us From the Climate Change Crisis
Too often, popular fiction welcomes convenient last-minute solutions to the end of the world, even if the old cliché that things are darkest just before the...
Unique, Sturdy, and Fun Metal Bookmarks
I’ve used only two bookmarks the majority of my adult reading life. One is a wooden bookmark from a former boss who picked it up for...
Are You Really a Reader if You Have to Motivate Yourself to Read Books?
I recently came across an interesting comment on a post about setting a Goodreads reading goal. The comment said — and I’m paraphrasing — that if...
Reading Pathways: Kate Zambreno
I first discovered Kate Zambreno when her second novel Green Girl was a contender in the 2012 Tournament of Books (it lost in the first round)....
