One of the first American writers to become internet famous, R. Eric Thomas’ columns in Elle have helped to create and shape a pop culture experience familiar to many: witty examinations of politics and celebrity online as a lens on …
I just finished the fifth in the Murderbot Diaries, a fast-paced science-fiction series by Martha Wells about a rogue construct (like a cyborg, but ‘born’ that way) who just wants to watch its shows and not talk to humans …
As a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, Linus Baker’s reports are impeccable; nothing but clinical observations about the state of the government-run homes where “gifted” children reside. This is why Extremely Upper Management increases his security …
When Kate Holland’s brother Frank approached Max Brooks with a tale about a volcanic eruption, a hi-tech-back-to-nature planned community, a Bigfoot massacre, and his missing sister’s journal, the author of World War Z wondered why Frank thought he would be …
When a young woman wakes up in the hospital with amnesia, she only knows there’s a head wound under her very trendy haircut, and that her phone addresses her as both “Mia” and “hello gorgeous.”
While perusing her phone, she …
This story is told in twelve plane flights. Each of the short chapters has as its title an airport departure and destination code (Chapter One, LGW-MAD, Chapter 12, BUD – LGW), beginning and ending in London.
The story moves through …
Need some love and laughs? Little Moments of Love and Snug by Catana Chetwynd are my go to fun reads about dating your best friend. You can read them in any order since they are a comic strip compilation. Snuggle …
Ripped from the headlines of 1914, Girl Waits with Gun is the first book in the unmissable historical mystery series by Amy Stewart.
Constance Kopp is everything we want in the first lady police deputy of Paterson, New Jersey: bold, …
For anyone who has or is intending to watch the new HBO miniseries The Plot Against America, the ebook and audiobook of Philip Roth’s 2004 novel (wonderfully read by Ron Silver) is available to download at Hoopla Digital and Libby/Overdrive.
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If the title of leads you to think this is going to be a fun loving, tongue in cheek, romp of a vampire tale you’re only half right. Grady Hendrix has written a down-right scary story full of gory violence, …
Fifty-year-old formerly famous childrens’ book author Judy Vogel is anxious. Separated from her anxious, failed musician husband, they still live in the same house in order to support their anxious thirteen-year-old Montessori school attending son.
One day, Judy dons a …
If you’re like me, you been working from home for the past few weeks and you’re starting to really feel cooped up. So I wanted to tell you about a book that will give you a feel for getting out …
It’s 1989, and the Lady Falcons of Danvers, Massachusetts are staring down another losing season of field hockey. Instead of going full Bad News Bears, the goalie decides to try something new and pledge her soul to the devil …
The Grace Year, by Kim Liggett is an eerie look into a fictional cult-like society where young women are thought to gain a wicked magic when they reach womanhood.
When a girl turns 16, the entirety of her future …
What scares you? Gory figures scuttling in the shadows? Cockroaches drilling in your ear? Losing your partner, your children, your sanity? That’s all here, and more, in Grady Hendrix’s Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires.
Patricia Campbell is …
About 12 or 13 years ago, Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg published The Plain Janes and its sequel, Janes in Love, through Minx, a young adult imprint of DC Comics. They were a bit ahead of their time. The …
Harry Potter evokes a breathless magic that captivates fans the world over. Knitting Magic‘s officially licensed patterns embrace the joy and spirit of the whole series.
Projects range from the expected (Ron’s Christma “R” sweater, Hogwarts house scarves and …
At the end of every autumn Rhen, crown prince of Emberfall, becomes a beast who kills everyone and everything until his curse resets and it all starts again.
In 500 seasons he’s killed his family, his servants, his subjects. He …
Halfway through The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, Wallace-Wells writes “If you have made it this far, you are a brave reader.” There is enough information on every page to produce a week-long panic attack.
It’s more than just melting …
In a distant future, a man and his daughter may be the last surviving humans on Earth.
Together, they spend their days hunting and fishing, a father passing on his wisdom to his daughter. The secrets of the seasons, the …
Craft books usually focus on a material theme, i.e. knitting, paper, beads – but Sloth Crafts uses the sloth image to explore all kinds of media.
Projects range from stunning-yet-simple (like the crepe paper sloth suncatcher) to the more complex …
When billionaire Vincent Pryce dies suddenly, Tuesday Mooney joins the leagues of Bostonians embarking on an Edgar Allan Poe-themed scavenger hunt for his fortune. Her advantage? She’s a trivia queen and expert researcher, and also walks around with the ghost …
After her best friend and lover hangs for the crime of Possession of Unapproved Materials, Esther stows away on the Library Wagon passing through town. But when she wakes up to the barrel of the Head Librarian’s revolver, she realizes …
