Latest and Breaking Books News and Top Stories - July 7
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Four new posters, including one that was exclusive to HuffPost Entertainment , dropped "Gone Girl" clues on the Internet's doorstep over the holiday weekend. Now the trailer they were teasing has debuted online. The clip comes with haunt...
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For a limited time, Amazon has single issues for 13 different magazines at only $0.99: • Do it Yourself • EatingWell • Better Homes and Gardens • More • Family Circle • Every Day with Rachael Ray • Allrecipes • Traditional Home • Fitness...
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I went into We Were Liars one cocky son of a biscuit eater, feeling above it all right from page one. I’d seen this book talked about so heavily by other bloggers and how some never saw the twist coming or how others totally saw t...
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Dear Ms. Lerner, I’ve been having a hard time finding historical romances to read, and Janine suggested that I take a look at your older romances. I actually read A Lily Among Thorns a while ago and it didn’t leave much... ...
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We're back with another Cover Breakdown! This time, Elisa takes a closer look at the dark and compelling cover for J.R. Ward 's The Shadows , the upcoming thirteenth installment of her popular Black Dagger Brotherhood series! Let's get s...
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No one is actually reading the "most important book of the twenty-first century." Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," a 700-page economic tome on the dangers of rising income inequality, is the summer's most unread bo...
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Twentieth Century Fox has unleashed a new trailer for the Gone Girl movie adaptation. The video embedded above offers scenes with the characters Nick Dunne, Amy Dunne, Desi Collings, Detective Rhonda Boney, and Detective Jim Gilpin . Ove...
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The Kindle Deals of the Day for those in the UK: How to Develop Your Family Mission Statement (£0.99 UK; $0.99 US) by Stephen R. Covey [Grand Harbor Press] This family mission statement kit will help you: Unite your family around a commo...
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Maria Konnikova, author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, teaches Michael Enright how to think more like the famed detective.
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At last it’s time for season two of those campy witches with the amazing hair, the Witches of East End ! First off, I’d like to thank Lifetime for moving the ladies to a 9 p.m. time slot because I am old and I appreciate them respecting ...
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And if you’re going, hmmm, that looks awfully familiar, but I can’t quite place it, let me refresh your memory: Yup, it’s the trade paper (and subsequent printed editions) cover to Old Man’s War, painted by John H...
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a Rafflecopter giveaway I loved this story that was mostly set in Michigan but seriously steeped in Indian culture (and showed how varied Indian culture was). It’s not a story you could tell outside the cultural influences.Mili has...
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The show that taught us all how to read just made history. When LeVar Burton announced he'd be launching a Kickstarter campaign to bring his beloved children's series "Reading Rainbow" to the web, no one thought it would get this much at...
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With our column, Forewords, we let readers know the latest book news about some of the web team's most-anticipated upcoming releases across the genres — just as the projects are announced! DEBUT AUTHORS Young Adult - In Meg Kassel’s star...
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It hasn’t taken very long for Rainbow Rowell to become a familiar name at the bookstore. Since her first book, the funny and sad adult epistolary novel-in-emails Attachments , in 2011, and the twin young adult behemoths of Eleanor...
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By Jennifer Weiner The author of All Fall Down and best-sellers such as Fly Away Home and Good in Bed shares how she gets herself through the worst days. I am prone to depression, or, as I call it when I'm talking to my daughters, The Sa...
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BBC Worldwide is adapting the impressive debut novel by Canadian journalist by Tom Rachman.
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The important thing to know here is that any sort of punishment you drop on your kids involves taking away something they love -- be it free time, coloring, drawing on their sibling, or television-watching -- which is really a punishment...
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I always knew there would be a telephone in my new book, Landline . I had the title and concept -- a woman finds a way to talk to her husband in the past - figured out more than a year before I started writing. But I saw the phone as a p...
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Kobo is currently running some summer reading promotions. The Kobo Aura is marked down by $30, and the Arc HD tablets are on sale too. Plus Kobo is giving away some free ebooks and magazines with each device purchased. The discounted Kob...
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Here are some literary events to pencil in your calendar this week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please post your event at least one week prior to its date. Author Vicki Marie S...
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There are a wide variety of tools available on the market that put more power in authors’ hands, letting them do everything from market their work to create new formats for their content. Unfortunately, there are an even wider vari...
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Great writers tend to want to be at the top of their field, so literature can be a cutthroat community. It’s hard to imagine wanting to hang out with a direct rival, and indeed, plenty of authors have feuded with each other or publicly d...
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Dear Ms. Roberts: Your book Irish Thoroughbred began my deep and abiding love of romance. In the mid-90′s, I began buying every single book I could put my hands on that you’d written. My keeper shelves are full of your... ...
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Supreme Court justices "benchslapped" each other in the Hobby Lobby case
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A nice aside in Rachel Bertsche's smart, funny, and engaging new book, Jennifer, Gwyneth & Me: The Pursuit of Happiness, One Celebrity at a Time is the origin story of those "Stars -- They're Just Like Us!" photos of celebrities filling ...
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Writer Nancy Garden has died. She was 76-years-old. The New York Times reports that Garden became most well-known for her 1982 young adult book entitled Annie On My Mind ; it was one of the first to feature a lesbian relationship. Since...
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It’s not often that I read a sequel that not only measures up to the first book but surpasses it but Idols definitely does that. Icons grabbed my attention and intrigued me but Idols had me hooked and dying for more. Idols picks up...
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I’m scared of flying. It is a phobia that has been getting gradually worse over the years and I really want to reverse this trend. I’ve realised that almost all my interaction with planes is negative – from seeing plane...
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Also: an essay on domestic violence from Kelly Sundberg; notable books coming out this week.
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“I LOVE science fiction, but I can never really get into fantasy novels.” Having just come off a year re-readathon with only one science fiction novel, I could understand my friend’s sentiment. I can read fantasy books ...
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Free book time! We get a metric ton (hyperbole, sort of) of books in the mail here at Riot HQ, and we’re giving away 10 hand-picked pieces on the first Monday of every month! Just fill out the form below … Continued You just ...
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Last week, the kid lit community lost one of its giants when Walter Dean Myers passed away. Credited with writing over 100 books in a career that lasted over 45 years, Myers’s impact to the world of books and to children … Co...
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And by best, we mean favorite. Let’s be real. Share your best reads of 2014 so far with us in the comments! Adam by Ariel Schrag A straight cisgender teen boy visiting his gay college sister in New York for the summer … Conti...
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The Book Riot Podcast, Episode #60: They Suddenly Became Reasonable People This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about authors petitioning to defend Amazon, banned books, the end of World Book Night, the future of reading, new books,...
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Hi, my name is Jess and I have a problem. I have too many books. Most of us will say that, and I’ll bet that there are so many people like me (and worse off than me) that we could … Continued You just finished reading How I Failed ...
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I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum (Touchstone) A washed-up artist gets dumped by his mistress, gets depressed about his career, and suddenly decides he wants to save his marriage and get back to the … Conti...
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Thus, the Hawking Index (HI): Take the page numbers of a book’s five top highlights, average them, and divide by the number of pages in the whole book. The higher the number, the more of the book we’re guessing …...
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YouTube, following Netflix, is now publicly shaming internet providers for slow video – This is pretty interesting. YouTube, which is owned by Google, is posting these messages on videos that have streaming issues due to insufficie...
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Little Mercies is a powerful, painful and hopeful book. It’s about family, mistakes and forgiveness. It’s about remembering what’s important. It’s a book that sucked me in immediately and had me reading quickly...
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Grim Tuesday (Keys to the Kingdom #2) by Garth Nix Reviewed by Cecilia from Portland, Oregon.
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Simon & Schuster has rolled out their nationwide eBook strategy for libraries. In order to offer the digital titles to patrons librarians have to offer the ability for their patrons to buy the title. What about consortia? New inform...
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It is with excitement, pleasure, and pride that I announce that Issue 2 of Shiny New Books is now live! We have new colours, new images, a new competition, and - most importantly - lots and lots of new reviews and features. Image borrowe...
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Time Inc publishes close to 130 magazines every single month, including Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Fortune, People, InStyle, Life, GOLF Magazine, Southern Living, Essence, This Old House, All You and Entertai...
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It’s not clear how Google will be adhering to a May decision that gives European citizens the “right to be forgotten.” The company restored links to two Guardian stories (about a soccer referee’s lies about a penalty decision) that it ha...
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Two new books size up the money-driven configuration of American politics
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