Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – 08-02-2024
HAPPY FRIDAY AND HAPPY WEEKEND!!! It’s that time again, where I ask myself what I’m going to read, and the one I’m reading is from last week’s list (Minka Kent’s latest – see it below!!), but here it is… another AMAZING list of books that just went live, books that are rocking the best seller […]
Swords and Spaceships, August 2, 2024
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Alex Acks is a writer, geologist, and sharp-dressed sir. They’ve written for Six to Start and been published in Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, Shimmer, Daily Science Fiction, and more. Alex lives in Denver with their two furry little bastards, […]
Banned Books Week is Entering a New Era
The dog days are really here now. Crank the A/C, pour yourself something refreshing, and turn on some of the best adaptations of August, or sink into this dark, deeply romantic mystery. August is here! It’s the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year (and I am a sucker for new […]
Multicast Mystery Audiobooks, Adaptation News, And New Thrillers/Mysteries: August 2, 2024
It’s time once again for your bi-weekly roundup of mystery goodness! I’ve got exciting new releases, multicast mystery audiobooks, and a link roundup. Bookish Goods Reading Heart Sticker by MirkwoodScribes I mean, the sticker does not lie. $4. New Releases You Shouldn’t Be Here by Lauren Thoman For fans of stories with missing person cases, […]
New Cookbooks for the School Year
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive […]
A Dark, Deeply Romantic Mystery You’ll Never Forget
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón The Shadow of the Wind is set in Barcelona in 1945, a time when Spain was ruled by dictator Francisco Franco following the Spanish Civil War. At a time when Barcelona was recovering from the traumas of war, Daniel, a book dealer’s son mourning the loss […]
More Political and Physical Attacks on Libraries
I had a great interaction at work on Wednesday, where I got to register a first-time voter! In our area, most voters register themselves online, so it’s pretty cool to register someone in person. Hang onto those positive library interactions, though, because this last week hasn’t had the greatest news updates…multiple bomb threats, two disbanded […]
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for August 2, 2024
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Book Censorship News, August 2, 2024
Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]
Your Favorites On Screen: The August Adaptation Roundup
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Grace Lapointe’s fiction has been published in Kaleidoscope, Deaf Poets Society, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, and is forthcoming in Corporeal Lit Mag. Her essays and poetry have been published in Wordgathering. Her stories and essays—including ones […]