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I thought a lot worked in this movie! No, really, I did, and I promise I’m not sustaining a head injury! Let’s run it down! The Casting Most of the Casting I had my doubts about Leonardo DiCaprio even though I was in the front row licking the screen when Titanic came out in ’97. But I thought he was quite good as Gatsby. Okay, I didn’t love his intro where Toby Maguire was talking about how amazing times Gatsby’s smile was and DiCaprio flashes the most boring smile in the history of close-lipped grins....

One of the reasons I love small presses so much is that they constantly surprise me. I never would have imagined being so excited for an essay collection about glass and mirrors, but here we are. I know it’s going to be good. I’ve never given the North Sea more than a passing thought, but Graywolf Press has me positively itching to get my hands on a copy of a book all about this place I have never been....

On the day Grandma passed away, my love and I were in New Orleans. We had just returned from my haircut, settling in before a floor-to-ceiling hotel window to watch the sky change colors. Once, while visiting Grams on Maui after leaving for the Mainland in 1998, I freed my go-to topknot. She gasped and said, So long your hair. As silly as it may sound, I feel like my waist-grazing waves connect me to home as I move from not-Hawai‘i to not-Hawai‘i....

The continuous reading will be streamed live on Friday, May 8, beginning at 10:00 a.m. GMT (5:00 a.m. EST/2:00 a.m. PST); it is expected to run about 10–12 hours. Details on how to stream the reading will be posted to this GoFundMe page, where he hopes to raise £100,000 to split evenly between the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) and Best Beginnings, an organization that supports families across the UK during early childhood years and is working especially hard during the pandemic....

New Safety Policies and Procedures as Bookstores Reopen At Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, things look a bit different than they did prior to the novel coronavirus. Management only allows eight guests to be in the store at a time to ensure plenty of space for social distancing. When a customer walks in, their first stop is a required trip to the bathroom for a thorough hand washing before they’re allowed to browse....

The survey shows how audiobook revenue in 2021 was $1.6 billion, marking a 25% increase and the tenth straight year of double digit growth. There were around 74,000 audiobooks sold in 2021, which is 6% more than in 2020. Going by percentage of sales, science fiction and fantasy was the most popular genre, closely followed by mystery/thrillers/suspense, romance, and fiction. The children’s and young adult categories also experienced increases, but the biggest growth of any category was romance, which saw a 75% increase in revenue....

2020 also happens to be a year in which several DC characters are celebrating the 80th anniversaries of their first appearances. Next to hit the milestone is Green Lantern, who made his first appearance in All-American Comics #16 (July, 1940). Like Robin, Green Lantern has become legacy title, though the first person to use the title wasn’t a member of the Corps (we’ll get there). The mythos has evolved over time and now, when a Green Lantern dies, their ring finds a worthy successor and calls dibs....

B-list heroes, however, haven’t gotten quite the same bump and I can think of a few who deserve a little love and air time. And with The Legend of Korra enjoying a resurgence thanks to its migration to Netflix in anticipation of an Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series (anticipated air date: who the hell knows, die in a fire COVID-19) I thought it would be nice to take a little vacation from capes and tights....

I’m also staring as the villain of the piece, Tony Leung, who has long been rumored to be Iron Man nemesis “The Mandarin.” Yes, you do remember correctly that a scenery-chewing version of the very same was played by Ben Kingsley in Iron Man 3. My understanding is that they’re going with a “he stole the name and put on an act and the real guy was very unhappy with him” explanation....

As you can imagine I am absolutely drawn to the covers of books and have found myself lately reaching for colorful and bright covers. They can add a wonderful spot of color to your bookshelves, if your shelves aren’t already filled with color. But also leaving a colorful book out on your coffee table or on the corner of your work desk brightens up a space. If you wanted to go full color you can even go the route of rainbow bookshelves — of course this is how my shelves are organized!...

Here are the top romance novels of the year, according to the New York Times: It should come as no surprise that Waite, the author of a beloved F/F romance series, has included a diverse array of romances on her list, with more than half of the books having queer main characters. There are also more authors of color included than most of the other best of lists we’ve seen this year....

— Beverly Jenkins (@authorMsBev) November 20, 2019 This is the first official deal that has been made since the partnership between The Ripped Bodice and Sony Pictures Television was established in 2018, and I literally jumped up and down at my desk when I saw. — Sony Pictures Television 📺 (@SPTV) September 12, 2018 Forbidden is the first in a series of three books about Eddy, who at the start of the story is near death from exposure and thirst in the Nevada desert, and Rhine, the white-passing businessman who nurses her back to health....

Book Riot is teaming up with LitNuts for a chance to win a 1-year subscription to Kindle Unlimited! Book It Washi Tape: Tis the season to decorate new journals and read more books! Octavia Butler Tote Bag: Get one of the best sci-fi writers ever on a tote bag! I Remember You Enamel Pin: Inspired by The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue! Book Money Coin Wallet: Shoutout to all the readers out there who used to hoard their pennies for books!...

The Last to Vanish opens with the disappearance of a journalist who is investigating a string of vanishings in the resort town of Cutter’s Pass—will its dark secrets finally be revealed? Fill This Bag With Books ($15): I never met a bag I didn’t want to fill with books! Book Villain Romance Sticker ($4): Okay, but this is actually a really compelling argument! I Spent My Life Folded Between the Pages of Books Bookmark ($4): Same, bookmark....

First, you’re going to need the right supplies. If you’re a crafty person, you might already have some of these things at home, but if not, you buy any number of book repair or bookbinding kits, like this one or this one. Book Repair 101: How to Repair a Broken Book What You’ll Need for Book Repair fine paint brush acid-free glue bone folder wax paper tape weights You want a glue that dries clear and is flexible when dried....

Today’s edition of kids’ book deals is sponsored by HarperCollins Children’s Books

Today’s edition of children’s book deals is sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group

Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Peachtree Publishing Company.

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown for $3.99 The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates for $4.99 Dark Matter by Blake Crouch for $2.99 Rules of Civility by Amor Towles for $3.99 Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear for $2.99 Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann for $2.99 The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead for $3.99 An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir for $2.99 Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly for $3....

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez for $1.99 Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein for $2.99 This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein for $2.99 Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand for $1.99 Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed for $2.99 The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler for $0.99 Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin for $2.99 The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart for $2.99 Cooking with Mary Berry for $1....