What? It was a stressful time. I needed a new book to soothe me. A healthier alternative is deleting those titles and samples I’m done with. I know, it sounds extreme, but don’t worry. Deleting titles doesn’t mean going scorched earth and getting rid of those books forever, it just means they don’t show up on your Kindle anymore. Unfortunately, deleting books on an ereader isn’t nearly as intuitive as it should be....
Book buying obsession becomes even more expensive when you love all the three formats of books—print, ebook, and audiobook. With print books, at least you can buy at secondhand shops to save money. With ebooks, you can scour the Internet for irresistible deals like we have here on Book Riot. But with audiobooks, you often only have Audible for those daily deals. It’s not a secret that audiobooks are expensive....
I’ve had a version of that conversation dozens of times, and what people don’t say then, but you can see it in their face and behind their eyes is a lack of understanding. “Are you really a reader?” they seem to be asking themselves. For some reason, there are people who think that if you don’t read classics, you can’t call yourself a reader. Or not a serious one anyway....
Something had to happen. Something had to change. I could not go on like this. A few months ago, I started to schedule my reading. It all started with a note in my Notes App. I listed the books I’d read so far that month. It was useful to see them all right after the other without any kind of styling with extra bells and whistles that come with your Goodreads Read page....
Different factors draw me toward a particular ship, including subtext, chemistry, and visual appeal, but I will also read a pairing that I have no interest in solely based on the portmanteau. I love a well crafted ship name. Equal parts description and pun, a good ship name is like a good roller derby name – designed to make you both smile and groan. What follows are a few of my favorite ship names from comics, both the absurd and the brilliant....
Yeah, well, that’s me. So when I saw that The Book Leo challenged herself to spend a week away from her phone so she could get more reading done, it seemed like the perfect challenge for me. The rules seemed simple enough. All I had to do was stop picking up my phone and use those hours of time to read instead. I decided to start my challenge on a Saturday, because Saturday is generally less structured, which meant plenty of time to read....
Located in Greenwich, New York, Owl Pen Books is part of a series of book barns built around a Sidehill Colonial which was built in 1930. Owl Pen Books is a beloved institution, with book lovers making it a must-see stop on their literary journeys. The home and series of book barns are on a gravel road with approximately 100 acres of land. Owl Pen is a rare and used bookstore, opened in 1960....
And she’s not alone. In fact, there are simply too many amazing Indigenous poets (North American or otherwise) to capture all on one list. I could try, and it might look something like this: Wendy Rose, Emelihter Kihleng, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Layli Long Soldier, Qwo-Li Driskill, Heid Erdrich, Jordan Abel, Allison Hedge Coke, Alan Pelaez Lopez, Deborah Miranda, Gerald Vizenor…the list goes on. And on. And on and on and on....
The Baby-Sitters Club is targeted at an audience older than 3, but I’ve managed to introduce her to Stoneybrook and some of the characters of the BSC through the Little Sister graphic novels. It’s a brilliant idea, if I do say so myself. My 3-year-old primarily reads picture books, usually the ones targeted at younger audiences, but there have also been some early readers that she loves (Scaredy Monster and Kitty and Dragon come to mind)....
You can access the 2020 Reading Log here. That link will take you to a template in Google Sheets, which you won’t be able to edit. Click on File>Make a copy, then rename it and save it in your own drive. Then, you’ll be able to open the spreadsheet in your own drive and start inputting data! Note: As of 1/1/2020, it’s come to my attention that there is a small error in the reading log in regards to calculating 2020 releases....
The first time I lived in NYC, I was 22 and there for grad school. My move-in day was delayed a day or two because of the 2003 blackout — it wasn’t the most auspicious start. My first weekend there, I had dinner at the communal table at Angelica Kitchen, had a late night book browsing session at St. Mark’s, and went to the Guggenheim for the first time. My neighborhood was dotted with Tasti D-Lite (Pinkberry had not yet arrived), Kim’s Video and Music, Ollie’s, and Labyrinth Books....
My voice has gone hoarse doing all that reading aloud. Doing dramatic voices is my thing. My husband and I have even fought over who would get to read the most scrumpdiddlyumptious chapters in the Roald Dahl on our family’s agenda for the night. We’ve read a lot together as a family: board books, picture books, easy readers, chapter books, middle grade, nonfiction, classics, new releases. I’m actually looking forward to YA and grownup books once they’re teenagers, although I might spare my voice and just read in tandem....
Though many public libraries have either been closed off-and-on during the COVID-19 pandemic, or have had to drastically alter their services due to health and safety precautions, libraries have adapted and continue to offer their valuable services within our communities. We’ve written about how libraries have adapted their children’s programming to reach young people during the pandemic, but what about programs for senior populations? What are some of the innovative services libraries are offering seniors during COVID-19?...
The March Family Look, basically any of the March sisters could be murderers. Jo and Amy seem like givens, but even Beth had a streak in her, accidentally killing her bird and harboring secrets from her other sisters. The most guilty in this clan is clearly Aunt March, but she is secretly a government spy (or possibly a hitman) and has never actually been accused or caught doing anything untoward because she is too prepared and too clever....
Controversial origin story notwithstanding, Kolkata has always been the center of much political and cultural activity. It was the capital of British India, and the center of social reform and nationalist movements. The British shifted their capital out of Kolkata in 1911 when the rise of nationalist sentiments in the city became a serious threat to the colonial administration. The most important cultural movement of this time was the Bengal renaissance, which focused on social reform as well as reinvention of art, science, literature, and religion....
Whether you’re a proud steward of your own LFL or just a fan of books and community sharing, you’ll love this round up of stickers, T-shirts, crafting supplies, postcards, artwork, and more featuring all sorts of Little Free Libraries and encouraging community literacy. Hopefully they’ll help you spread the bookish joy, and help inspire others to get in on the Little Free Library love! (And if that’s the case, then we have some recommendations of Little Free Libraries you can buy for your own community spaces!...
“Loyal followers. We bring sad news. As part of our research into the Top 5 Most Borrowed Books 2019 we found that one book hadn’t been borrowed for a very long time. It’s just been there, collecting dust, staring out the window at other books achieving their book destiny. This could not stand. So we did the right thing, the honourable thing, and took the book out on loan for a day that it would never forget....
Never cross stitched or done embroidery before? This is your opportunity to start. If you need a guide to help you get an idea of how needle work works, you’ll want to check out these best cross stitch books. Oh and…did you know that Book Riot has a book full of rad bookish cross stitch patterns coming this may? You can learn a little about it now and order Lit Stitch....
Users of Looterature stalls enter portable toilets where motion activated speakers read an audiobook to the “literally captive audience,” bringing books into bathrooms. No reader can deny that books and toilets have an indelible, longstanding love affair. We opine about what makes a perfect bathroom book, we turn loos into libraries—heck, 18th century toilets were even designed to look like books. So, who, you ask, is the evil mastermind that realized amateur concertgoers guilty of breaking the seal could be held hostage for story time?...
One of these poetry collections, written by the author when she was thirteen, has resurfaced after its last sighting in 1916. The miniature book is 15 pages long, dated December 1829, and is in its original brown cover. The collection within is titled “A Book of Ryhmes by Charlotte Bronte, Sold by Nobody, and Printed by Herself,” and features ten poems. It will be exhibited and offered for sale by James Cummins Bookseller of New York and Maggs Bros of London on Brontë’s birthday, April 21st, during the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair....
