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Bestselling authors Natalie D. Richards and Darcy Coates bring us stories that chill us to the bone and keep us up all night reading—haunting reads perfect for Halloween! A hitched ride home in a snowstorm turns sinister when one of the passengers is plotting for the ride to end in disaster in New York Times bestseller Five Total Strangers. From USA Today bestselling gothic horror author Darcy Coates comes The Haunting of Leigh Harker, a chilling story of a quiet house on a forgotten suburban lane that hides a deadly secret… So why do I now find myself gravitating towards horror novels?...

At first, I had my To Be Read books with their spine facing out in the traditional way books are stored on shelves. But as my TBR pile grew, the spines of my unread books placed stress onto my shoulders. My TBR pile loomed over me. I felt like I wasn’t reading fast enough. I couldn’t keep up with the number of books I had to read. My unread book pile grew larger while my reading speed grew slower, thanks to college taking up all my free time....

My statewide library system has a mere three copies, and they are constantly on hold for interlibrary loan. The internet, of course, has plenty of illegal digital copies circulating, but we don’t condone that. Why is this Ted Bundy book so hard to find? The Phantom Prince was published in 1981 by a small Seattle publisher, Madrona Publishers, that’s no longer in business. According to Esquire, Madrona closed up shop in 1988, selling off the rights to all their books, and The Phantom Prince went out of print with it....

Years ago, author Allison Trowbridge (Twenty-Two) received a message from a reader: “I’m in London! Can I meet you?” Trowbridge agreed, but had no idea how much the experience would end up affecting her. “The opportunity to connect and see firsthand the impact my book had in even just one young woman’s life made all the struggles of writing and launching the book worth it,“ Trowbridge told me. “I was burned out and exhausted walking in, but I left that interaction realizing I would be writing books for the rest of my life....

Here’s what it’s all about: Looking to earn some easy cash, Jessica Farris agrees to be a test subject in a psychological study about ethics and morality. But as the study moves from the exam room to the real world, the line between what is real and what is one of Dr. Shields’s experiments blurs. Dr. Shields seems to know what Jess is thinking… and what she’s hiding. Jessica’s behavior will not only be monitored, but manipulated....

Because each of Henry VIII’s is fascinating in their own right. From his first wife, the Spanish Catherine of Aragorn, who had her first marriage to Henry’s brother Arthur annulled, to his last wife, Catherine Parr, who was the first woman to publish a book in English under her own name. From the infamous Anne Boleyn, who might not fit as neatly into the temptress archetype history has thrust on her, to the teenage Catherine Howard, who admitted infidelity before losing her head....

The thing that struck me most about Misery was that the book was as much about writing and the writing process as it was about the horror of Paul’s predicament. If not more so. Don’t get me wrong, Misery is terrifying. I flinched, I cringed, I tried to read while simultaneously not looking at the page (which doesn’t work very well). But through all the dismemberment and my (somewhat morbidly delighted) disgust, I started to realize that there was something else going on between the lines in Misery with regards to Paul and his work....

In the latest episode of Hey YA, Hannah brought up a book set in the 1970s and how that’s a time period we don’t see portrayed much in YA books. We’ve definitely seen an array of books set in the ’80s and ’90s, particularly in the last five years or so, but the ’70s have been less represented. That got my mind going, wondering what types of YA are set in the ’70s....

Chaz Stevens is a middle age white activist, known for doing some tongue-in-cheek protests. His latest involves petitioning Florida schools to remove the Bible from libraries because of its inappropriate content for minors. In addition to banning the Bible, his letter to school superintendents across the state asked for any books referencing the Bible to also be pulled. The intention behind this set of book challenges — humorous or not — garnered a lot of attention....

Behind her are several other books that have seen book challenges or outright bans in the last year, including Melissa (formerly George), Let’s Talk About Love, Go With the Flow, and more. Right-wing media seized this opportunity to call hypocrisy, much as they did when California’s Governor Newsom posed with a pile of banned books. Though he held Beloved, the media focused again on the carefully-placed copy of To Kill a Mockingbird, noting that Lee’s classic has been “banned” in several blue states....

Even as a kid I found these stakes lopsided. Was Rex so hot for Mai to warrant risking his comfort, privacy, and status on the ship for a quick peck? Maybe, but the scene feels abrupt. I discovered years later, upon encountering the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga for the first time, that the favor Mai proffers in the original scene is much more, let’s say, involved, than in the English dub. If you’re not familiar, Yu-Gi-Oh!...

Okay, maybe that second fact is only truly if you are a superhero. Surprisingly, in many cases, the people who build these devices do not have bad intentions. But their inventions always seem to end up malfunctioning or falling into evil hands, causing our heroes to… Gain a New Enemy All the way back in Wonder Woman #9, a certain Professor Zool invents an “electronic evolutionizer,” which can cause any being to evolve or devolve instantly....

Of course, in this case, the person who picked out my gift knew absolutely nothing about me. It made sense that I would help her out. This gift was received as a part of the Book Blogger Holiday Swap, a project that matches up book bloggers from around the world in a sort of Secret Santa arrangement. My “Secret Santa” was Tina (Bookshipper) from Montreal, and she went above and beyond my list....

Happily, I’ve been noticing lately that this situation is changing for the better! So I present for you 10 amazing Canadian audiobooks (fiction and nonfiction) now available. Some are new books, some are old, but all are great reads. Canadian audiobooks for the win! [Note: I’ve included a few Indigenous authors who live in what we call Canada here, but that doesn’t mean they identify as Canadian]. Adult Onset by Ann-Marie MacDonald MacDonald’s most recent novel is a fascinating, riveting book that takes place over one week in the life of a (lesbian) stay-at-home mom in Toronto....

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1. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Toni Morrison praised author Ta-Nehisi Coates by saying, “I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is Ta-Nehisi Coates.” And Coates listed Toni Morrison as one of his biggest influences for this novel, so it should come as no surprise to see this critically acclaimed book at the top of this list. Like Beloved, this book looks at the trauma of slavery through a lens of magical realism....

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips Disappearing Earth made up of interconnected narratives, all set on the remote Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka. The story kicks off when two young girls are abducted and there is only a single witness and very little evidence to follow. The news and gossip about the disappearance make their way through the insulated community, but no new clues turn up for months. This book is less about solving the mystery of the disappearance, though, than it is about weaving together the fabric of people and places that make up this region....

After his untimely death in 323 BCE, Alexander’s conquests helped usher in a new era in Ancient history named Hellenism. Hellenism is the result of Greek-Macedonian culture blending with the societies of North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and India. It is defined by vibrant artistic expressions, expanded philosophical horizons, and a constant search for new knowledge. No other institution illustrates the spirit of Hellenism better than the ancient library of Alexandria, Egypt....

Journalist Billy Jensen spent fifteen years investigating unsolved murders, fighting for the families of victims. Every story he wrote had one thing in common—they didn’t have an ending. The killer was still out there. But after the sudden death of a friend, crime writer and author of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, Michelle McNamara, Billy got fed up. Following a dark night, he came up with a plan. A plan to investigate past the point when the cops had given up....

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