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The following books will offer you and your mother a nice distraction from chaotic times, and provide you with something new to discuss together. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender Rose Edelstein is about to turn 9 when she discovers she has a magical power. She can taste people’s emotions in the foods that they cook. It begins with the lemon cake which her mother made for her birthday, and Rose’s discovery that her mother has been feeling desperate and sad....

For those who might not know what exactly petrified wood is, the simple answer is that it’s a fossil. When plant material is protected from natural decay through any number of naturally occurring processes, a mineralization process keeps the material from decomposing. It hardens and becomes replaced by stone. The stones may vary, offering a wide range of colors and patterns when petrified. Find below an array of awesome petrified wood bookends that will help keep your bookshelves neat and tidy....

From the author of the bestselling Fifty Shades Trilogy comes The Mister – a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page. Maxim Trevelyan has never worked in his life and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and a lot of responsibility. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one he struggles to face… but perhaps his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for the alluring woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous past....

“A 31-year-old fan from Wisconsin created a meme listing all of the books that Hussle had mentioned in interviews, songs and motivational messages that she had been compiling for years. It includes self-help bestsellers, cult classics and little-known books by black authors. The list went viral. Now, almost a year later, 74 black men and two Latinos make up the four chapters of The Marathon Book Club. They meet monthly in Oakland, New York and Washington, D....

Some of these challenges have gone well. Some have been less successful (why does this lace pattern scarf suddenly have 107 stitches? I don’t…damn it). As I was contemplating the sum total the other day, however, I realized I hadn’t yet done any sort of comics challenge. And thus Comics A–Z was born. We’ve finished up our first challenge: pairing comics/graphic novels. This week, we’re tackling part two of challenge number two: a hero for every letter of the alphabet....

Math textbooks can be a little dry, but luckily there are plenty of exciting books out there to introduce math concepts and prompt math-based activities for kids of all ages. The most basic concepts like counting and identifying shapes are well covered by math books for kids. But kids can be introduced to all kinds of mathematical concepts, like infinity, number base systems, and pattern recognition, even from young ages....

Well, why not turn them into something beautiful? Take a book you hate and take away its power by turning it into a completely new thing, giving it a new purpose. Here are some suggestions for how to get a book you hate and turn it into an object you love. The Pin I’ll start off with an easy one. Rip up a bunch of pages from books and use them to decorate boxes and things around your home....

“Regarding the poem, Judge Eyre said: ‘The passage from Byron is part of a secular poem which conveys no suggestion of Christian resurrection hope… Indeed, Mr. Chadfield says that it is avowedly an expression of loss. I have no doubt that Mr. Chadfield’s loss is intense and the language proposed is beautiful… Nonetheless, it is language which is not appropriate on a memorial in churchyard and cannot be permitted…That is because of the message which it conveys or rather because of its failure to convey a message consistent with the purpose of the churchyard....

My new place is hardly a mansion, and as I’m a renter with a low budget, I can’t exactly go all out with fancy furnishings, new paint, or major overhauls. But I absolutely need to put my mark on my new digs, and that means swag and decor needs to represent my interests and hobbies. My entire personality is basically just books, TV, fitness, and cocktails, but this is Book Riot, not TV/Fitness/Cocktail Riot (please hire me, owners of any of those sites!...

Of course, for those books that emotionally traumatized you, you might have to dig a little deeper. via GIPHY Here are some hints to keep in mind: these are books that were wildly popular, probably ended up in mountains of used books, and left their mark on readers’ hearts. Consider what you know about authors’ styles as you go through. While some writers are short and to the point with sharp first lines, others prefer a more winding sentence with plenty of clauses to set the tone....

Before we answer the million-dollar question, we must first understand how the digital book publishing industry works. Let me start by saying I am knowledgeable of all the aspects of ebook development; I produced hundreds of ebooks when I was a publisher. I converted print books into ebooks and distributed them to ebookstores. Hence, I can shed some light on the matter. Watermarking is a process where identifiable marks are encoded to an ebook copy to make it traceable to the person who bought it....

While not travel guides, these books are all about traveling the United States, from different perspectives and different angles. The authors are on journeys that traverse different areas of the United States, as well as different personal journeys, too. Here are some of my favorites. Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen At one point, Allen was a suit-wearing Mormon missionary; now she is a reporter married to another woman....

Hoo boy. There’s a lot going on with them, isn’t there? The problem is, I find them entirely intimidating. Head on over to Google and try an image search for “90s fantasy,” “80s fantasy,” “70s fantasy,” or even “60s fantasy” and you’ll get a pretty quick idea of what I’m talking about. Highly-stylized art on covers with loads of detail. They all seem like an awfully big commitment. I see this and ask myself, oh boy, am I going to have to sit through excessive scenery and war depictions?...

Doreen Green, AKA Squirrel Girl, debuted in Marvel Super-Heroes #8, AKA Marvel Super-Heroes Winter Special (Winter 1991), and was created by Will Murray and Steve Ditko. Doreen, who has all the powers of a squirrel and all the powers of a girl, was a relatively obscure character until a few years ago, when she enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity, thanks largely to her delightful 2014 solo series, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl....

These are just some of the nail-biting adventure stories that are available, and there are so many more out there for young readers to find. Hopefully, these fantastic reads will start them on their quest for more adventure tales! If your young reader is itching for more magical stories, try our list of Best Fantasy Books for Kids. For readers who want to dive into a series, have a look at Best Children’s Book Series....

Desks, Tables, and Counters Who doesn’t need a bookish end table? A post shared by 📚Book Lovers World 🌎 (@bookloversworld) on Oct 18, 2017 at 2:20pm PDT Try a subtler design with a glass surface. A post shared by @ pennyotto8 on Apr 14, 2019 at 6:34am PDT Alternatively, go big or go home. A post shared by G E Gonzalez (@theinkgardenia) on Jul 7, 2019 at 2:31pm PDT Another take on the glass surface design for those of us who are a little more color conscious....

These days, enamel pins are all the rage. Some people still put them on jackets, others on lanyards, still more on backpacks, or even on a piece of fabric that hangs on the wall. The truly industrious and avid frame their collections or put them in shadowboxes. Like stickers, pins are a relatively inexpensive way to flaunt your fandoms (well, mostly). I always feel inspired to share my acquisitions with the world and, like the kid who opens a toy to play with as the deities intended, I tend to lean toward backpack display....

Today I’m offering a trip to Ruritania, known for its pristine forests, friendly citizenry, quaint villages, and majestic castles. You’ll feel like you’ve traveled back in time to a simpler, more romantic era, leaving the modern world and all your troubles behind. You might even meet a prince or princess! Sounds perfect, right? To receive your trip, all you have to do is answer one question: Where is Ruritania? Okay, that was kind of a trick question....

First, some background. The Book Loft is constructed out of “pre–Civil War era buildings” that acted as “general stores, a saloon, and a nickelodeon.” Neat! They started out with three rooms. Now at 32, their expansion seems to be complete. Once you walk into The Book Loft, you can grab a map. It will help guide you through several East and West and Upper and Lower wings. Books are categorized and grouped into genres, and then these genres appear in different rooms in different levels and wings....

From ghost girls trying to prove they can be just as terrifying as any other spirit to amateur sleuths piecing together clues to solve a haunting, these middle grade mystery and horror novels have all the spooky delights you could ask for this fall. You might even find a few witches and exorcisms in their midst! And if you’d rather read about witches or zombies or vampires, I guess that’s okay, too....