Do socks really "spark joy?" This writer went through (nearly) every item in her house with some surprising results.I hate clutter. Growing up, my favorite book (and the only one I kept from my childhood) was The Boxcar Children, a story of four orphans who live in an abandoned train car with few belongings. I didn't realize it until I became an adult, but this book resonated with me because I've always had minimalist tendencies. Less is definitely more.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
These are 50 of 2024’s the best nonfiction books, including work by Aaron Robertson, Rebecca Nagle, Isabella Hammad, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists In case you need something to do between now and the new year, these are our 10 favorite book to screen adaptations from 2024. | Lit Hub Film... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-12-20 11:30:08 UTC ]
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My favorite book is a pale, mint green, Illustrated Junior Library edition with edges sprayed indigo blue. The girl on the cover wears a white pinafore over a practical plaid dress. Her two orangey-red braids fall around her shoulders, topped off with a wide-brimmed straw hat covered in... Continue reading at Electric Literature
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Designer Elisha Zepeda has become a TikTok star for sharing his book cover design process. Are publishers are paying attention? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The one thing that annoys me when reading my Kindle? Trying to find a comfortable reading position, especially when I’m in bed. If you’re like me, then this cozy pillow stand with built-in snack bowl might be just the thing you need. And now that it’s just $40 for Prime members, it’s... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2024-07-08 15:18:09 UTC ]
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Which title have you read this year that really attracted you to a book and made you want to read more? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-06-19 17:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo’s latest e-reader introduces a color E Ink screen that brings graphic novels, children’s books, and your favorite book covers to life. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2024-04-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
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There are so many excellent paperback YA books hitting shelves this spring. Dive in and discover your next favorite book. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-04-03 11:30:00 UTC ]
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What's your favorite book by a trans author or featuring a trans main character? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-03-19 17:00:00 UTC ]
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Gregory Pardlo’s poetry collection Spectral Evidence is available today from Knopf, so we asked him a few questions about his readers, when he writes, and his favorite book to recommend to others. * Who do you most wish would read your book? (your boss, your childhood bully, etc.) Maybe someone... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-01-30 09:55:18 UTC ]
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With El Niño slated to drop a warm, wet winter on most of the US in the coming months, everybody’s going to need something good to read while the weather outside is frightful. Engadget’s well-read staff have some suggestions: our favorite books of 2023! We’ve got a phenomenal assortment of... Continue reading at Engadget
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Wow your favorite book lover this holiday season and sweep them off their feet with these seven absolutely extra bookish gift ideas.- Leah Rachel von Essen Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-11-29 11:32:00 UTC ]
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If you use Goodreads at all, you’ve likely noticed that the platform allows you to “rate” your “reads” using “stars” (those are scare quotes). If you use Goodreads regularly, you probably know that the ratings system is, in a word, fucked. Why does literally every Colleen Hoover book have over... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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Tracy K. Smith’s To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul is available tomorrow, so we asked her a few questions about her readers, when she writes, and her favorite book to recommend to others. * Who do you most wish would read your book? People who are weary of the limits of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-11-06 09:56:46 UTC ]
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No Book Left Behind, by Alice-Catherine Carls Essay [email protected] Mon, 10/09/2023 - 15:35 Photo by Alexander Grey / UnsplashWelcome news to those of us in the “Flyover Zone”: our reading habits are healthy and well served. The Jackson Madison... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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The best part of October? Halloween costumes for pets! Dress your furry friends as your favorite book characters with these costumes.- Susie Dumond Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-10-09 10:31:00 UTC ]
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From Lawful Good to Chaotic Evil, where do your favorite book characters fall in their Dungeons & Dragons alignment? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-09-26 10:34:00 UTC ]
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“A collection of these issues would undoubtedly be my favorite book that no one has heard of,” says the author of the memoir “Stay True,” one of the Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2022. “If you are reading this, please write me!” Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-07-13 09:00:09 UTC ]
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Another month of books, another month of book covers. The hazy rainbow trend is back for August, in among a series of bold and mysterious cover treatments. Featuring a whole lot of red and some I-wish-this-was-a-poster standouts. Here are my favorite book covers of the month—as always, feel free... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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On the 75th anniversary of India’s partition, scholars from the US, Canada, France, UK and Australia write about their favorite book or film that best explains the trauma of a violent division. Continue reading at The Conversation
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Cheek and irreverence abound in my favorite book covers this month. I also noticed an unusual number of interesting textures at play, some excellent uses of text as image, and at least a few geometric echoes bouncing around in there. But as ever, though I love to try to draw connections here in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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