Meet Charles, who leaves 1-star reviews all over Goodreads

Posted on 06/16/2020 at 04:45 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve read reviews of any product online, you’ve probably seen at least one single-star review in which the writer...

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Need a bookish Halloween costume? We're here to help!

Posted on 10/24/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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We still have an entire weekend before Halloween, so there’s plenty of time to pull together (or locate) a clever...

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The books you should read during Pride Month

Posted on 06/07/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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LGBTQ Pride Month is well under way, and if you’d prefer to celebrate it by reading rather than attending a...

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Tagged As: Book lists, BookRiot, Diversity, Literary Hub

Marie Kondo is writing a children's book

Posted on 05/22/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you know a young reader obsessed with cleaning — or one who needs some serious motivation to do so...

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Tagged As: BookRiot, Children's literature, Pop culture

How one librarian arranges his digital bookshelves

Posted on 04/18/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The most surprising comment from the man who curates virtual bookshelves for San Antonio's BiblioTech Digital Public Library? That he...

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Tagged As: BookRiot, Libraries

Nonprofits can no longer donate books to Washington prisoners

Posted on 04/04/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Advocates of prison-reading programs notched a win when the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections reversed its ban on book donations last...

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Tagged As: BookRiot, Charity

"All The Light We Cannot See" is coming to Netflix

Posted on 03/13/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Netflix has added a big title to its list of literary adaptations in the works: All The Light We Cannot...

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Tagged As: BookRiot, TV adaptation

Audible Latino collects Spanish-language audiobooks in one spot

Posted on 03/13/2019 at 09:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you seeking a dedicated spot for Spanish-language audiobooks now have it. Audible Latino includes previously available audiobooks as...

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Amazon's "Lord of the Rings" series will be a prequel

Posted on 03/08/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The official Twitter account for Amazon’s adaptation of Lord of the Rings is making some major reveals about the production,...

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Still doing your holiday shopping?

Posted on 12/11/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We won’t tell if you buy either of these (or both) for yourself and not another book-lover in your life...

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