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May 15, 2013
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RAPTURE PRACTICE by Aaron Hartzler: A Review

The Rapture is a belief among people who take their religions very, very literally. If you don’t … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
April 29, 2013
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Movie Tie-In Covers Are Great (And So Can You!)

Over on Twitter, BookRiot Head Honcho, Raconteur, and Gadfly Jeff O’Neal said, and I quote, … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
April 18, 2013
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Reading Strategies for Difficult Books

Maybe you know how it is: for a school class of some level, you’ve been assigned a book to read … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
April 4, 2013
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Books and the Tiger in the Lifeboat

This is not the article I wrote all about bookstores and dinosaurs, drawing a parallel between indie … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
March 28, 2013
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THE BURGESS BOYS by Elizabeth Strout

Through various venues, I have spent years and years writing book reviews on a regular basis. I enjoy … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
March 27, 2013
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Book Touring Like a Rock Star

Something pretty cool might be coming to a town near you, and reading about it got me thinking about … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
March 20, 2013
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The Importance of Endings

A little while ago on Twitter, Joe Hill mentioned that after years of work, he had written the very … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
March 7, 2013
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: March 7, 2013

It probably doesn’t take a genius to realize why I like reading books about my favorite authors, … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
February 27, 2013
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Barnes & Noble’s Midlife Crisis

Barnes & Noble is kind of having a rough time of it these days. Oh, no, it’s not because … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
February 20, 2013
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The Dangers of Reading About Writers

There’s an old adage which warns, “Never meet your heroes,” lest you discover them to be … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
February 13, 2013
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Gimmicks, Language, and the Evolution of Reading

(This is No. 43 in our series of Public Service Films, following the success of No. 42, How Not To … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
February 11, 2013
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A Love Song for Dead Tree Books

The other day, I bought a copy of The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. I got home with it, sat down … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
February 8, 2013
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How I Discovered Alan Moore Without Knowing It

There’s many ways we encounter art that we fall in love with. Maybe a web-site recommends it … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
February 1, 2013
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It’s Bookish Heavy Metal Time!

Like mixing chocolate and peanut butter together to produce a delicious new combination (seriously, … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
January 31, 2013
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Reading Pathway: Isaac Asimov

On the face of it, Isaac Asimov doesn’t seem like that difficult an author to get into…and … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
January 24, 2013
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass [Pseudoscience Edition!]

There are an awful lot of academic fields which I adore, but forced to pick one, I go for anthropology. … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
January 8, 2013
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Grumpy Old Men and the Books They Hate

So, recently an article came out in which someone complained about, among other tiresome arguments, 50 … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
January 5, 2013
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Best of Book Riot: Testifying for Fan Fiction

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
January 1, 2013
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Best of Book Riot: Reading AMERICAN GODS ON REPEAT

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post

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Peter Damien
December 31, 2012
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Best of Book Riot: The Movie-to-Book Recommendation Engine: AMELIE

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six … Read the full post