Buy, Borrow, Bypass: May 16, 2013 [Angsty Boys Edition]
The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne Josh Hanagarne is a librarian and a lapsed … Read the full post
In this weekly feature, Book Riot contributors give brief reviews of their recent reads and advise whether you should buy, borrow, or bypass them.
The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne Josh Hanagarne is a librarian and a lapsed … Read the full post
Woke Up Lonely by Fiona Maazel Thurlow Dan is kind of like a rockstar. He’s the leader of a … Read the full post
N0S4A2 by Joe Hill (April 30, William Morrow) This book is about a punk rock librarian with technicolor … Read the full post
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer I have been on pins and needles for this book to come out for MONTHS. … Read the full post
From Hell by Alan Moore There are graphic novels with superheroes and there graphic novels … Read the full post
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne Jonny Valentine is a thinly disguised fictional version … Read the full post
My recent reading choices have been a bit all over the place in terms of subject matter, but in a … Read the full post
Love is a Canoe by Ben Schrank You know those really simplistic tropes about love and marriage that … Read the full post
Usually when I approach Buy, Borrow, Bypass I like to have a theme, a sort of thread that connects … Read the full post
Good Prose by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd In 1973, Tracy Kidder was a young freelancer, looking … Read the full post
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion R is a young professional with a pleasant life, or at least he was before … Read the full post
The Tenth of December by George Saunders I’m new to George Saunders’ fiction (LOVE his … Read the full post
There are an awful lot of academic fields which I adore, but forced to pick one, I go for anthropology. … Read the full post
The Art Forger by Barbara Shapiro I know very little about the process of making art. Let’s … Read the full post
Thor: God of Thunder by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic OK, full disclosure: I often refer to Marvel’s … Read the full post
Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy (Ted Widmer, Caroline Kennedy) … Read the full post