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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: May 20, 2013
The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan (Knopf, on sale date June 11, 2013) This book is an iteration … Read the full post
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In this weekly feature, Book Riot contributors give brief reviews of their recent reads and advise whether you should buy, borrow, or bypass them.
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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
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: May 6, 2013
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst (Paperback release June 4th, Random House) A Hollywood star named Frederic … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: April 29th, 2013
Woke Up Lonely by Fiona Maazel Thurlow Dan is kind of like a rockstar. He’s the leader of a … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: April 25, 2013
N0S4A2 by Joe Hill (April 30, William Morrow) This book is about a punk rock librarian with technicolor … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: April 17th, 2013
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer I have been on pins and needles for this book to come out for MONTHS. … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: April 10, 2013
I’m a biography junkie with a constant jones for literary figures and twentieth century history. … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: April 4, 2013
From Hell by Alan Moore There are graphic novels with superheroes and there graphic novels … Read the full post
Buy, Borrow, Bypass: March 27th, 2013
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne Jonny Valentine is a thinly disguised fictional version … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: March 20, 2013
My recent reading choices have been a bit all over the place in terms of subject matter, but in a … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: March 14, 2013
Love is a Canoe by Ben Schrank You know those really simplistic tropes about love and marriage that … Read the full post
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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
Buy, Borrow, Bypass: February 28, 2013
Usually when I approach Buy, Borrow, Bypass I like to have a theme, a sort of thread that connects … Read the full post
Buy, Borrow, Bypass: February 21, 2013
I want to preface this edition of Buy, Borrow, Bypass by saying that astute Book Riot readers may … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: February 14, 2013
Good Prose by Tracy Kidder and Richard Todd In 1973, Tracy Kidder was a young freelancer, looking … Read the full post
Buy, Borrow, Bypass: February 7, 2013
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion R is a young professional with a pleasant life, or at least he was before … Read the full post
Buy, Borrow, Bypass: January 30th, 2013
The Tenth of December by George Saunders I’m new to George Saunders’ fiction (LOVE his … Read the full post
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
Buy, Borrow, Bypass: January 16, 2013
The Art Forger by Barbara Shapiro I know very little about the process of making art. Let’s … Read the full post
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Buy, Borrow, Bypass: January 10, 2013 [Marvel Comics Edition]
Thor: God of Thunder by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic OK, full disclosure: I often refer to Marvel’s … Read the full post
