Posted byBest of Book Riot #1: Welcome to Book Riot
This week we’re running some our favorite and most popular posts from our first three months. … Read the full post
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Posted by“Nobody knows what’s going to happen to anybody”: 2011 in Final Lines
To find a twitching sign of life in the idea that everyone has a book in them, consider how we conduct … Read the full post
Posted byDoes What We Read Truly Tell Who We Are?
Does what we read truly tell who we are? That seems to be the overall consensus, but is it really … Read the full post
Who’s going to be the Louis CK of publishing?
Even if I didn’t find Louis CK funny, I would still like him. He’s wickedly honest (as the best … Read the full post
Posted byWhen You’re the Literary Cheese Standing Alone, Where Do You Stand?
There’s this scene in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (it’s awesome, don’t hate!) when Whoopi … Read the full post
A Christmas Appeal: Books For the Non-Reader?
One of the most chillingly effective music reviews I ever read described Crowded House as a band for … Read the full post
Posted byHoliday Villain Throwdown: Grinch vs. Scrooge
This week, the Throwdown is back with the answer to an old favourite: Who’s the meanest one? … Read the full post
Posted byJudge Me By My Cover: Finding the Perfect New Year’s Eve Date
For those of you who are like me – woefully single – the search is frantically on for … Read the full post
7 Surprise Twists I’d Rather Live Without [or The Airing of Grievances, Literary Style]
A truly surprising surprise twist—the kind that makes you gasp or clutch your pearls or reexamine … Read the full post
And the Oscar Goes To… Should There be Oscars for the Book World?
In the literary world, a book has to have it all in order to win an award. With television and movies, … Read the full post
Posted byWill the Real American Girls Please Stand Up?
At some point in American childhoods, the “book and” became all the rage: “book and toy,” … Read the full post
Who Will Be the Literary Legends of Our Era?
On my last day in Paris, as I was walking through Luxembourg Gardens, I couldn’t help but thinking … Read the full post
A Noogie from David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace is kicking my ass. I’m currently reading Consider The Lobster, his collection … Read the full post
Literary is as Literary Does
Disillusionment is a necessary, if underappreciated, part of education. What we think we know is stripped … Read the full post
Posted byWe Like Big Books (When They’re Fiction?)
Yesterday Goodreads announced the Best Books of 2011 in the Goodreads Choice Awards, and the winners … Read the full post
On Judging Books By Their Covers…And Other Readerly Biases
Last month, I read a fantastic book that I very nearly passed on because I found its cover completely … Read the full post
Oscar Wilde…Offended by a Kiss?
Walking through Pére Lachaise yesterday, a friend and I were musing about what it would be like to … Read the full post
Chasing Literary Ghosts in Paris
La Coupole and Le Select (two of Hemingway and Fitzgerald’s favorite restaurants/hangouts) are … Read the full post
Posted byA Note on “Thank You”
This may sound just a tad ungrateful, but I hate thank-you notes. It’s not the thank you—I have … Read the full post
Posted byThe Cure-All for Reading Woes
I’ve been in a reading slump, y’all. It’s a perilous, disastrous reading slump that not only … Read the full post
