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The self, then, has always been at the heart of the literary essay. But the new essay is exclusively about the self, with the world serving only as a foil and an accessory, as a mere staging ground for the projection of the self. And the self, it turns out, is pretty funny. __________________ “The [...]
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We here at Book Riot are huge Tournament of Books fans, so this year we’re going to discuss each of the finalists in the weeks before the Tournament gets underway, in alphabetical order. You can find the schedule of our discussions here. Read along with us! Today Jodi Chromey & Cassandra Neace discuss The Orphan [...]
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It’s been a relatively satisfying week in books for me, mainly because I spent a long weekend on vacation in Charleston, and vacation always means reading whatever the hell I want and refusing to feel guilty about it. (Actually, that’s my reading philosophy most of the time, but it feels extra pleasurable on vacation.) There’s a [...]
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In my one short year as a bookseller, I witnessed two trends: the rise of 50 Shades of Grey and the increasing demand for Amish fiction. I learned that the latter has several nicknames: “bonnet books” and “kapp lit” (kapps being the name for the white head coverings the Amish women wear) among them. I assumed [...]
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We don’t really need to keep talking about Terry Deary, do we? We don’t need to fan the flames and give this guy’s ludicrous opinions any more attention than we already have. Right? Well, I’m going to do it anyway. I tend to ride the soapbox pretty hard when something “bad” is said about libraries [...]
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Though books are totally our bag here at Book Riot, we have a soft spot in our hearts for any medium of good storytelling. This includes TV and movies and theater and essays, etc., etc. (By “we” of course, I just mean me, but I’m pretty sure that most of my Riot colleagues would agree [...]
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at Flavorwire, 25 Writers on the Importance of Libraries at The Shatzkin Files, Some Ideas for Publishers That Will Help Bookstores at Jacket Copy, Authors and Fictional Characters People Wish They Could Meet IRL at LitReactor, Five Unconventional Fantasy Relationships at Fast Company, Three Social Media Lessons from Young Adult Authors at The Weekly Ansible, China Miéville’s 50 Books Every Socialist [...]
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What I’ve realized is that the library is wonderful not in spite of its scarcity but because of it. Every book in the library has been specifically acquired by one process or another. The library is a filtered store of knowledge. Astute. ____________________________ The book industry is not going anywhere anytime soon. It is changing, [...]
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Have you ever taken a close look at the stationery samples and templates on Paperless Post? A Valentine from Rhett to Scarlett, a Mother’s Day card signed Marcel (Proust), an invitation to Hemingway’s birthday in Sun Valley . . . Browse through the cards, and you’ll find all sorts of imaginary correspondence from famous authors [...]
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I’m trying to read Homer’s The Odyssey. Wine dark sea. Sing muses. I find its easier to make fun of than to read. I’d pause and think of myself as Homeric. Sing muses, of this Mother, she of the flashing eyes, who gets angry at the grout, who daily in her duties excels in cutting [...]
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I want to preface this edition of Buy, Borrow, Bypass by saying that astute Book Riot readers may have noticed that most of the recommendations in these columns are, indeed, of the “Buy” variety. I assume this is because we Book Riot people, like you yourself probably do, carefully select the books we read. Very rarely [...]
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Minimalism is all the rage these days, and what could be more minimal than bookshelves you can’t even see? Here’s a sampling of options for those who want to see their books and nothing but their books. 1. Flybary Pretty cool for bed- or chair-side reading. 2. Floating Stacks You’ve probably seen these; they [...]
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Earlier this month, fellow Book Rioter Jeff O’Neal observed that “discoverability” isn’t really a problem for the readers he knows, making new sites like Bookish.com a solution looking for a problem. Curious about what some less-connected readers thought, I asked my Facebook friends (most of whom are not deeply connected to the “book world”) how they [...]
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Philip Roth might no longer be writing fiction, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t working. In a recent interview, he said that his current project is helping his official biographer with notes, explanations, and documents. It’s a savvy move from Roth, whose legacy will undoubtedly be more influenced by an expansive authorized biographer than another [...]
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There’s nothing like losing yourself in a good book, right? Books that have stories so good you get mad when they’re finished. I think this is why I enjoy certain video games so much. It’s like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, but even more engaging. In my experience, games that have a good narrative [...]
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A big social novel is like a great old train station; a nice thought, but impractical in this day and age. Who will go there, anyway? A bus shelter will do. From The City Department of Metaphors and Analogies. ____________________________ After being offered her dream job as an editorial assistant at a high-powered, nationally syndicated [...]
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There’s an old adage which warns, “Never meet your heroes,” lest you discover them to be human and they disappoint. Even if they don’t disappoint, they stop being heroes and become humans. Personally, I don’t find that to be a bad thing at all. I’m both an artist and a human, and I like that [...]
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When Book Riot asked you what your favorite books were, Jane Eyre came out number three, just after To Kill a Mockingbird and Pride and Prejudice (though I’m of the opinion that Jane and Rochester could take Elizabeth and Darcy any day of the week, especially Sundays). So you’ve read Jane Eyre a million times [...]
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