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Amanda Nelson

Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.

10 Pieces of MOBY-DICK Swag

This is apparently the Summer In Which I Internet-Window Shop For Bookish Stuff Because It’s Too Hot To Do Things ...

Shit Book Snobs Say: Translations

If you’ve spent any amount of time on the bookish internet (Bookternet? Bookterwebternet?), you’ve run into a book snob. These ...

I Read Violent Trash as a Kid and Turned Out OK

When I was 10, I read my grandfather’s copy of The Shining. My father saw me reading it, and a few ...

10 Pieces of WUTHERING HEIGHTS Swag

Last week I put together 10 Pieces of Jane Eyre Swag, and in the comments one of our readers asked me ...

10 Pieces of JANE EYRE Swag

Last week I pulled together 10 Pieces of Shakespeare Swag, and it did not damper my need to internet-window-shop for ...

10 Pieces of Shakespeare Swag

Each summer, our local Shakespearean theater performs the great works in Agecroft Hall, a legit Elizabethan mansion that was dismantled, ...

Sites We Like: Thug Notes

It’s hard not to love a site with the tagline “Classic Literature. Original Gangster.” Sparky Sweets, PhD is your honored ...

An Ode to Library Story Time

I never played house as a kid. Never pretend-rocked a baby, never rushed to babysit anyone or anything, never thought ...

I Am Conflicted About Elizabeth Gilbert

I was walking the floor at Book Expo America (BEA) all by my lonesome, in between appointments and maybe staring ...

Literary Desserts for Your Bookish Sweet Tooth

As is true with all things, literary desserts are better than regular desserts. For those of you who are on ...