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Annika Barranti Klein

Annika Barranti Klein likes books, obviously.   Twitter: @noirbettie

On Falling In Love With A Book

It’s a bit like discovering your best friend, falling in love with a book. I’ve fallen in love with many ...

My Kid Only Reads Comics…And I’m Okay With That

I let my son read whatever he wants, and all he wants to read is comics. My son didn’t talk ...

What To Read When You’ve Run Out of Shirley Jackson’s Books

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

Please, Hollywood: Adapt This Book a Hundred Times

I have this theory: the problem with remakes and reboots and sequelitis isn’t that the movies are being made and ...

How To Host a Shakespeare Reading Party

A few times a year, my delightful friend Megan hosts Shakespeare reading parties in her backyard. She took up the ...

How I Learned To Embrace Digital Reading

I love books. I mean–duh. But like, I love books. My preference is for a trade paperback; I love the ...

Fictionalized Memoirs I Have Loved

I am slowly reading Pioneer Girl, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s original, previously unpublished autobiography as edited and annotated by Pamela Smith ...

What To Read When You’ve Run Out of Shirley Jackson’s Books

This is a guest post from Annika Barranti Klein. Annika lives in Los Angeles, where she writes stories, raises children, ...

I Haven’t Read a Book By a Man Since 2013 (It’s Been Awesome)

This is a guest post from Annika Barranti Klein. Annika lives in Los Angeles, where she writes stories, raises children, ...