Cassandra Neace

Cassandra Neace is a high school English teacher in Houston. When she's not in the classroom, she reads books and writes about them. She prides herself on her ability to recommend a book for most any occasion. She can be found on Instagram @read_write_make

Best of Book Riot: Books That I Wish Had Been Better, 2011

 This week we’re running some of our favorite and most popular posts from our first three months.  __________________________ In this ...

Audiobooks for Beginners

This was the year that I discovered the audiobook. I had not been a fan before this year, but then ...

“What do you want for Christmas?”

I hate being asked that question, especially when “books” (my stock response) is not sufficient.  People want me to be ...

A Book Gift That Should Not Be Forgotten

The first blog that I ever followed with any sort of consistency, and that I still follow, is Forgotten Bookmarks. It’s ...

Best Books of 2011: Category Standouts

I have been blogging for almost a year, and in that time, I have written a lot of “5 Best ...

More Overlooked Books from 2011

Whenever I write a post picking on some books, I always feel the need to follow it up with one ...

Books That I Wish Had Been Better – 2011

In this season of “Best of” lists, I want to take this opportunity to talk about the also-rans, the books ...

Neil Gaiman, Audiobooks, and Minotaurs

There are few living writers whose opinions I respect as much as I do those of Neil Gaiman. When he ...

Giving #ReaderThanks

On Wednesday morning, Colleen Lindsay made a simple suggestion to her more than 71,000 Twitter followers: https://twitter.com/ColleenLindsay/status/139358871306256385 What followed was ...

3 Books to (Not) Be Thankful For

I’m not writing this so I’ll have an excuse to bash the books I hate. I try to avoid bashing ...

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