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Michelle Anne Schingler

Michelle Anne Schingler, a former librarian and Hebrew school teacher, is the managing editor at Foreword Reviews. Her days are books, books, books; she knows how lucky that makes her.  Twitter: @mschingler

20+ Of The Best Food Books from 2018

Get out your stretchy pants: these food books from 2018 have set the table and are ready to absolutely delight you in and beyond the kitchen.

Man Stabbed in the Antarctic Over Book Spoilers

I cannot imagine that Sergey didn’t warn Oleg. Picture it: you’re in the middle of practically nowhere—a place so desolate ...

What to Read at the End of the World

If you survived the apocalypse, what would you read? Here are some thoughts on the act of reading after the world as you know it has ceased to exist.

Every Movie You Love is a Take on a Literary Classic

"If you think about it," I said, two drinks in and very sage, "Kathleen Kelly IS Elizabeth Bennett."

“Book” Your Last Minute Autumn Getaway Now: 12+ Recommendations to Get You There

What if I told you that you could hear “Welcome to Lagos” for under twenty dollars?* That you could one-up ...

20 Awesome Post-Apocalyptic Books from 2018

The world felt like it ended in 2016. Then again in 2018. But if there’s one thing that speculative fiction ...

Quiz: Berenstein or Berenstain?

They were 100 percent the Berenstein bears. Or were they?

These Books Were Made for Crafting, and That’s Just What I’ll Do

"I make my home beautiful with the corpses of books."

Thanks A Lot, Trump: When an Old Favorite Becomes Newly Problematic

*This post contains spoilers* I have always described my favorite Dean Koontz book, Lightning, in the same spoiler-laden way: it’s ...

Reading CUNT in Public (And Other Ways to Let Books Help You Through This Week)

After watching Dr. Christine Blasey Ford relive her trauma in the Kavanaugh investigation, one reader found solace in Inga Muscio's feminist classic.