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Rachel Manwill

Rachel Manwill is an editor, writer, and professional nomad. Twice a year, she runs the #24in48 readathon, during which she does almost no reading. She's always looking for an excuse to recommend a book, whether you ask her for one or not. When she's not ranting about comma usage for her day job as a corporate editor, she's usually got an audiobook in her ears and a puppy in her lap. Blog: A Home Between Pages Twitter: @rachelmanwill

Sci Fi for Non-Sci Fi Readers

Lately, I’ve noticed a theme in my reading. I’ve been classifying it as like-science fiction, but it’s not quite capital ...

Top 8 Aaron Sorkin Literary References

I’ve expressed before my total geekdom for all things politics and news-related. My day job as an editor for a ...

The Death Swell: Expired Authors and Affiliated Guilt

There’s this thing that happens to me after an author whose work I’ve never read, or read very little of, ...

BEA Wrap-Up: Authors Are My Rockstars

Well. Book Expo America 2012 is finally over, and we’re either recovering from the long days and blistered feet (if ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best of What We Read in May

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

WARNING: On YA, Ratings, and “Censorship”

The YA world is in an uproar over a recent study by BYU professor Sarah Coyne, featured in an article ...

(re)Discovering Toni Morrison Outside Academia

This post is part of our Toni Morrison Reading Day: a celebration of  one of our favorite authors on the ...

Countdown to London: Olympic Fiction

We’re just about 12 weeks away from the start of the London 2012 Olympics and I’ve managed, so far, to ...

Counterpoint: I LOVE Recommending Books!

On Tuesday, Amanda wrote about the difficulty and stress of recommending books and how sometimes, you just really don’t want ...

To Book Club or Not to Book Club?

This Sunday, my book club is meeting to discuss A Good American by Alex George over brunch and mimosas. It’s ...