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Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the executive director of product and ecommerce at Riot New Media Group. She co-hosts All the Books! and the Book Riot Podcast. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccaschinsky.

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In service of my unwritten resolution to start the year without feeling like I’m already behind the eight ball, I ...

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

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There’s this scene in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (it’s awesome, don’t hate!) when Whoopi Goldberg–as Sister Mary ...