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A Review of IMPROVISE, GIRL, IMPROVISE by Lilith Latini

Review of Lilith Latini's new trans woman focused poetry collection from Topside Press.

Dorothy Parker Harshing on Bad Books

I recently recalled that a copy of The Portable Dorothy Parker was kicking around my house somewhere, and remembering that ...

One-Star Reviews of Beloved Books

There are a few books that I think rise above the star-rating system we humans have devised to grade plays, ...

Your Goodreads Reviews Don’t Just Stay on Goodreads

Since Book Riot has an ebook now, I am of course stalking Amazon, Goodreads, and the other places readers go ...

Some Notable Comments on THE GREAT GATSBY

This post is related to our Riot Read of The Great Gatsby. Check out related posts here. ____________________________ Here is a fairly ...

Review GPA: HOME by Toni Morrison

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

2012 Tournament of Books Running Diary: Pre-Game

Jeff O’Neal and Morgan Macgregor are both huge Tournament of Books fans. So, they decided to read all the finalists ...

The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name: An Editor’s Dilemma

Last week, I read a book from cover to cover that I simply loathed. (Yes, I almost always finish a ...

Review GPA: HOPE: A TRAGEDY by Shalom Auslander

Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander Publication Date: January 12, 2012 Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Riverhead Books Publisher’s Synopsis: The rural ...