I came of age in the Bush years, when politics felt like a discouraging, fixed game for adults. But long about my junior year in high school, I started to feel called
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Sure, you remember your favorite books from childhood fondly, but how well do you really know them? Since I started MFA program in writing for children and young adults, I’ve been rereading
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I’m writing this list of the best websites about books for me five years ago. Back then I was deep in the beginning of learning about book world and would have welcomed
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I’ve always been kind of obsessed with journals. I grew up during the height of Dear America books, Amelia’s Diaries, and other epistolary novels, like Bridget Jones’s Diary, that had a profound
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Ever wonder how to recommend books? My love for giving people book recommendations led me to pursue my Master’s of Library Science. I just loved connecting readers with great books, and the
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I’ve long been intimidated by writing short stories, but in my first semester as an MFA student, I finally took the plunge and gave it a go. I was lucky enough to
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It often feels like the world is a cold, dark place, especially today in modern times. I turn to fiction as both a place to escape our grim day-to-day and as an
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Over the years, I’ve steadily been working my way through prolific author Neil Gaiman’s publications, recommending them here on the blog and just about everywhere. The more I’ve read by him, the
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Totally unable to break through a reading slump? Still nursing a book hangover? Running way behind on your personal reading challenge? You probably need to “pivot.” The pivot is essentially a turning
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What exactly is a dark fantasy book? Chances are you’ve already read a dark fantasy book or have seen a TV or film adaptation of one of these stories, which often feature
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