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So you want to read a Kindle book, but don’t have a Kindle? I get it. My favorite way to borrow books from the library is digitally. This was really a lifesaver while libraries were closed during this pandemic. But maybe your library closed before you snagged a Kindle Oasis? Maybe you just don’t want

I recently joked on Twitter that we should just start sending romance novels by queer authors and writers of color to Ryan Murphy (creator of Glee, Pose, and Hollywood), because Netflix would basically give him anything. But maybe it wasn’t a joke. On May 19, Sweet Magnolias premiered on Netflix. The first season is a

Grand Rapids, Michigan, my hometown, is many things. A national poll proclaimed it Beer City, USA (the phrase appears frequently on bumper stickers and billboards). It hosts one of the world’s largest all-volunteer art competitions. A president was born here. But it’s far from a literary hub. The cars run big, the votes run (mostly)

On May 21, the Romance Writers of America Board of Directors announced that they would be moving forward with a new award: The Vivian. This award, named for RWA founder Vivian Stephens, would replace the RITA Awards, which have seen some controversy over the past few years. This new award will have new standards for

Looking to show off your bookish pride this June? Big Pride events and parades across the country may be canceled due to COVID-19, but pride itself is never canceled. There are lots of ways to celebrate Pride that don’t involve crowds (and if, like me, you hate crowds anyway, you’ve probably been celebrating this way

Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web, sponsored by our Robyn Carr Prize Pack giveaway, courtesy of Harlequin.com. “If there’s anything my friends have learned from helping me move, it’s that I have a lot of books. They come prepared to move about 30 book boxes—and

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So you want to go for a run and listen to an audiobook, but you don’t want to have to lug your phone around. Or you stepped out for a stroll and forgot your phone. No worries, you can download your Audible book to your Apple Watch and have it available to listen to anywhere!

Like most people, I miss a lot of things right now. I miss seeing my family, going to work, roaming the grocery store on a whim, and not worrying about going outside or chatting with the neighbors when I walk my dog. One of the things I miss the most is being casually able to

Are you a fantasy lover with series fatigue? I get it. Sometimes it’s super fun to escape into a lush fantasy world for a while, but it’s a bit of a bummer when you realize the book has a sequel and you don’t have it on the shelf, or the sequel isn’t even out yet.

If you haven’t yet picked any Neal Shusterman books, chances are you’ve heard his name. His work has been a staple of YA literature for decades, with his first novel for young readers publishing in 1988, and his most recent Arc of the Scythe series concluding in late 2019. His book Challenger Deep won a

Just a quick note to all you Book Riot readers out there that we’re taking the day off for Memorial Day. Hope you all have an excellent, bookish Monday, and we’ll be back tomorrow with our regularly scheduled programming. In the meantime, here are recommendations for books about military service and a history of the

Critical Linking is a daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web sponsored by Lucy Knisley’s Stepping Stones, from Random House Graphic. “‘I realised that I had thousands of these pages knocking about in a big wooden box in a shed at the bottom of the garden, and I ought to