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A List of Badass Women

Today's reading list is a roundup of badass women--but what does "badass" mean exactly? These are women who don't conform to the norms that have been set out for women as a whole. They may seem intimidating or--that worst of all literary sins--unlikable. These women follow their own path, make sometimes questionable choices, risk screwing … Continue reading A List of Badass Women

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April 10, 2020Alyson Hagy, Badass women, Books, Carmen Maria Machado, Hallie Butler, Leni Zumas, Madeline Miller, Margaret Atwood, Megan Hunter, Naomi Alderman, Ottessa Moshfegh, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Reading list, Women, Women characters, Women writersLeave a comment
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Now’s a Good Time for a Dystopia

Today's reading list features that stalwart genre of anxious times: the dystopia. I've tried to collect some newer and more unusual examples for this list, rather than the old standards that you see on every list. Not only are these novels prime escapist fare, but they serve as a helpful reminder that things could always … Continue reading Now’s a Good Time for a Dystopia

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April 9, 2020Books, Cherie Priest, China Mieville, Claire Vaye Watkins, Dave Eggers, David Mitchell, Dexter Palmer, Dystopia, Hanya Yanagihara, Margaret Atwood, Michel Faber, Paolo Bacigalupi, PD James, Reading list, Science fictionLeave a comment
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12 Books to Diversify Your Reading

Sometimes we can get in a reading rut and find it difficult to break out of our comfort zones. But it's a good idea to shake things up every now and then and read an author or a genre we normally wouldn't consider, if only for the benefit of expanding our view of the world. … Continue reading 12 Books to Diversify Your Reading

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April 8, 2020African American, Alternate history, Books, Brooke Bolander, Chinese American, David Demchuk, Diversity, Elephants, Ellen Klages, Fantastic fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Horror, Hye-Young Pyun, Korean Literature, Lara Elena Donnelly, Margaret Killjoy, Molly Tanzer, Native American, Novellas, Queer, Reading list, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Tade Thompson, Ukraine, Victor LaValle, Women charactersLeave a comment
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Disaster Reading for Disastrous Times

I'm stuck at home bored, like almost everyone else, so I thought I'd indulge in my favorite pastime and put together some reading lists! I see a lot of lists like this one on Electric Literature and Book Riot -- some of them really good, some of them just frankly a hodgepodge of books the … Continue reading Disaster Reading for Disastrous Times

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April 7, 2020Alexandra Oliva, Apocalypse, Ariel Djanikian, Ben H Winters, Books, China Mieville, Disasters, Jeff VanderMeer, John Joseph Adams, John Lanchester, John Scalzi, Max Barry, Nathaniel Rich, Reading listLeave a comment
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What I’ve Been Reading: Books by Women

Time for an update of what I've been reading lately: three recent publications by women writers that are each, in their own way, unusual and engrossing reads. First up: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, her first novel since The Night Circus, which was a favorite of mine. With The Starless Sea, Morgenstern has written a deeply felt and … Continue reading What I’ve Been Reading: Books by Women

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February 20, 2020Book Reviews, Books, Circe, Erin Morgenstern, Madeline Miller, Margaret Atwood, Recent reading, The Handmaid's Tale, The Starless Sea, The Testaments, Women writersLeave a comment
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Reading February-March 2018: Born a Crime and The Reapers Are the Angels

I skipped a month of reading recommendations, mostly because I spent the remainder of this long and lingering winter reading light and pulpy books that were entertaining in the moment but hardly worthy of lasting recommendation. I do have two gems from these two months to pass on to you, however. Continuing my memoir kick, … Continue reading Reading February-March 2018: Born a Crime and The Reapers Are the Angels

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April 11, 2018April 11, 2018Alden Bell, Books, Born a Crime, February 2018, March 2018, Recommended Reading, The Reapers Are the Angels, Trevor NoahLeave a comment
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Halloween Reading

Autumn is my favorite time of year. The crisp weather, the leaves turning, the light getting slantier--this is the perfect time to settle in with a spooky story, which happens to be my favorite kind of story. And even though Halloween is tomorrow, it's not too late to get your spook on. Here are few … Continue reading Halloween Reading

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October 30, 2017Books, Halloween, Horror, John Langan, Mapping the Interior, Novellas, Peter Straub, Pork Pie Hat, Stephen Graham Jones, The Devil in Silver, The Fisherman, Victor LaValleLeave a comment

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