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To All the Stereotypes I Saw Before: Asian American Representation on Screen by Jennifer Yen

Book BuzzMarch 1, 2021 by Reads A Lot Editor

As we bid To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before farewell, Jennifer Yen, author of A Taste for Love, is sharing her thoughts on the Netflix finale To All the … Read More

Time is a Fantasy in “The Memory Theater” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsMarch 1, 2021 by Jake Casella Brookins

Karin Tidbeck is one of those writers whose work is delightfully hard to pin down to a genre—their work includes fantasy and science fiction, but … Read More

Books you should be reading while waiting for Shadow and Bone to drop on Netflix

Book BuzzFebruary 26, 2021 by Reads A Lot Editor

Excited for Shadow & Bone to drop on Netflix this April? SAME. But waiting is hard. So, here are 9 fantasy books we think you … Read More

Hot Takes and Splintered Identities in “Fake Accounts” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 26, 2021 by Rabeea Saleem

Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts is one of the most buzzed-about debuts of this year. The premise is intriguing: On the eve of Trump’s inauguration, a … Read More

The Tyger | Tor.com

Book BuzzFebruary 26, 2021 by Tegan Moore

“The Path Through Time” is Jules’s favorite part of the museum, a marvelous exhibit that brings the past to life, from the present all the … Read More

Focusing on the story in “The City of Good Death” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 24, 2021 by nazlikoca

Priyanka Champaneri’s enthralling debut novel, The City of Good Death, winner of the 2018 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, is a heart-warming read … Read More

PLOT TWIST! These books will make you question everything you just read

Book BuzzFebruary 20, 2021 by Reads A Lot Editor

Are you ever reading a book when BAM! Plot twist. And not just that, it changes your perspective on ALL the pages before it? We’ve rounded … Read More

A Review of “Cowboy Graves” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 19, 2021 by Ian J. Battaglia

It’s an unexpected delight to be able to review previously-unseen work by the late Roberto Bolaño 18 years after his death. Bolaño—the Chilean poet-novelist perhaps … Read More

Listening to Earth Before It’s Too Late, in “Earth’s Wild Music” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 19, 2021 by Jonathan Dale

The climate crisis is so rapidly laying waste to our world that it can be depressing to even attempt to comprehend it. We’re in the … Read More

RIF’s Favorite Reads of February 2021

Book BuzzFebruary 18, 2021 by RIF Editorial Team

February may be a short month but it is also vital and packed with meaning. For Black History Month, we invite you to learn and … Read More

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