For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] This May, as you welcome the truly warm weather and hopefully begin to see loved ones again slowly and cautiously, we want to thank you for being the readers you are and share our favorite reads of the month with you. From heartbreaking and utterly essential memoirs like My Time Will Come by Ian … Read more
[ad_1] With the beginning of spring, warmer weather, and longer days, we’re looking forward to spending more time outside and really focusing on our mental health. These books already helped get us through the long winter, and now we can’t wait to read, journal, and color somewhere other than our couches. If you’re also looking … Read more
[ad_1] 1629–1634: Whipped for lying with a Black woman “My mother is white and I am Black because in 1630 a Virginia colonial court ordered the whipping of Hugh Davis, a white man, as a punishment for sleeping with a Black woman…the whipping of Hugh Davis wrote one important concept of race in America into … Read more
[ad_1] Roll up, roll up to our list of favorite reads, hot off the presses! We’ve got a little bit of everything for you this much, from moving memoirs like Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner and Heart of Fire by Senator Mazie K. Hirono, to gripping debut novels like Gold Diggers by Sanjena … Read more
[ad_1] If you’re like us and have already binged Bridgerton on Netflix a time or two, you are probably desperate to get your hands on any and all historical romance novels that will remind you of Julia Quinn’s series. We’ve got you covered with some of our all-time favorites below! While we can’t promise that these … Read more
[ad_1] They say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, and so many of our favorites reads this month are about precisely that part of the cyclical, seasonal nature of human beings: we are capable of growth and also of collapse, but neither is a straightforward, unstoppable trajectory. From glorious … Read more
[ad_1] 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 celebrate the history of Black Americans, which is a key part of American history overall. February is also solidly in the depths of winter, when many of us may … Read more
[ad_1] Out with the old year and in with the new! We can’t know that 2021 will be a better year, but we can work toward bettering it together. And you know what the best fuel is for imagining your way into hope and change? That’s right: books. Books that remind us we’re not alone … Read more
[ad_1] Steven Rowley’s novel, The Editor, now available in paperback, looks at a writer, who after years of struggling, finally sells his novel to an editor at a major publishing house: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie–or Mrs. Onassis, as she’s known in the office–has fallen in love with James’s candidly autobiographical novel, one … Read more
[ad_1] Every year around the holidays, people love to share how they’re celebrating, what they are cooking, how they are decorating, what gifts they’re giving, what’s on their wishlist. We all know there’s something magical about this time of year, but it’s even more special to spend it with people you love and care about, … Read more