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Book Buzz is a curated stream of book news that will help you add epic and outstanding novels to your TBR! These are the hottest books you must read!
We want stories that will carry us to other worlds, make us lose sleep, make us cry like we peeled ten onions, then tickle our fancy til we laugh hysterically. And love. We want books that will make us fall in love over and over again. What are the hottest books coming out this month? What stories will resonate with us and blow our minds? Check out Book Buzz to find out the latest in book news and discover the stories trending now!
[ad_1] In Eighty Days to Elsewhere, Ramona Keene works in her family bookshop. Two Old Queens Books & Tea is owned by Romy’s Uncle Merv and his partner Tommy, and she has worked there since she was a teenager. It’s cozy and safe—if a little dusty—and Romy spends most of her time trying to get … Read more
[ad_1] When she was about 30, Julian of Norwich got sick and saw God. For about a week she lay in bed, beholding Christ in gory, color-changing agony (“all his blessed face covered at one point in dry blood”), several heavens, and the cosmos contained in a walnut. Not long afterwards—from what historians can tell, … Read more
[ad_1] What’s not surprising at all? The fact that Abbe, Jess, and Emma could not wait to talk about a great book for 30 minutes, as they do every month for the Read it Forward book club. In August, they read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett—a stunning work of fiction about two inseparable twins … Read more
[ad_1] A day laborer hired to clean up a flooded creek outside of Boulder, Colorado uncovers what could be a valuable find—if it doesn’t kill him first. It was just a day-labor gig. Really, the only reason I’d signed on was because, for insurance reasons, hiring on meant getting fitted for a brand-new … Read more
[ad_1] Hi, it’s Jess, Read it Forward’s Assistant Editor. Many of you know me from hosting Read it Forward’s book club, our videos, Instagram, or from the articles I’ve written for our site. I want to let you know that I’m leaving Read it Forward and starting a new adventure! Just like every good chapter … Read more
[ad_1] “I don’t want to talk about my family,” I announced to the therapist at the beginning of my very first counseling session. “I had a perfect childhood.” I wasn’t there to marinate ad nauseam in some theoretical Freudian stew of discontent that didn’t actually exist. I just had some patterns that I recognized as … Read more
[ad_1] I believe it is ultimately up to the reader to decide what makes a great historical fiction novel but here are some things that I, personally, love to see. 1. A completely new and original point of view. As a reader of historical novels myself, I prefer the ones that look at a familiar … Read more
[ad_1] Until someone becomes a parent, they have no idea how little time parents actually get for themselves in a day. I get asked from time to time how to find time to read as a parent. The question usually goes something like this: I know that reading to my kids is one of the … Read more
[ad_1] There are so many ways to get “lost in translation”, as evidenced by the frequent and varied use of that expression. We drop it into conversation. “Something got lost in translation,” we say, meaning everything from the very literal to the very metaphorical. It is the title of books and articles, of a movie. … Read more
[ad_1] Keltie Knight is an Emmy Award-winning television personality and a New York Times bestselling author. She’s also a co-host on The LadyGang podcast with Jac Vanek and Becca Tobin—if you haven’t listened yet, you need to. Knight and the girls co-authored Act Like a Lady, which is a relatable, empowering, and hilarious take on being unapologetically … Read more