For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] There is an alarming timeliness to Katie M. Flynn’s debut novel The Companions: the book opens in a futuristic California during a quarantine lockdown due to a highly contagious virus that has killed large swaths of people. If you’re trying to avoid the terror of germs and health crises in general right now, don’t … Read more
[ad_1] The absence of companions can be marvelous: to be alone with one’s thoughts is ennobling and productivity-boosting, if centuries of ascetic saints and Very Serious Authors are to be believed. It can also be hell on earth, if you’re the sort of person who thrives on contact (or is holed up in The Overlook … Read more
[ad_1] Life can be a lot. Between adult responsibilities and what’s going on in the world around us, sometimes we just need something to make us feel good. Thankfully, we’ve compiled a list of books to do just that. Whether it lets you escape to another place, reminds you of your own strength, or keeps … Read more
[ad_1] Check the back of any book totaling over 350 pages, and you’ll likely find a chorus of praises highlighting its length, including any variety of the nouns epic, saga, or odyssey paired with adjectives such as expansive, broad, or astounding. The long novel is commonly heralded for its achievements in scope, its ability to … Read more
[ad_1] The Glass Hotel is the title of her fifth novel, and the key to entering novelist Emily St. John Mandel’s world; the glass hotel first appears in her second novel, The Singer’s Gun. The office tower where Anton works is reflected in the glass hotel adjacent: “He tried to watch every reflected window at … Read more
[ad_1] As an experiment, I shut my eyes and flipped through the pages of Nick Flynn’s new book, Stay. Eyes still closed, I stopped flipping, jabbed my index finger at the open page and decided to write down whatever line I was pointing to. When I opened my eyes, this is what I read: “All … Read more
[ad_1] If the saying is that “sex sells,” I feel confident that in the year 2020, politics may have stolen its mantle. In Docile, K. M. Szpara unites both. Pitched as a dystopian parable about love and sex, it centers around Elisha Wilder, a young man from rural Maryland whose family has been ruined by … Read more
[ad_1] Author Astrid Scholte is here to tell you 7 things you didn’t know about Four Dead Queens! Four Dead Queens is an enthralling fast-paced royal murder mystery where competing agendas collide with deadly consequences. We hope you enjoy these special easter eggs! 7 things you didn’t know about Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte Initially … Read more
[ad_1] We asked readers to send in their favorite quotes from books. Here’s what they said! “Some infinities are bigger than other infinities” – John Green, The Fault in Our Stars “It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility “Once there was, and … Read more
[ad_1] Let’s face it: we all have a soft spot for the eternally damned. YA made us love vampires and we aren’t sorry about it. HOWEVER, our favorite books have ALSO taught us that there are certain things to do and not do if you encounter a handsome broody potentially blood-thirsty character. At no. 1… 1. … Read more