Books That Reveal Hidden Histories

Books That Reveal Hidden Histories

[ad_1] Perhaps this notion seems obvious: we can’t separate ourselves from history. It determines our circumstances and perspective. It is deeply and intimately intertwined with our lives and identity. However, for those who belong to dominant cultures, history can be taken for granted. They were raised amidst their history. They were taught and celebrated their … Read more

Provocative Self-Help in “Laziness Does Not Exist” – Chicago Review of Books

Provocative Self-Help in “Laziness Does Not Exist” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The self-help book never goes out of style because we always want more. The billion dollar market continues to grow each year, but the gist remains the same: make money, save time, be present, find joy. They promise that we all have the potential to self-actualize in the career of our dreams. But what … Read more

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

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

[ad_1] 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 Boys: Always and Forever, and Asian American representation on screen. Scroll down to read! Recently, we said a bittersweet farewell to Lara Jean and Peter when Jenny Han’s To … Read more

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

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

[ad_1] 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 slips between genres to new and stranger places. In their new novel, The Memory Theater, Tidbeck has crafted a kind of modern folktale. Inventive, surreal, at times violent, the … Read more

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

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

[ad_1] Excited for Shadow & Bone to drop on Netflix this April? SAME. But waiting is hard. So, here are 9 fantasy books we think you should read while you wait!   Fireborne by Rosaria Munda The dragons of Callipolis could certainly give the volcra of the Shadow Fold a run for their money… or … Read more

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

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

[ad_1] 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 blogger finds out that her boyfriend is secretly a conspiracy theorist. She decides to dump him rather than confront him right away. The secret knowledge that Felix, her boyfriend, … Read more

The Tyger | Tor.com

The Tyger | Tor.com

[ad_1] “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 way back to the prehistoric. Tonight at his aunt’s wedding reception as Jules walks along the path, it comes alive like never before.     The museum was Jules’s … Read more

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

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

[ad_1] 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 about a city where people come to die in peace and the beauty of being alive, enhanced by the unapologetic presence of death in the lives of its characters. … Read more

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

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

[ad_1] 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 up some of our favorite, most shocking plot twists in YA that are guaranteed to have you thinking “What just happened?!” And don’t worry, this whole list is SPOILER-FREE! … Read more