For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Future Sea: How to Rescue and Protect the World’s Oceans delivers not only the promised “how” but also the reasons why we should safeguard the ocean from human activities. Advocate and researcher Deborah Rowan Wright outlines the critical link between the ocean’s health and our ability to mitigate global warming, the tremendous potential of … Read more
[ad_1] Here at Read It Forward, we talk a lot about new books because, well, we love books. But that doesn’t mean we’ve forgotten about the classics, those tried-and-true stories that never get old. So, we’ve put together a group of books everyone should read in their lifetime, including some titles you may not find on … Read more
[ad_1] When the great Patrick Modiano says he is writing a detective story, rest assured it won’t be a Sherlock-esque exhibition of armchair deductions or Poirot-like psychoanalysis of a criminal. Most likely, there won’t even be a crime. Jean Eyben, the narrator of Modiano’s Invisible Ink, is barely a detective. He really only spent a … Read more
[ad_1] 2020 has been many things—the year of a pandemic, of terrible wildfires, of political stress and strife—but let no one say in the annals of history that it was a year of bad books. It was so difficult to choose only 20 favorites from all the many we’ve loved this year, but we did … Read more
[ad_1] In Frazer Lee’s Greyfriars Reformatory, Emily Drake has no memory of what she did to get sent to the imposing brick institution she first sees looming before her through the window of a prisoner transport bus. It will be her prison until and unless she submits to experimental psychological treatment designed to cure her … Read more
[ad_1] Searching for the best nonfiction to give as gifts? We’ve got you. Nonfiction encompasses so much—anything that is rooted in truth can be considered nonfiction. Personal essays, cookbooks, DIY manuals, odd and unknown histories, even coloring books fall into this broad category. Here, we’ve got the best gifts for trendsetters, DIYers, and foodies, fascinating looks … Read more
[ad_1] Nikki Giovanni—one of the great poets of any generation—still has much to impart in Make Me Rain, her hybrid autobiography of poems and prose. Given the tumultuous aspects of 2020, the disruptions and dislocations of quotidian and public life, there’s a refreshing discordance in reading Giovanni’s newest and especially personal collection. Throughout the book, … Read more
[ad_1] At Read It Forward, we’re grateful for the unwavering support we receive from all of you because, without it, we wouldn’t be able to do what we love to do! It’s no secret that you love reading just as much as we love reading and there’s no better feeling than finding a community of … Read more
[ad_1] Every Halloween, an elderly woman hands out candy to a young trick-or-treater who’s dressed as a witch each time, looking exactly the same age. With each passing year, the woman grows more attached to the little witch and her odd nature. But she is no ordinary child, and an uncanny relationship develops between the … Read more
[ad_1] Fours are deeply authentic, desiring nothing more than to express themselves and be seen for who they are. These are the sensitive, often dramatic and artistic people of the world. Fours are highly creative, with a vivid fantasy life. They have to be careful, though, not to get so lost in fantasy that they … Read more