For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] Like many of his generation, which he identifies as younger Gen Xers and older millennials, Jason Diamond grew up in the suburbs but chose to settle as an adult in a large city, reversing the movement of his parents and grandparents from the cities to the suburbs. For Diamond, questions about the geography of … Read more
[ad_1] Spooky season may not be for a little while yet, but we here at Penguin Teen are all about the summer spooks. So if you’re looking for the next read that’s going to have you either buying a nightlight or bidding sleep adieu altogether, read on! ???? The Companion by Katie Alender Simply put: THIS FAMILY … Read more
[ad_1] Winter Counts opens on Virgil Wounded Horse in a parked car outside a bar biding his time before he beats the hell out of local predatory rapist. Virgil is Rosebud Reservation’s local enforcer, the only one willing to put his body on the line to make sure his community is protected and sees justice, … Read more
[ad_1] There is a feeling you get when you buy a book that is quite unlike any other. You’ve just spent minutes or hours searching through the aisles of a bookshop, or maybe even a whole day like some of us. You’ve weighed the pros and cons of one book over another, you’ve read synopsis … Read more
[ad_1] You may wish to note the below. As a hailing, this phrase is eccentric yet disarming. It also shares a description with the two characters that share the book’s title—Leonard and Hungry Paul. It is also a variation of Hungry Paul’s entry for the Chamber of Commerce’s sign-off contest, which he doesn’t want the … Read more
[ad_1] There’s something about Earth’s wild places that I find endlessly intriguing. Maybe it’s the extreme isolation. Or it could be the challenge of surviving in an environment that is by definition inhospitable. Whatever the reason, I’m obsessed with wilderness thrillers. Give me a treacherous mountain, a raging river, a face-off with wild animals, or … Read more
[ad_1] Lysley Tenorio follows his debut story collection, Monstress, with his recently published debut novel, The Son of Good Fortune. The novel focuses on Excel, a young undocumented Filipino immigrant, and his mother, Maxima, a former Philippines B-action movie star turned online scam artist. Set in Colma, a Northern California city known for its seventeen … Read more
[ad_1] Poetry has a way of bringing people together. When we connect with words on a page, we feel seen. When other people connect with those same words, we feel that we’re not alone. It’s a really remarkable thing to experience and to watch. I would argue that maybe more than any other form of … Read more
[ad_1] Great historical fiction reaches beyond the era it explores to tell truths about our current moment. Kathleen Rooney achieves this in just the opening sentence of her new novel, Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, as she writes “monuments matter most to pigeons and soldiers.” Her story follows Charles Whittlesey and homing pigeon Cher Ami, … Read more
[ad_1] As a girl, Maggie dreamed of joining the Sisters, a group of women who enjoy the status and attention afforded by their beautiful wings. Now, years later, she has wings of her own. But an encounter in the woods forces her to reckon with her past—and the painful price her wings demanded. Content warning … Read more