Created by Book Riot, this smartly designed reading log consists of entry pages to record stats, impressions, and reviews of each book you read. Evenly interspersed among these entry pages are 12 challenges inspired by Book Riot’s annual Read Harder initiative, which began in 2015 to encourage readers to pick up passed-over books, try out new genres, and choose titles from a wider range of voices and perspectives. Indulge your inner book nerd and read a book about books, get a new perspective on current events by reading a book written by an immigrant, find a hidden gem by reading a book published by an independent press, and so much more....

There’s a long-running joke that, after “coming out,” a lesbian, gay guy, bisexual, or trans person should receive a membership card and instruction manual. THIS IS THAT INSTRUCTION MANUAL. You’re welcome. Inside you’ll find the answers to all the questions you ever wanted to ask: from sex to politics, hooking up to stereotypes, coming out and more. This candid, funny, and uncensored exploration of sexuality and what it’s like to grow up LGBT also includes real stories from people across the gender and sexual spectrums, not to mention hilarious illustrations....

“Jimenez, alongside four administrators from her Facebook group, made sure the books reached all 116 participants, with four books sent within the United States and one in Canada, and were being sent in a timely manner. While Jimenez expected some of the copies to be lost or damaged, and set aside five of her stash for such eventualities, only one was needed. “The readers were incredibly grateful and respectful of the program and all five books, with the exception of one that I swapped out almost at the end because the spine was breaking, made it to the finish line,” she explained....

I was somewhat surprised at the YA selection; the books that make the cut for the Santa Monica Reads Citywide Book Club are adult literary fiction attracting mostly adults. The large numbers of library patrons participating in the Citywide Book Club panels and movie screenings that accompany the book’s themes are mostly adults. I realized how appropriate the reading The Hate U Give was. We read to understand, expand our very limited boundaries and our sense of the world and of ourselves....

And if you’ve already read Austen, I’m curious…what novel did you start with?

The days are turning colder, preparations are under way for the Winter Fest, and everyone is hoping for a little holiday magic on the Finfarran peninsula. And as Cassie Fitzgerald, fresh from Toronto, is about to discover, there’s more to the holidays on the west coast of Ireland than mistletoe and mince pies. The dazzling third book in Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s Finfarran Peninsula series, The Mistletoe Matchmaker is a heartfelt celebration of community, family, and the meaning of home....

Lots of manga series take place in high school. There’s even an entire genre devoted to school life. I wanted to take a different approach. Instead of presenting a straightforward list of traditional high school manga, I chose to feature the more unusual campuses you might find within their pages. Some of them come from what would fall into the high school life genre. Many do not. Oezo Agricultural High School (Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa) Let’s begin with something more grounded: an agricultural school....

There’s 14 books currently planned for the graphic novel series with a number of each created by a different artist. Raina Telgemeier illustrated books 1–4 in The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels series. Books 5–7 of the series were illustrated by Gale Galligan. The eighth book, Logan Likes Mary Anne, will also be illustrated by Galligan and is set to be released this September. While the comics stay true to the original books for the most part, there are some new additions....

Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up, to help gather the sheep down from the moors for the winter. Legend has it that over a hundred years ago, the Devil himself attacked John’s town, leaving thirteen dead and the survivors terrified. Each year, the townspeople redraw the boundary lines of the village, with pen and paper but also through song, dance, and rituals, which keep the sheep safe from the Devil....

The books below are my pick for best adult fantasy novels, and I’m only choosing stand-alones, not one of them belong to a series. So you won’t have to wait to see what happens after that cliffhanger or wait a year to see how your favorite hero saves the world. Nope, today you can pick these books and finish in one go. Peter Darling by Austin Chant This adult Peter Pan retelling tells the story of Peter Pan leaving Neverland ten years ago, leaving behind his dreams....

Haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong, former pararescue jumper Orion Starr has no desire to join Hamilton Jones’s elite rescue team. But he also can’t shirk his duty when the call comes in to rescue three lost climbers on Denali in Alaska. Jenny Calhoun’s yearly extreme challenge with her best friends is her only escape from her guilt. The former CIA profiler and psychiatrist green-lighted an operation against the Taliban that ended in ambush and lives lost....

“You, Me, and the Sea is an enchanting and imaginative story about soulmates, family, and forgiveness. With its sparkling allure of Northern California’s rugged coast and aura of mystery and romance, I was swept away by this evocative modern take on Wuthering Heights.”- Elise Hooper, author of Learning to See From the USA Today bestselling author of All the Summer Girls and Dog Crazy comes a spellbinding and suspenseful tale that illuminates the ways in which hope—and even magic—can blossom in the darkest of places… We have 5 copies of You, Me, and the Sea by Meg Donohue to give away to 5 Riot readers!...

Now, I don’t have a bullet journal. I’ve thought about it, but have never made it work for me. I also do most of my writing on my laptop. (This may or may not have led to years of tendonitis in my wrists, but I work with what I’ve got). So my eternal question has been how do I use this extensive collection of blank notebooks?

Recent Graduate of Bard College? Check Out… Druids Looking to Muse on Their Relationship With Nature May Enjoy… Are You a Fighter Looking for Some Workout Inspiration? Look No Further Than… A Wizard’s Library is Immense, But Does it Have…? Are You a Rogue Wanting Something to Take Your Mind Off How Badly Your Last Heist Went? Warlocks Keen to Relax After Another Strange Nightmare About Their Patron Might Consider… Exploring the Wilderness Can Get Lonely for Some Rangers, So Check Out This Book for Company… Clerics Who are Curious About the Divine Realm Should Read… Now that you’re rested, make sure you’re geared up for your next quest....

In the school library I manage, I’m always trying to get students engaged in reading. I’m also very interested in trying out new technologies and tools. When another librarian told me about Authorfy, I was hooked almost immediately. Authorfy provides a series of masterclasses starring authors who discuss their novels and the topics surrounding them. They talk about the inspiration behind it, how they developed their characters, read extracts and a lot more....

The latter was prompted by a tweet from historian Hallie Rubenhold, author of the new nonfiction book The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. This joint biography, from noted historian Hallie Rubenhold, is the first major study of these women’s lives. While we will never know the identity of their murderer, Rubenhold works to ensure that we learn more than just the names of his five canonical victims: Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols (age 43), Annie Chapman (age 47), Elizabeth Stride (age 44), Catherine Eddowes (age 46) and Mary Jane Kelly (25)....

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Was it a bad day? Did someone important unfriend you? Perhaps work was a total dumpster fire. Ahh, those handy Words of the Year, helping you describe your life since 1990. It’s become a celebrated annual tradition, part of our collective summing up of another year gone by. But it’s also an important bellwether of cultural change. “It’s a reflection of how language is encompassing the zeitgeist of the times,” said Ben Zimmer, chair of the New Words Committee of the American Dialect Society and a language columnist for The Wall Street Journal....

Engage with everyday expressions in a completely different (and fun!) way, with this entertaining and interactive book of common phrases that can turn a humdrum gathering into a raucous game night. For Budding Word Nerds Start them young! However schooling has been going for the kids in your life, word games can build vocabulary and augment spelling and word recognition skills. These games don’t have to be thinly veiled language arts lessons kids can smell from a mile away....

From the author of The Hundredth Queen series comes an enchanting fantasy novel about a girl with a clock heart. Everley Donovan is the lone survivor of her family’s unexplained assassination, but she was saved by an ingeniously crafted clockwork heart. Now, every tick reminds her that time is running out to solve the mystery of her family’s tragic past and claim her astonishing destiny. Time is her only hope....