Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for July 8th, 2019
Sponsored by the New York Times bestselling author, Chantal Fernando’s SAINT. Available now in eBook, print and audio. These deals were active as of this writing,...
The Literature of Cootie Catchers
There are soothsayers in the back of the school bus. Their hands move in familiar patterns: they fold a piece of notebook paper in half, then...
Time and Gravity Hit the Open Road
Equations of a Falling Body Time drove down the street in her vintage Volkswagen Beetle, her best friend Gravity in the passenger seat. The top was...
7 Novels Set in Deserts
I come from Moreno Valley—brown valley—in an area of California known colloquially as the Inland Empire, located three hours from Vegas, and two from the border....
New YA Comics Coming Out July–September 2019
Welcome to your quarterly round up of YA comics coming out in the next three months! July–September is looking great for YA graphic novels, memoirs, and...
Quiz: Original Jeeves and Wooster Quote or Quote from Homage?
P.G. Wodehouse, author of many stories about Blandings Castle and other comic/idyllic places, is best known for his Jeeves and Wooster tales. His style has often...
10 Black Princess Books to Celebrate Halle Bailey as Ariel
On July 3rd, the media reported the fantastic news that Halle Bailey will be playing Ariel in the upcoming live-action Disney film The Little Mermaid. I’m so...
A Ferocious Heat in Delhi
This spring in Delhi, the temperature reached 113 degrees Fahrenheit, the first time in almost fifty years that the city had seen that kind of heat;...
What Are Chapbooks? and Why You Should Read Them
In a nutshell, chapbooks are teeny books. Merriam-Webster defines them as a small book containing ballads, poems, tales, or tracts. They are collections of poems, stories,...
The Biggest, Most Purr-fect List of Literary Cat Names (200+ Name Ideas!)
As a long-time cat lover and current manager of five felines, whenever the opportunity to talk about cat names comes up, I can’t help but get...
