Storystorm 2019 Day 9: Nancy Churnin Picks a Date
by Nancy Churnin We’ve all seen picture books come out on an important anniversary. These books take a lot of planning—given that a manuscript can take...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for January 9th, 2019
Sponsored by our Unusual Suspects giveaway of $100 to the bookstore of your choice! Today’s Featured Deals The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories by Denis Johnson...
Node.JS + IoT = Node-RED, flow-based programming tool for IoT
If you haven’t already heard about the marriage of Node.JS and IoT which resulted in Node-RED, a flow-based programming tool that was originally developed by the IBM’s Emerging...
8 Books About Immortality
Is living forever a blessing or a curse? Photo by Osman Rana on Unsplash Immortality is a subject of fascination in literature, and for good reason. Who doesn’t...
Don’t Bother With USB-C Headphones (For Now)
The headphone jack is fast disappearing from high-end phones and even bigger devices like the new iPad Pro. So it’s time to head out and get...
What Camera Settings Should I Use for Landscape Photos?
One of the questions I get asked most often about my landscapes is “What settings did you use?” Beginner photographers often feel that there is some...
In “The Water Cure,” Toxic Masculinity Is Making Women Physically Ill
Sophie Mackintosh on the looming threat of dystopia in 2019 I n Sophie Mackintosh’s debut novel, The Water Cure, toxins have overtaken the world, and proximity to...
Whose Butt? A Humorous and Just For Fun Comics Quiz
It’s been another rough year for those of us who love comics, for a myriad reasons. If there could be multiple myriad, it would be for...
6 of Mindy Kaling’s Favorite Board Books
I have been following Mindy Kaling’s recommendations (at least aspirationally) since way back when she was cataloging her shopping experiences on the now-defunct blog Things I...
8 Personal Challenge Ideas For Your Bookish Bucket List
What’s on your bookish bucket list? Plenty of people have a bucket list of things they want to do in their life before they die. You...
