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Astrology Books For Newbies and Beginners Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Astrology: The Easy Way to Learn Astrology by Kris Brandte Riske A complete overview of what exactly birth and star charts are, how to read your sign, and how to interpret the stars is a necessity for beginners. Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Astrology will give you all the basics and more, introducing astrology in a step-by-step way. Astrologer Riske covers planetary alignment, zodiac signs, and houses and aspects, and will guide beginners to interpreting their own charts and houses....

at Electric Lit: 9 Books About Monstrous Transformations at Goodreads: 39 of the Most Anticipated YA Books for the Rest of the Year NPR: 10 of the top cookbooks of 2022, so far at Autostraddle: 10 Queer Books for Dungeons & Dragons Fans at Tor: Five SFF Books About the Multiverse at LGBTQ Reads: 5 Queer Books Set in Argentina Kirkus Reviews: 150 Most Anticipated Books of the Fall at Washington Post: 10 noteworthy books for September at Riveted Lit: Time Loop Books You’ll Want to Read Again and Again (and Again) at Buzzfeed: 25 Books with the Marriage of Convenience Trope at Epic Reads: 16 YA Books With Unique Formats That Will Hook You at POPSUGAR: 250+ New Books of 2022

So, if you’ve already read Eat, Pray, Love and watched Under the Tuscan Sun more than ten times last month (No? Just me?), or if you’re simply craving some travel inspo to kickstart your next great adventure, look no further than these sumptuous, consuming, fun reads. The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs by Elaine Sciolino If you’ve ever dreamed of exploring France but haven’t had the chance to go, Elaine Sciolino all but buys you a plane ticket in this account of a single street in Paris....

Many have called book blobs the trend in book cover design. And it’s true — we’ve certainly seen a lot of the so-called blobs popping up on book covers across categories. A lot of the analysis is interesting, but it overlooks one of the reasons we’re seeing this and will continue to see this: these covers pop when at the thumbnail size and they pop in images on social media....

Chronister pierces with her prose. You’ll find hope and acts of kindness in an unkind world. Desert Creatures is not a comfort read — it is rife with horror, betrayal, and a landscape that will burn itself on your consciousness. But in the end, this book will comfort you.

One of my favorite things about Kindle Unlimited is how much it has developed over the years. I’ve encountered so many authors I’d never have found at the library or in bookstores, and enjoyed a vast and diverse selection of books. Mystery books have become my jam recently. I used to avoid them — being something of a weenie — but I now understand their pull and have been devouring them with delighted abandon....

“Like a vase, a heart breaks once. After that, it just yields to its flaws” —Sarah Manguso, Short Days It was the toilet episode of The Great Pottery Throw Down that did it for me. In it, potters were challenged to construct fully flushable toilets. Marrying plumbing with creative design was the fact that these were to be Victorian toilets, which were often decorative. The challenge sent me into a tailspin of pottery history....

Finding a book deal is always a rush. The best book deals, sales, and bargains are not always easy to find, especially with all the websites out there to look through. I can confirm, however, that they are out there waiting for you to find them. Book deals are their own breed of sale and as a reader, you feel like you are in the know when you find them....

The longlist is twenty-four books long, narrowed down from more than 140 titles that have been or will be published in 2022. That narrowing was done by nearly 100 volunteer readers made up of writers, booksellers, and librarians, along with staff and members of the Center for Fiction. Five judges will choose a shortlist and eventually a winner. The names of those judges have not yet been released but we they will be “distinguished authors....

As Dr. Watson tells us in the original stories, Holmes rarely talked about his past. Many adaptations, even the most famous ones, are happy to leave it a closed book. The adaptations that do attempt to pull back the curtain on Holmes’s pre-detective days tend to run in all sorts of different directions. Hey, why not? With so little to go on, it’s open season for professional and amateur fan fiction writers alike....

So, because the range of “most influential” is so broad, I wanted to create some parameters. These collections in particular are often referenced as inspiration by other poets and artists. They also have a wide readership and are often (but not always) part of the poetry curriculum*. This list features both social media poets who published collections later, to poets who have been in the canon for decades. It’s important to remember that we cannot limit “influence” to a specific time....

This post originally ran on March 17, 2016. _______________ After three movies with an average Rotten Tomatoes rating of 28% Frank Castle is returning to our screen in Netflix’s second season of Daredevil! If you’re excited to see Jon Bernthal get back to his head-rubbing craziness but don’t know much about the character himself, then consider yourself about to be primed… for punishment. The Punisher has one of the simplest origin stories in all of comics....

The stamp is designed by art director Derry Noyes and features an illustration of the boy catching an apple, with the tree out of sight. Other designs include a set of Mariachi stamps, Monument Valley, and African Daisy. Find more about the designs at the USPS website. — Amy Gibbs (@AmyGibbsUSPS) January 12, 2022 If you want to learn more about Shel Silverstein, check out Shel Silverstein, Country Songwriting Legend....

Phillips noted “my time on Jeopardy! is a feature of my life that almost everyone I meet is fascinated by. I’m an author now and people at readings and interviews almost invariably ask about Jeopardy!” I’m not surprised. Is there a more broadly recognizable accomplishment proving someone is smart than an appearance on Jeopardy!? A Nobel Prize, perhaps. But isn’t Jeopardy! also a way for us average schmoes to gain a little smug superiority, when we hold that nugget of knowledge that eludes the contestants?...

I have nothing against simplicity. Let’s take the title Giovanni’s Room. That’s a great title. Who is Giovanni and what happens in his room? Why is his room so central that it’s the title of the book? I find this simple and indeed quite literal title to be very effective. I do not find certain overly descriptive or literal titles to be so good. The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Besides the obviously insensitive use of the word “hunchback” (not very respectful in 1831, were we Victor), the title gives you nothing to ponder....

Of little surprise, Obama’s first pick is one that might be pretty familiar to him: Michelle’s The Light We Carry. The rest of the titles on the list include: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Trust by Hernan Diaz The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff The Furrows by Namwali Serpell South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon Line to Understand the Soul of America by Imani Perry The School for Good Mothers by Jessamin Chan Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong Liberation Day by George Saunders The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Afterlifes by Abdulrazak Gurnah...

When anyone does a quick search for book reviews, Goodreads is frequently the first result. The problem with Goodreads being within the first search results for book reviews is that makes the reviews on Goodreads that much more desirable. Goodreads reviews, for many, feel more trustworthy because they are peer written. For the most part, Goodreads reviewers are average readers. Their reviews are imperfect, full of grammatical errors, gifs, and internet slang....

“Allowing a library like the Los Angeles Public Library (which serves 18 million people) the same number of initial e-book copies as a rural Vermont library serving 1,200 people smacks of punishment, not support,” said librarian Jessamyn West in a CNN piece published this summer, following the announcement that Macmillan planned to embargo ebook sales to libraries, fundamentally changing how libraries can access and share new material with patrons. The newly-announced change follows in the footsteps of other major publishers changing the terms of their ebook agreements with libraries....

A resolution you can keep past February? Yes please! Harlequin and their blockbuster series authors have got you covered with many ways to start your #newyearnewreads marathon reading. We have 5 prize packs chock full of surprise Harlequin titles to give away to 5 Riot readers! Just complete the form below to enter. This sweepstakes is open to residents of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and all other US territories) and entries will be accepted until 11:44:59 pm, February 22, 2019....

Meet Libby. The one-tap reading app from OverDrive. By downloading Libby to your smartphone, you can access thousands of eBooks and audiobooks from your library for free anytime and anywhere. You’ll find titles in all genres, ranging from bestsellers, classics, nonfiction, comics and much more. Libby works on Apple and Android devices and is compatible with Kindle. All you need is a library card but you can sample any book in the library collection without one....