Amanda Nelson
Amanda Nelson is an Executive Director of Book Riot. She lives in Richmond, VA.
Late to the Party: A Harry Potter Experience
November 21, 2011I don’t read a lot of young adult literature. (This is a matter a personal taste- it’s not a value ...
Conversations With Non-Reading Mombies
November 15, 2011Stop me if you’ve been here: you’re talking to an acquaintance, someone who does not really know you. It comes ...
Our Reading Lives: THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
November 8, 2011Our Reading Lives features stories about the books that have shaped who we are and how we live. It is open ...
Avoiding Some Characters at the Literary Water Cooler
November 1, 2011In a recent Slate article, novelist Lionel Shriver wrote a “defense of unlikable characters,” wherein she claims that no one ...
Rereading; Or, Ignoring Mount TBR
October 25, 2011I recently reorganized my bookshelves into “read” and “not yet read GUILT GUILT GUILT.” Much to my shock and awe, ...
Reading Pathways: Charles Dickens
October 18, 2011Reading Pathways is a regular Book Riot feature in which we suggest a three-book reading sequence for becoming acquainted with certain ...
If You Like (Insert Something), Try (This Other Thing): TRUE GRIT Edition
October 12, 2011True Grit by Charles Portis is a classic of the western genre, full of guns and horses and cowboys and spurs ...
DNFing Makes Me Feel Dirty
October 3, 2011Thomas Wolfe kicked my ass. Look Homeward, Angel is 15 percent beautiful, partially nonsensical prose, 10 percent plot, and 75 percent WHAT ...
This Is Gonna Be Big, I Can Tell: The Review Haiku
October 1, 2011I’m going to step out on a limb here and assume you’ve had the experience of reading a dull book ...