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Kate Krug

Kate is a 2011 Drake University grad, where she received her BA in magazine journalism. A hopeless romantic with a cynical heart, Kate will read anything that comes with a content warning, a love triangle, and a major plot twist. Twitter: @katekrug Blog: http://snarky-yet-satisfying.com

Longlist for 2018 Man Booker International Prize Announced

The Man Booker International Prize honoring the best of fiction in translation released its longlist today. Although this is the 50th year of the Man Booker Prize, the International Prize has only been awarded since 2016.

8 Very Good Dogs Named After Literary Characters

They're very good dogs named after literary characters, Brent.

Fanfiction.net Gave Me the Sex Talk

I learned 95 percent of what I know about sex from fan fiction. Thanks, Harry Potter!

Riot Roundup: The Best Books We Read in December

See what books we loved in the last month of the dumpster fire that was 2017.

3 Book Giveaway Sites That Aren’t Goodreads

Check out these sites to win free books and pre-releases.

Fantastic Beasts Sequel: First Look at Jude Law as Dumbledore

The first look at the Fantastic Beasts sequel, including a cast photo and official description is here.

Most Popular Audiobooks of the Last 20 Years

Audible shares their most popular audiobooks of the last 20 years, to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

14 “Came for the Title, Stayed for the Plot” Books

Here are some books that captivated a reader based on title alone, but turned out to contain some excellent stories as well.

How a Cover Is Created: THE WICKER KING From Concept to Creation

An Imprint Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s gave us a behind-the-scenes look at her design process for THE WICKER KING by K. Ancrum.

E.L. James to Release New Fifty Shades of Grey Book: DARKER

The new release re-tells Fifty Shades Darker from Christian's perspective, and comes out in November.