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Michelle Anne Schingler

Michelle Anne Schingler, a former librarian and Hebrew school teacher, is the managing editor at Foreword Reviews. Her days are books, books, books; she knows how lucky that makes her.  Twitter: @mschingler

Bye, Boo: My Love to Harper Lee

She is the heart and whole of my complicated Southern vocabulary–a means of talking about roots in a gracious but ...

10 Things You Should Know About the Diatessaron

Let’s talk New Testament, shall we? Scripture-wise, the New Testament stands out for the way it chooses to begin: by ...

The Very Human Authorship of the Bible

Bible-nerd frustrations: readers miss so much by presuming that the Bible can claim divine–or even singular–authorship. A text written by ...

It Was a Dark and Stormy First Line

I’m calling a personal moratorium on books-of-the-night–or, rather, on books that begin at night. That start by periscoping out from ...

Dean Koontz: We Need to Talk

This September, I’ll have been reading Dean Koontz for twenty years. (Preteen diaries are an excellent resource if you’re looking ...

Thar Be Trolls: On Reading Amazon Reviews

“I was hoping for a twist.” -one star review of To Kill A Mockingbird “Repetitive…a boring ocean of words.” -one ...

Nicholas Sparks: Thou Art My Nemesis

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

An Open Letter To Bret Easton Ellis

Bret, I’ve never read your work. Now, after reading your rape-denialism heavy interview with the Hollywood Reporter,  I never will. ...

5 Books To Watch For In December

Welcome to another holiday season! No matter your religious tradition (or lack thereof), December provides a welcome opportunity to treat ...

Moving Books Is Hard To Do

My reading life sits condensed in twenty boxes, waiting to be loaded onto a truck and carted 1,000 miles north. ...