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Rebecca Joines Schinsky

Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the executive director of product and ecommerce at Riot New Media Group. She co-hosts All the Books! and the Book Riot Podcast. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccaschinsky.

Best Books of 2011: The Buffet

I once heard that there are only two real aphrodisiacs: variety and exercise. Variety to, you know, keep it exciting, ...

When You’re the Literary Cheese Standing Alone, Where Do You Stand?

There’s this scene in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (it’s awesome, don’t hate!) when Whoopi Goldberg–as Sister Mary ...

7 Surprise Twists I’d Rather Live Without [or The Airing of Grievances, Literary Style]

A truly surprising surprise twist—the kind that  makes you gasp or clutch your pearls or reexamine everything you thought you ...

On Judging Books By Their Covers…And Other Readerly Biases

Last month, I read a fantastic book that I very nearly passed on because I found its cover completely unappealing. ...

On the Importance of Reading Rituals

I love packing my bags for Thanksgiving. No really. I do. Not because I take some perverse pleasure from a ...

Drop It Like It’s Haute: 5 Authors We Want to See Host the Oscars

Welcome to Drop It Like It’s Haute, a weekly celebration of that unholiest of marriages between pop culture and literature. __________ ...

Drop It Like It’s Haute: If Lisbeth Gets a Clothing Line, These Should Too!

Welcome to Drop It Like It’s Haute, a weekly celebration of that unholiest of marriages between pop culture and literature. __________ ...

Drop It Like It’s Haute: Happy Lit’Oween

As per usual this time of year, the interweb is positively a-crawl with photos and how-to guides should you wish ...

Drop It Like It’s Haute: The Jersey Shore Booktionary, Volume IV

Welcome to Drop It Like It’s Haute, a weekly celebration of that unholiest of marriages between pop culture and literature. __________ ...

Drop It Like It’s Haute: The Jersey Shore Booktionary, Volume III

Welcome to Drop It Like It’s Haute, a weekly celebration of that unholiest of marriages between pop culture and literature. __________ ...