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Kindness Is My Religion: Three Books About Not Being Mean

“Kindness is my religion,” the Dalai Lama has said, and how many of us couldn’t use some reminding about how ...

Reading About the Dead

One of the most common resolutions made by readers in the new year is to make more time for non-fiction. ...

Genrefication: A Few Thoughts on Romance, the Novel, and Literary Fiction

I was recently discussing mystery books with a friend, and each of us was throwing out names of authors who ...

Crossover Appeal #8

Crossover Appeal is a weekly feature that challenges the idea that you have to choose a side between YA and adult fiction. ...

Refreshing Children’s Books for Grown-Ups

One of the unexpected side effects of becoming a parent was that I ended up with 13,423 copies of Goodnight ...

Featured Book Trailer: A MONSTER CALLS by Patrick Ness

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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, ...

Retro “Christmas Chiller” Throwdown: Baby-sitters’ Club vs Sweet Valley Twins

When I was a tween, the most important books being published were Ann M. Martin’s Baby-sitters Club series and Francine Pascal’s ...

5 Books I Missed Reading in 2011

One of the things that is most depressing about reading all of the best lists at the end of the ...

Crossover Appeal #7

Crossover Appeal is a weekly feature that challenges the idea that you have to choose a side between YA and adult ...