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The Stack

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Today’s The Stack is sponsored by The Art of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Leah Gallo published by Quirk Books.

artofmissp_200w_bWitness the genesis of peculiardom! This visual tour of the movie world of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, created by iconic filmmaker Tim Burton, is sure to be a must-have for fans of the series. A companion book to the film, it features behind-the-scenes images and set information from two of Burton’s longtime collaborators, including details on costume design, cinematography, set design, concept art, and more.

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Riot Rundown

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Today’s Riot Rundown sponsored by Penguin Teen.

The ReaderThe only clue Sefia has to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book—a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt, discover what really happened the day her father was killed, and to punish the people responsible.
With clues hidden throughout, a beautiful cover, and deckle-edged pages, The Reader will remind you just how special a book can be.

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Audiobooks

Audiobooks!: September 22, 2016

51vvh0yv4gl-_sl300_This week’s Audiobooks! Newsletter is sponsored by The Call by Peadar O’Guilin.

You wake up alone in a horrible land. A horn sounds. The Call has begun, and you have three minutes and four seconds to save your life from the Sidhe, the most beautiful and terrible fairies you’ve ever seen. 14-year old Nessa knows she’ll be Called soon, and no one thinks she has any chance to survive. But she’s going to prove them wrong. Peadar O’Guilin’s The Call is a heart-stopping, blood-pounding, can’t-put-down-until-you’ve-read-the-last-word fantasy thriller you won’t be able to forget. Could you survive the Call? (Narrator Amy Shiels will appear in next year’s Twin Peaks revival!)

youwillknowmeHello hello! The sunflowers are out here in Kansas, baristas are brewing pumpkin spice lattes, and I even had to wear real pants the other day. I’ve been celebrating the chill in the air with some fantastic female-driven thrillers. You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott is about gymnastics, girlhood, and a mysterious death that tears a tight community of families apart, and Lauren Fortgang performs it like the star of a one-woman Tony Award-winning show on Broadway. I also live-tweeted my listen of Stephen King’s Carrie, which I’d never read (or seen!) before. I knew it was about a high school outcast who gets her revenge at the prom, but everything else was basically a surprise. It’s a fast-paced, intense little thriller with badass action scenes performed by Sissy Spacek — definitely the most fun I’ve had with an audiobook in awhile. I hope you’ve got some fun listens on deck, too!

11 Websites to Find Free Audiobooks Online

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The cat’s out of the bag… we love audiobooks at Book Riot. As contributor Nikki Vanry puts it, “We love listening to ’em on our commutes. While we’re cleaning the house. While we’re running. Or, even while we’re cooking. It’s a lot of time for audiobook listening.” If, like us, you burn through audiobooks faster than you can get your li’l paws on them, you’ll be happy to know that Nikki put together a handy guide to 11 websites that offer thousands and thousands of free audiobooks online. In her words, “That’s a lot of books. Get to listening.”

Nick Offerman is the Voice of Tom Sawyer

tomsawyer_finalThese days a lot of celebrities are getting in on all the audiobook action, which is a trend that I love. That being said, just because someone is a fancy celebrity doesn’t automatically guarantee they’re going to be fantastic on an audiobook. (If we are at a party together and I’m a little tipsy, you might even be able to get me to name a few duds I’ve heard.) But when it does work, the combination can be completely MAGICAL. Bryan Cranston and The Things They Carried. Thandie Newton and Jane Eyre. Sissy Spacek and To Kill a Mockingbird. This is why I’m so excited about Nick Offerman’s brand new performance of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain! Head over to Book Riot to get the lowdown and listen to a clip.

13 Audiobooks to Inspire a Road Trip

the-wangs-vs-the-world-by-jade-chang-2370007190768One of the books I’m most excited about this fall is The Wangs vs. the World by Jade Chang, which will finally be here on October 4th. In this road trip book, the dad of a wealthy immigrant family plots a return to their ancestral lands in China after they lose their fortune in the financial crisis. But not everyone in the family is on board, and they wind up on a (hilarious) road trip across America to regroup. In honor of the time-honored Road Trip Book, contributor Rachel Manwill has rounded up 13 of her favorites on audio, from Neil Gaiman to Gloria Steinem. (She’s headed out on a two-week cross country road trip herself, so she really knows her stuff!) Check ’em out and add some listens to your TBR.

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Book Riot Live

Read These: Book Riot Live Speakers Recommend

Because our TBR piles can never be high enough, we asked our speakers: What book do you wish more people had read? Their suggestions await you!

You can also check out full individual interviews here (we’re adding more all the time), then get your Book Riot Live tickets for $20 off with code BOOKNERD.

Book Riot Live: You Want It, We've Got It

 

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Riot Rundown

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Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Afterward by Jennifer Mathieu.

afterward_200wWhen Caroline’s little brother is kidnapped, his subsequent rescue leads to the discovery of Ethan, a teenager who has been living with the kidnapper since he was a young child himself. Caroline can’t help but wonder what Ethan knows about everything that happened to her brother, who is not readjusting well to life at home. And although Ethan is desperate for a friend, he can’t see Caroline without experiencing a resurgence of traumatic memories. But after the media circus surrounding the kidnappings departs their small Texas town, both Caroline and Ethan find that they need a friend–and their best option just might be each other.

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The Goods

Book Mail is Here!

The new Book Mail box is here, and it’s going fast! Quantities are limited, so get yours now and don’t miss out on the magic.

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On the fence? You’ll get a couple books and an assortment of awesome bookish goodies, some of which were created exclusively for Book Mail readers. Check out past boxes here.

Book Mail is not a subscription, so you’re not committing to anything beyond this adventure. Go on and treat yourself!

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This Week In Books

The 10 Best U.S. Cities for Book Lovers: This Week in Books

The Best U.S. Cities for Book Lovers?

What makes a city great for a book lover? Amazon’s annual list is widely-circulated, but it only counts Amazon-related reading, which seems less than representative.

This list of the 10 best American cities takes into account access to books and opportunities for shared reading experiences, like readings, talks, and book clubs. College towns, not surprisingly, are really boosted by this formula, but that seems right to me. The halo effect of what happens at colleges/universities can make them havens for book lovers. Boston, which takes the #1 spot here, is both a large city and a multi-college town. And I can vouch for it as a book-lover’s dream city too.


The Underground Railroad Coming to TV

With so many outlets for TV series these days, I am really not surprised by any adaptation news, but I will say that I wasn’t sure if The Underground Railroad would catch a producer’s eye (no spoilers, but it seems like a tough adaptation).

Barry Jenkins, whose upcoming film Moonlight has received remarkably good early reviews, is attached as a writer/director here, which is encouraging. Escape stories by their nature seem good fits for limited-run series and I have high hopes this could be amazing.


RIP Edward Albee and W.P. Kinsella

I’d like to take a moment to note the passing of the playwright Edward Albee (88) and novelist W.P. Kinsella (81). They don’t seem to have much in common, save that each is largely known by readers for one hugely influential work: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for Albee and Shoeless Joe for Kinsella, which would become the film Field of Dreams.


This Week in Books is sponsored by The Light Fantastic by Sarah Combs.

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Seven tightly interwoven narratives. Three harrowing hours. One fateful day that changes everything.

Delaware, the morning of April 19. Senior Skip Day, and April Donovan’s eighteenth birthday. Four days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the country is still reeling, and April’s rare memory condition has her recounting all the tragedies that have cursed her birth month. And just what was that mysterious gathering under the bleachers about? Meanwhile, in Nebraska, Lincoln Evans struggles to pay attention in Honors English, distracted by the enigmatic presence of Laura Echols, capturer of his heart. His teacher tries to hold her class’s interest, but she can’t keep her mind off what Adrian George told her earlier. Over in Idaho, Phoebe is having second thoughts about the Plan mere hours before the start of a cross-country ploy led by an Internet savant known as the Mastermind. Is all her heartache worth the cost of the Assassins’ machinations? The Light Fantastic is a tense, shocking, and beautifully wrought exploration of the pain and pathos of a generation of teenagers on the brink—and the hope of moving from shame and isolation into the light of redemption.

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New Books

Fifty Lives of India, A Cartoonist’s Life, and More New Books!

Happy Tuesday! It’s time for another round of “Make Your TBR Lists Explode.” I have a few great books to tell you about today, and on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Rebecca and I talked about some of the books coming out in the last half of 2016 that we are excited about, including Three Dark Crowns, The Bestseller Code, and Mooncop.

portugalThis week’s newsletter is sponsored by Portugal by Cyril Pedrosa.

Comics creator Simon Muchat is struggling to find purpose in his existence. Bitter and apathetic towards everything, he gets a chance to travel to Portugal where the roots of his family lie. After an absence of more than 20 years Simon finds himself rediscovering the sounds and smells of his childhood, the radiant warmth of something forgotten. Having soaked up the atmosphere of his fatherland, and driven by the desire to find out the secret behind his family name, Simon sets on a melancholic quest for identity that helps him rediscover his passion for life.

incarnationsIncarnations: A History of India in Fifty Lives by Sunil Khilnani

A fascinating take on how India came to be, which Khilnani tells using fifty figures throughout the country’s history. From emperors and warriors to film stars and corporate titans, Incarnations is a smart, wry look at the myths that shaped India and the people that influence the stories and history told today. Highly informative and entertaining!

Backlist bump: A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor

the gloaming The Gloaming by Melanie Finn

A dark, intense novel of mystery about a woman, Pilgrim, who is fleeing the disaster that was her marriage, and, overcome with guilt after a horrible accident, runs off to Africa to lick her wounds. But when a body turns up and is suspected of being a curse created by witchcraft, she and the town’s citizens are set on edge trying to figure out the curse’s intended recipient. Not helping with matters is Pilgrim’s sinking feeling that she’s being followed. Did I mention it was dark? It’s also terrific.

Backlist bump: Away from You by Melanie Finn

reputationsReputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

A revered political cartoonist whose illustrations wield power and influence over his country must take a hard look at his life after an unexpected visit from a young woman has him reevaluating everything he has done and how he remembers the past. A masterful, thought-provoking novel about secrets, celebrity, and escaping the past from one of the most talented writers working today.

Backlist bump: The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

YAY, BOOKS! That’s it for me today – time to get back to reading! If you want to learn more about books (and see lots of pictures of my cats, Millay and Steinbeck), or tell me about books you’re reading, you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!

Stay rad!

Liberty

 

 

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Riot Rundown

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Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by The Art of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Leah Gallo published by Quirk Books.

artofmissp_200w_bWitness the genesis of peculiardom! This visual tour of the movie world of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, created by iconic filmmaker Tim Burton, is sure to be a must-have for fans of the series. A companion book to the film, it features behind-the-scenes images and set information from two of Burton’s longtime collaborators, including details on costume design, cinematography, set design, concept art, and more.

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The Goods

25% Sitewide Last Day

Don’t throw away your shot! Today is the last day of our (super awesome) 25% off sitewide sale. Stock up on t-shirts, tote bags, and more bookish goods.

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