Taylor loves books with a heavy dose of absurdity, hilarity, and beautiful prose. She is a marketer, adventurer, nature-lover, Hufflepuff, wannabe world traveler, and advocate of laughter.
We have a soft spot for edgy YA fiction. The Tenderness of Thieves is a page- turning mix of psychological thriller and summer love story. Likened to Gone Girl, this story is now, definitely, sitting on our bookshelf. We reached out to the author, Donna Freitas, to learn more about...
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When we first heard about The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, we got so excited to feature it that we accidentally selected it twice. In two different genres (Literary Fiction and Mystery). Any book that uses the word ‘iconoclastic’ in the first sentence of the description sounds like a book...
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The life of Elon Musk is nothing short of inspiring. At only 43 years of age, Musk has tackled some of the biggest technological challenges facing humanity including: Electric Cars, Space Flight, and Solar Energy. Ashlee Vance, experienced Silicon Valley historian, recently wrote a biography of Elon which follows Musk’s life...
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I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but this week’s new book releases are fantastic. Really fantastic. So fantastic that we decided to pick some of the books that our readers are buzzing about and give them away. Want to win six brand new new books by bestselling authors like Stephen...
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Romance readers, get excited (not like that, come on). EL James just announced that she is writing a new 50 Shades of Grey book, from the perspective of Christian Grey. The book will be called GREY, and will be released on June 18th (Christian’s birthday). To celebrate the release of the...
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BookCon 2015 is happening right now, and people are buzzing about Stephen King’s new book. It’s called Finder’s Keepers, and comes out on June 2nd! If you’re a Stephen King aficionado, take our quiz to see how many Stephen King books you’ve read! I was in Maine last week, and...
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This week, we decided to try the #FridayFiveChallenge! Here’s how it works: Go to your favorite book blog (like NewInBooks.com!) or online bookstore Pick a genre Pick a book solely based on its cover Read the description and a review or two Decide whether you’ll BUY or PASS Tell the...
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Book Expo America is ON. Hundreds of authors and thousands of readers and bloggers (including some of our team members!) are currently swarming around Javits Center in New York City, taking in the literary awesomeness surrounding them. If you have the chance to go to BEA one year, we highly...
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Mindy Kaling brings me joy. The new Mindy Kaling book is out now – we live blogged it here. Whenever I read something about Mindy Kaling, it makes me happy. Not just her show (which just got picked up by Hulu — YESSS). Not just her hilarious book, Is Everyone...
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HEADSTRONG by Rachel Swaby starts with a fascinating (and slightly infuriating) anecdote. The opening line: This book about scientists began with Beef Stroganoff. According to the New York Times, Yvonne Brill made a mean one. Yvonne Brill was a rocket scientist, and a brilliant one – but the New York...
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