During a recent trip to the library, I checked out two teen books that came highly recommended: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness and Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. It was a bit eerie reading the two back-to-back: In both, a boy from a strange and in many ways unwelcoming society discovers […]
Read MoreIn my former life as a bookseller, part of my job was to help align readers with the books they wanted to read, and one of my great joys was introducing readers to new authors and new texts. I followed book bloggers and major (NY Times, NPR, Washington Post, etc.) book review sites to stay […]
Read MoreI just finished reading 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People by David Niven, and this work clearly translates the research from academic and scientific studies of happiness and satisfaction into accessible anecdotes and advice. I’ve had an academic interest in happiness since before I read Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project and I honestly would have […]
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