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How to Skimm Your Life Controversy: Spilling the (Skimm) Tea

There’s more drama spilling out in the bookish world (as always), and this time it’s come in the form of The Skimm’s new self help book, How to Skimm Your Life. The Skimm is a brand you may have heard of — they distribute a newsletter that sums up news headlines in bite-sized pieces with …

Where the Crawdads Sing: Questions and Answers (Spoilers, Ending, Etc.)

There are a number of questions (about the ending, explanations, other spoilers, etc.) that get asked pretty frequently about this book, so I thought I’d just answer them here. For the full review and a detailed summary of the plot, see the Summary and Review for Where the Crawdads Sing. Where can I find a …

20 Best Book Club Books for 2019

Finding the best book club book can be tough since most book clubs have people with differing tastes. Plus, you want to make sure it’s a book people will have strong feelings about so there’s stuff to discuss. In my experience (unless you’re in a book club with specialized tastes), a good book club book …

Wine and Book Pairings: 2019 Summer Reads

With summer quickly approaching, it’s the perfect time to dig into this summer’s new releases to select the tastiest Wine and Book Pairings for 2019’s Best Summer Reads for all those fellow wine lovers out there. This summer, there’s a great blend of beach reads, thoughtful stories, suspenseful thrillers and serious fiction. All you need …

Good Omens: the Amazon TV Series vs the Book

The Good Omens adaptation was released on Amazon on May 31st, and if you’re a fan of the book like I am, you’re probably pretty keen to see it. If you don’t know about the book, Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophesies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, it’s a …