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Hi, mystery fans! A Family Affair is now streaming on Netflix, and the trailer had me howling with laughter, so I am absolutely watching it this weekend!. If you’re looking for a summer book tee! There are 8 color options for the shirt, up to 5XL. $23. New Releases.

4 Crime and Suspense Novels That Make for Hot Summer Reading

It’s a beautiful day, the coffee is perfectly iced, and the news is spiced with variety. Let’s do this. 🌎 Can you guess which city was named UNESCO’s 2024 World Book Capital?. an awesome new YA anthology that equips teens to fight book bans, featuring Book...

10 Book Club Picks for June

With about half of the year in the rear-view mirror, it’s time we did some reflection. And Goodreads, with its millions of members, is always a great place to get a pulse check on what’s popular among the people. The most popular books of the year so far...

The Most Popular Books of the Year (So Far), According to Goodreads

Since at least early May, BookTokkers have been doing roundups of their summer reading lists. The books on the list sound fun and tend towards the romantic, with a little mystery/thriller sprinkled in — but they’re also mostly by white authors. This isn’t a new problem for BookTok...

Books Popular on BookTok for the Summer — And a Few That Should Be

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

This week, Trisha recommends two books in which teenagers have secrets that follow and impact them well into adulthood. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news.

All the Backlist! June 28, 2024

Welcome to Read This Book, your go-to newsletter if you’re looking to expand your TBR pile. Each week, I’ll recommend a book I think is an absolute must-read. Some will be new releases, some will be old favorites, and the books will vary in genre and subject matter every time. I hope you’re ready to get reading!

Like A Haunted House in Your Brain

We review Power Book II: Ghost Season 4 Episode 4 – “The Reckoning”. Monet, Cane, and Tariq hunt Dru and Diana. Tariq shoots Salim. Diana tells Tariq she is pregnant with his baby while he holds her at gunpoint. Cane fights Dru. We discuss all of this and more!

Power Book II: Ghost Season 4 Episode 4 – “The Reckoning” Recap – Powercast 130

In Just Some Stupid Love Story, Molly and Seth were best friends-turned lovers until Molly ghosted Seth on the eve of their high school graduation. Now, they reunite again at their high school reunion 15 years later and make a bet: whoever can predict the fate of five couples before the next reunion must declare that the other is right about true love. The catch? The fifth couple is them.

The Bestselling Books of the Week, According to All the Lists

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The mother of a Denver homeless man told the City Council Monday that city-sponsored services have failed her son. Barbara Hallick Yeomans made her remarks during public comment period of the City Council meeting. She said her son grapples with substance abuse and mental illness and repeatedly has been harassed by police. She said her son also suffered verbal abuse by a guard in the Denver County Jail. Yeomans said she heard the guard harassing her son over the phone.

Mother says Denver homeless services have failed her son

Joe Woodland sat on a beach in Florida more than 70 years ago and ran his fingers through the sand. The lines reminded him of the dots and dashes used for Morse code, and he soon discovered that inspiration and insight don’t always come in a laboratory. Woodland’s doodles...

Six Must-Read Books for Your Summer Reading List

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Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

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In “My Guardian Angel Wants a Vacation,” Christine Kyle fearlessly shares her poignant journey through a childhood marred by alcoholism, resilience, and unexpected twists of fate. This raw and heartfelt memoir delves deep into the harsh realities of growing up in challenging circumstances, where the unwavering presence of a guardian angel becomes the beacon of hope in the darkest of times.

Book Review: “My Guardian Angel Wants a Vacation” by Christine Kyle

Unputdownable books, B&N makes a shocking move, Pride reads for 2024: just a few of the offerings today at Book Riot:. 9 Unputdownable Books that Will Grip You Till the Last Page. We’ve all read books that we just can’t put down — the ones we stay up reading till...

9 Unputdownable Books that Will Grip You Till the Last Page

Oakland, CA

In this episode of First Edition, the reading life of U.S. National Poet Laureate Ada Limón. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, edited by Ada Limón. In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limón, illustrated by Peter Sis. Subscribe to First Edition via RSS, Apple Podcasts,...

The Reading Life of Ada Limón

Alexandria, VA

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The SBC has removed another church from it's fellowship. First Baptist Church of Alexandria, Virginia, is the latest casualty in the Southern Baptist Convention's war on churches that accept women pastors. The Independent reports that on Tuesday, delegates attending the SBC annual meeting voted 6,759 to 563 to oust the congregation.

A Historic Virginia church was expeled from SBC for asserting that women can be senior pastors

Some of my favorite memories are spending time at my grandparents’ cabin in Appalachian Ohio. My grandfather would take us for walks up the holler, naming the different kinds of trees and pointing out the various animal tracks in the mud. Now, as an adult, I’m drawn to reading rural, working-class stories. So today, for Riot Recs, I’m sharing two of my favorites. But first, as always, bookish goods!

Must-Read Working Class Nonfiction

In May, I asked you to pick which queer books I should read next from my TBR, and the winner was A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland. Unfortunately, my library hold then took weeks to come in, so I wasn’t able to read it until about a week ago. Here’s what I thought about it before reading:

You Picked What I Read. Here’s What I Thought of It.

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The News Book Riot Covered This Week

We cover a lot of news each week that doesn’t make it into the standard editions of Today in Books. Here’s your catch-up. 🏆 The Most...

The News Book Riot Covered This Week

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