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We did it. We made to the Friday before Labor Day. Hope you can get some reading in over the long weekend. sometimes a weird little horror book that doesn’t have a real solid genre home is exactly what hits the spot. I love an oddball book, something that doesn’t necessarily fit in a subgenre quite right. Too scary for regular fiction, not scary enough for the horror buffs, not thrilling enough for a thriller. These in-betweeners can be just as entertaining and unsettling as any other horror novel. In fact, they can sometimes be more unsettling because you’re not expecting it as tensions rise and dread creeps up your spine.

Eight Weird Horror Novels for Super Strange Scares

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‘This is a game changer.’ Ordering off the kid’s menu comes with a certain set of expectations. Small portions, lower prices—possibly an age restriction—but generally, nothing too off-base as far as ordering food.

‘For $6, who cares?’: Applebee’s customer shocked after ordering both adult and kids’ cheeseburgers

And just like that, after a summer that felt like it was entirely made up of heat waves and tropical storms, we are preparing for fall. I’m going to be real and say that, at first, I was scoffing a bit at the fall book lists I started seeing about a week ago. Weather forecasts still had a lot of us firmly in the 80s and 90s, temperature-wise, and outside was giving more iced tea than pumpkin spice.

The Biggest Book Club Books Coming Out This Fall

It's every parent's worst nightmare. During a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel, a young boy's father was shocked to see his son next to a shattered Bronze Age jar. The boy's father told the BBC that he first thought, "It wasn't my child...

Young Boy Accidentally Shatters 3,500-Year-Old Jar at Museum

As part of hosting the Book Riot Podcast, co-writing Today in Books, while also keeping my own reading train running, I collect interesting book lists. Some I get around to linking to, some I don’t. So here on the precipice of Fall, I offer 42 book lists I’ve collected over the last couple of months. May you find your next favorite read somewhere in one of these:

42 Book Lists To Overwhelm Your TBR

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NPR spoke with Appalachian fiction and nonfiction writers about this moment and how they are building a tapestry of what they know as home.

'Hillbilly Elegy' is back in the spotlight. These Appalachians write a different tale

Retired math teacher Grace Winters is shocked when she inherits a run-down house on a Mediterranean island from a long-lost friend. With a one-way ticket in hand, Grace arrives in Ibiza and searches for answers on how her friend lived and died. But what Grace uncovers seems impossible, forcing her to confront her own past in another touching novel from the author of The Midnight Library.

Best Books of Fall 2024

"They get more than us, Why nobody told me about this?". If you're looking for a tasty option that won't break the bank, a Chick-fil-A's kids' meal might be just what you're after. It seems like a great deal. In fact, some people argue it's a better deal than a regular adult meal. This TikToker took the audience through the ins and outs of this meal.

Chick-fil-A customer says they’ll never order a full meal again after seeing kids’ meal

A prescient political thriller that neatly balances the human element of tragedy and intrigue. A globe-trotting, tense, and twist-laden political thriller, Lynn Wood’s Secrets, Lies and Betrayals is so cannily contemporary that it could almost be “ripped from the headlines” stuff. Triggered by the fracturing of the...

Book Review: Secrets, Lies and Betrayals

We are in the last week of August, and in my mind, it’s the last week of summer. September is when I let myself pull out all of my pumpkins and fall leaf decor. BUT, we’re not there yet. This is the week that I catch up on reading, often diving into my favorite genres. And I’m a huge fan of memoir. So for this week, we’re going to be looking at some top-tier memoirs you won’t want to miss. But first, let’s jump into bookish goods and new books!

Say Goodbye to Summer with These Must-Read Memoirs

I’m of the opinion that real life could do with a little more fantasy. Regardless of whether fantasy is your preferred reading genre, or you favor, say, thrillers or romances, a dash of whimsy can bring a smile to the grumpiest of faces. If they’re readers’ faces, well, let it take the shape of a fantasy bookend, and you simply can’t go wrong with. Nothing like a dragon bookend to cheer up both a bookcase and a reader, after all. Don’t believe me? Check out these 10 fantasy bookends and try to stay stone-faced. I dare you.

10 Whimsical Fantasy Bookends

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It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

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In 1981, pop-music sensation Andy Gibb was at the top of the charts. The younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice, a.k.a. The Bee Gees, commenced a tumultuous romance with actress Victoria Principle, who played Pam Ewing on Dallas, TV's then-Number 1 prime-time series. But after the relationship ended, Andy's life, already challenged by substance abuse, did as well. This is their tragic story.

The Tragic Death of Pop Star Andy Gibb & His Traumatic Romance with 'Dallas' Star Victoria Principle

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

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From Jodi Picoult to Karin Slaughter (and zebras!), we’ve got them all.

The 22 Best New Book Releases This Week: August 20-26, 2024

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  As her 4-year-old son perused the Israeli museum’s ancient artifacts, Anna Geller looked away for just a moment. Then a crash sounded, a rare 3,500-year-old jar was broken on the ground, and her son stood over it, aghast. “It was just a distraction of a second,” said Geller, a mother of two from the northern Israeli town of Nahariya. “And the next thing I know, it’s a very big boom boom behind me.” The Bronze Age jar that her son, Ariel Geller, broke last week, has been on display at the Hecht Museum in Haifa for 35 years....

An Israeli boy who broke an ancient jar learns how the museum is piecing it back together

The days are growing shorter, but pumpkin hasn’t quite hit the aisles of my local grocery store. This time of year, I often fall back on my favorite genres. I adore memoir. There’s just something about personal narrative that draws me in and doesn’t let go. So this week, we’re looking at some must-read memoirs. But first, it’s time for bookish goods and new books!

Memoir Is My Favorite Nonfiction Genre

I was digging through Book Riot’s LGBTQ archive and found this 2023 post from CJ Connor: Books About Queer Elders Give Me Hope for the Future. So, today I’ve put together a list of books about queer people in their 60s and up, including memoirs, romance, fiction, sci-fi/fantasy, and a graphic novel. Despite all the progress that’s been made in queer books recently, it’s still pretty rare to see queer elders as the stars of their own stories, and I want to see a lot more!

Respect Your Queer Elders: Books About LGBTQ People In Their 60s, 70s, and 80s

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George RR Martin to Reveal What’s Gone Wrong with HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

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