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Hey Vampire Fans, What’s Your VamPOWER? Submitted by Becca Stumpf on October 26, 2018

If you love vampires, you know they wield a fangtastic assortment of powers — in fact, we made a list! Read more

Tagged: Dacre Stoker, Dracul, dracula, Full Cast, halloween, horror, horror stories, J.D. Barker, Pete Bradbury, vampire, vampires, Vikas Adam

Sister, Sister: Fictional Sisters We Love Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on August 3, 2018

The bond between sisters is a lot of things, but most of all it’s complex. It can be full of hardship and rivalry, but it can also be one of the strongest, most positive bonds that a woman can experience. Read more

Tagged: Cassandra Campbell, Christina Ricci, Clare Corbett, crafter, curtis sittenfeld, Eleanor Brown, ELIGIBLE, Emilia Fox, Emily Rankin, gardener-cook, I See You Everywhere, Jane Austen, Jennifer McMahon, julia glass, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Julie Christie, Kirsten Potter, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Louise Miller, mary stuart masterson, Priya Parmar, Sense and Sensibility, The Late Bloomers’ Club, The Night Sister, The Weird Sisters, vanessa and her sister

What We’re Listening To – April 2018 Picks Submitted by Victoria Tomao on April 12, 2018

Tagged: bookclub, crafter, January LaVoy, jodi picoult, Leaving Time, Love and Ruin, Martha Gellhorn, Paula McLain, Travels with Myself and Another

6 Fantastic Listens from Irish Authors Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on March 14, 2018

Thrillers. Historical Fiction. Heart-wrenching contemporary fiction. These Irish authors are writing some incredible stories that are worth plugging into: Read more

Tagged: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, bookclub, colum mccann, Daisy Donovan, Eimear McBride, Faithful Place, Frank Delaney, gardener-cook, Geraldine Hughes, I Am I Am I Am, irish writers, john boyne, Maggie O'Farrell, Stephen Hogan, Tana French, The Heart's Invisible Furies, Tim Gerard Reynolds, TransAtlantic, Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show

Books on Screen: Spring 2018 Adaptations Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on March 7, 2018

There’s never a shortage of fantastic books, films, and television shows to check out. Why not have the best of both worlds? Plug into one of these audiobooks and then watch its screen adaptation (or vice versa!). Read more

Tagged: A Wrinkle In Time, adaptations, alex mckenna, Anna Dewdney, Annie Barrows, Ava DuVernay, Beatrix Potter, Becca Battoe, book adaptations, book to screen, bookclub, business, Charlotte Jones Voiklis, crafter, Dan Woren, David Levithan, Drama High, E L James, E. M. Forster, Ernest Cline, EVERY DAY, family travel, Fifty Shades Freed, film adaptations, fitness, gardener-cook, Hope Davis, Howards End, Hulu, Ian McEwan, Jennifer Garner, Jim Weiss, John Lee, Juliet Mills, Lawrence Wright, Llama Llama Red Pajama and 19 Other Favorites, Madeleine L'Engle, Mark Deakins, Mary Ann Shaffer, Maureen Orth, McMafia, Michael Sokolove, Misha Glenny, movie adaptations, NBC, Netflix, On Chesil Beach, paul boehmer, Ready Player One, Rise, Rosalyn Landor, STARZ, Susan Duerden, T. Burgess, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Looming Tower, The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Other Stories, tv adaptation, Vulgar Favors, Wil Wheaton

Staff Pick: Educated Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on February 23, 2018

Tara Westover’s exquisite coming-of-age memoir, Educated, was on many Anticipated Books for 2018 lists, ranging from Entertainment Weekly to Vogue to BBC Books. Once you plug into it and hear her amazing journey, you’ll see why people are buzzing about it. Read more

Tagged: bookclub, crafter, Educated, Educated: A Memoir, gardener-cook, Julia Whelan, Tara Westover

6 Nordic Thrillers for Long Winter Nights Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on February 2, 2018

Long winter nights and chilly weather are the perfect setting for a mystery. Read more

Tagged: Anton Svensson, bookclub, business, fitness, Graeme Malcolm, I’m Traveling Alone, Jens Lapidus, Jo Nesbo, John Lee, Jon Lindstrom, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Lars Kepler, Laura Paton, Richard Coyle, Samuel Bjork, Saul Reichlin, Stockholm Delete, The Father, The Hanging Girl, The Sandman, the thirst

10 Debut Authors to Listen to This Winter Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on January 23, 2018

Everyone has a roster of favorite, dependable authors they can turn to when looking for the next book to read. But sometimes it’s refreshing to hear a new voice. Read more

Tagged: All We Can Do is Wait, bookclub, Brass, Catherine Taber, Chandler Klang Smith, Dana Mele, Erin Spencer, green, Greta Jung, Holly Linneman, Jasmin Darznik, Karen Cleveland, Kimmery Martin, Kirsten Potter, Kivlighan de Montebello, Lauren Fortgang, Mary Lynn Bracht, Mia Barron, Mozhan Marno, need to know, only child, people like us, Prentice Onayemi, Rhiannon Navin, Richard Lawson, Sam Graham-Felsen, Shannon McManus, song of a captive bird, the queen of hearts, the sky is yours, Therese Plummer, White Chrysanthemum, Xhenet Aliu

Author Amanda Reynolds Shares Her Excitement for Audiobooks Submitted by PRHA Contributor on December 5, 2017

Whilst I wrote Close to Me, I’d occasionally imagine a potential readership, or perhaps dream of one, but I’d never considered there might be an audio version. Read more

Tagged: amanda reynolds, author guest post, bookclub, close to me, gardener-cook, Guest Post

Fall Book Adaptations for TV and Film Submitted by Taraneh DJangi on September 5, 2017

If you’re like us, you want to be clued in on a book before you see it on screen. Listen to these five books before you watch them on TV or in theaters this fall. Read more

Tagged: adaptations, alias grace, book club, bookclub, film adaptations, idris elba, jacob tremblay, judi dench, julia roberts, kate winslet, margaret atwood, michael fassbender, owen wilson, stephen frears, The Mountain Between Us, The Snowman, tv adaptation, Victoria & Abdul, we're all wonders, wonder