In Their Prime – 5 Novels from the 1970s You Must Read
Introduction The 1970s was a decade of change and upheaval for the United States. With the Vietnam War still raging,...
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A Spectacular Decade – the Expanse Series Closes with Leviathan Falls
As an avid science fiction reader, in 2011 I picked up a copy of James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes, a...
My Favorite Reads of 2021
Six memorable debuts of literary fiction and nonfiction Disappearing Earth, by Julia Phlllips In Julia Phillips’ 2019 debut, two sisters...
Book Launch: You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo
Congrats to our friend former SFWA President, Cat Rambo on the launch of her latest title, YOU SEXY THING. Pitched...
A Great New Reading List from World Literature Today
Looking for new titles to expand your TBR list? World Literature Today has just posted a list authored by the...
Excerpt: TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS by Christopher Paolini
Today on LitStack, we're proud to host the full excerpt of Christopher Paolini's space odyssey, TO SLEEP IN A SEA...
Micro-Excerpt: TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS by Christopher Paolini
Congratulations to Christopher Paolini, author of the popular Inheritance Cycle on the upcoming release of his novel TO SLEEP IN...
Litstack Rec: Earn It! and Viva Frida
Earn It! by Cinders McLeod This is the perfect gift for young readers on your list, because it's never too...
Release Blitz: Jackal by Tarryn Fisher & Willow Aster
Jackal is LIVE and FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Are you ready to meet the next End Man? Amazon US: http://bit.ly/JackalUS...
LitStack Review: Earn It! by Cinders McLeod
Earn It! by Cinders McLeod (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017) Teaching children financial literacy—knowing how money works and having the skills...
Etsy’s Book Inspired Bags
Count it as a good thing whenever books make a crossover into the everyday. And that would include this recent...
Blog Tour: The Secrets of Solace by Jaleigh Johnson
The Secrets of Solace Jaleigh Johnson Delacorte Books for Young Readers Release Date: March 8, 2016 ISBN 978-0-385-37648-8 Jaleigh Johnson...
LitStack Review: Blackbird Fly by Erin Entrada Kelly
Blackbird Fly Erin Entrada Kelly Greenwillow Books ISBN 978-0-06-223861-0 In Erin Entrada Kelly’s debut novel, Apple Yengko is a...
Flash Review – The Book With No Pictures
The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak Dial Books for Young Readers Release Date: September 30, 2014 ISBN 978-0-803-74171-3...
Medieval Celebrities from Medievalists.net
After learning of my experiences in Russia (as I wrote about in the last few "Gimbling in the Wabes"), a...
LitStack Review: Alliance – The Paladin Prophecy Book 2 by Mark Frost
Alliance: The Paladin Prophecy Book 2 Mark Frost Random House Release Date: January 7, 2014 ISBN 978-0-375-87046-7 Adventure/fantasy lit for...
Banned Book Review: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin. Illustrated by Eric Carle. In February of 2010,...
Banned Book Review: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Coraline Neil Gaiman Harper Entertainment ISBN-10: 0061649694 My first encounter with Coraline was with the movie, an unusual occurrence for...
LitStack Review: Prisoner 88 by Leah Pileggi
Prisoner 88 Leah Pileggi Charlesbridge Publishing ISBN: 978-1-58089-560-6 In 1885, a ten-year-old boy named James Oscar Baker was convicted of...
Doll Bones by Holly Black
Doll Bones Holly Black Margaret K. McElderry Books First Edition: May 7, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4169-6398-1 Now this is the kind...
Rowland Emett’s Backward-looking Vision
May 13-19 is Children’s Book Week, when children’s literature, reading, and literacy is celebrated in schools, libraries, and bookstores. The...
LitStack Review: The Laura Line by Crystal Allen
The Laura Line by Crystal Allen HarperCollins Children’s Books ISBN: 978-0-06-199274-2 Middle grade fiction author Crystal Allen has recently...
Blog Tour: THE PLANET THIEVES by Dan Krokos
The Planet Thieves Dan Krokos Starscape: ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-3428-2 A prank gone awry catapults us into the world of Dan Krokos’...
Bookish, New Website Launched by Publishers
The latest reading site to add to your bookmarks? That would be Bookish, the new site for reading, discussing and...
NPR to Provide a Daily Dose for Book Lovers
On more than one occasion I've been stuck in highway gridlock and wished, among other things, for a book station...
LitStack Review: Will Sparrow’s Road by Karen Cushman
Will Sparrow’s Road Karen Cushman Clarion Books 978-0-547-73962-5 —♦— Karen Cushman has long been my favorite middle grade historical fiction...
Featured Auhthor Review: ‘Gathering Blue’ by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue Lois Lowry Ember/Random House, Inc. Copyright 2000 ISBN 978-0-440-22949-0 Written seven years after her iconic “children’s” book,...
Featured Author Review: ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry
LITSTACK'S FEATURED AUTHOR REVIEW The Giver Lois Lowry Published in 1993 from Bantam Books “Once, back in the time of...
Horten's Incredible Illusions by Lissa Evans
Horten’s Incredible Illusions: Magic, Mystery & Another Very Strange Adventure Lissa Evans Sterling Children’s Books ISBN: 978-1-4027-9870-2 Releases September 2012...
May B by Caroline Starr Rose
May B Caroline Starr Rose Schwartz and Wade Books ISBN: 978-1-58246-393-3 — ♦ — Twelve-year old Mavis Elizabeth Betterly, May B for...
Word Nerd
I was never going to be a math wiz. Figures and formulas weren’t my forte; I'm very right brain, I’ll...
Printed Books: Alive and Kicking
The interpersonal communication that transpires with the giving of a book does not work with an ebook. Last weekend was...
The Howling Vowels
THE HOWLING VOWELS Leslie Schultz, author Heather Newman, illustrator Do Life Right, Inc. ISBN 0-9824829-7-3 ▬ᴥ▬ Homeschooled ten-year-old Alexa has...
MOON OVER MANIFEST by Clare Vanderpool Awarded the 2011 Newbery Medal
Moon Over Manifest Clare Vanderpool Delacorte Press ISBN-13: 978-0-385-73883-5 ▬ᴥ▬ Clare Vanderpool's debut middle-grade historical fiction Moon Over Manifest was awarded...
Independent London Bookshop: Housmans
As the tools of the digital age continue, for better or worse, to gain a stranglehold on the way we...
Men of the Stacks: Male Librarians Pose for Charity
Sexy librarians get a gender-swap, and we are not complaining. Call us hypocrites if you'd like, but the editors here...
ShortStacks: "Sadie’s Big Day" by Lisa Emig
SADIE'S BIG DAY Lisa Riley Emig The life of Sadie the M80 came to an abrupt end at around 8:15...
ShortStacks: "Tesseract" by J. David Osborne
TESSERACT J. David Osborne Daamodar clocked in at the Studio at 7:30 and cleared the leftover Styrofoam cups from his...
ShortStacks: "Accident Activity" by Charles Rammelkamp
ACCIDENT ACTIVITY Charles Rammelkamp “I love you.” The woman’s voice came from a distance, almost as if imagined, or dreamed....
