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SPOILER WARNING: Major spoilers ahead for Frankenstein by Mary Shelley In her groundbreaking novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley does away with almost all of her characters: Justine Moritz, William Frankenstein, Henry Clerval, Elizabeth Lavenza, Alphonse Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, and, presumably, the creature itself; Shelley certainly stacks the body count high. Only Robert
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboi for $2.99 The Broken Girls by Simone St. James for $1.99 Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany Jackson for $2.99 Madame Fourcade’s Secret War by Lynne Olson for $2.99 A Phoenix First Must Burn
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This post was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get mystery news, reviews, deals, and more! Hello mystery fans! I have three mystery books perfect for escape-reading, depending on your mood: cozy, historical, and a fun thriller. Also, for fellow horror/Gothic/suspense fans, I just finished the audiobook for Mexican
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Author is Challenging Women & Fighting against illiteracy Through Beauty & Brains Houston, TX– In an ongoing effort to fight against illiteracy, Darius Slaughter, who is the author of an Amazon Best-Seller “Hostile: An Urban Tragedy” and Founder of “Beauty & Brains” is fighting against illiteracy in a big way… The Beauty & Brains Challenge
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals And Still I Rise by Henry Louis Gates Jr. for $2.99 Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh for $1.99 Infinity Son by Adam Silvera for $2.99 A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer for $1.99 The Beautiful by
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I’m a huge romance reader. I will read pretty much anything as long as it has some form of romance in it. Hence, this compilation of the 50 best love story books – the sweetest, the most epic, the most emotional – I’ve encountered in my travels. While I do also read a lot of
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NOVL. Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by NOVL. Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Infinity Son by Adam Silvera for $2.99 A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer for $1.99 The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh for $2.99 A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank
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Whether you’re a huge fan of all things horror or are ready to dip your toes into the world of horror, the Summer Scares list is an excellent way to experience the incredible depths of these books. This year’s slate of 2021 Summer Scares winners is especially exciting, as it was open to international authors
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Well, folks, DC is rebooting their universe yet again. With the conclusion of Death Metal in December, the Rebirth universe is no more; beginning in March, the company is embarking upon Infinite Frontier, in which the characters inhabit not a multiverse but an omniverse, and everything is canon, including all past contradictory continuities. If that
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When I was growing up, I was the only kid in my class who knew what Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, was. In fact, when the holiday came around during my fifth-grade year, my teacher asked me to teach the class about Chinese New Year traditions! I told them all about
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe for $2.99 The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern for $1.99 The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas for $1.99 Obviously by Akilah Hughes for $2.99 Frankly in Love by David
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Parents at Horizon Elementary School in Murray, Utah, were upset last month when a teacher read the book Call Me Max to her third-grade class. The book, written by transgender author Kyle Lukoff, is about a transgender boy who teaches his classmates and teacher about his identity. The book was brought to class by a
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Today’s Featured Deals In case you missed yesterday’s most popular deals Previous Daily Deals Obviously by Akilah Hughes for $2.99 Frankly in Love by David Yoon for $2.99 The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardguo for $2.99 Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat for $1.99 Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean for $1.99 A Gentleman
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This post was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get mystery news, reviews, deals, and more! Hello mystery fans! First, if you’ve been waiting for the release of Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden, it’s finally here! (Review) For this week I have for you one of my favorite
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In December I told you about the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Longlist. As promised, they have now released their finalists. The virtual Literary Awards Ceremony will be held on April 8, 2021. This $75,000 award is given to “a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, which has broken new
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