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The Book: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

For the top 10 bestselling female authors (who include Jane Austen and Margaret Atwood, as well as Danielle Steel and Jojo Moyes), only…

Pre-order your favorite upcoming releases now, because a book shortage could mean that when the print version runs out, it won’t be back…

The Book: The Cabinet by Un-Su Kim

It’s been quite awhile since I last posted — I’ve had so many fun travels I’m excited to write about. But more importantly, I have a new…

The Book: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

The Book: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The Book: The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

Is it worth investing the time and money to deliver a great, mobile-friendly website, or would those resources be better put towards a…

The Book: Anthem by Noah Hawley

The Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

The Book: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer

I talk a lot about podcasts here, because, well, I’m really interested in how this medium has been growing in recent years and how it will…

The Books: Verity and It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

The Book: Burntcoat by Sarah Hall

The Book: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

The mark of a new year offers a great opportunity to reflect on the year prior and speculate on the one to come. What trends were popular…

The Book: Before the coffee gets cold: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Book: Billy Summers by Stephen King

I for one definitely need to take the advice given in this piece’s title. Too often I put off writing a blog post, writing creatively or…

I’m spending the next year of my life traveling Europe and I’ve been trying to figure out a good way to sprinkle in some of my travels on…