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an october read for you...plus author chat! (opens the original)
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You know how when you really love a book, you mentally scream, “omigod this book!” to yourself over and over as you devour it and then at the end you kind of want to both hug it and slam it into the wall, it was so good? Lucky me, I had two back-to-back reading experiences like that this summer, and one of those was Riognach Robinson’s adult debut novel, BAD WORDS.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="
not just one september read for you, but many...plus happy leo season to all who celebrate (opens the original)
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Okay, a slight departure this month from the usual Book Forward format: Instead of one exciting read coming in September, how about many of them that you can pick up anytime?On the occasion of my (upcoming) birthday, I decided to compile a list of my top 50 favorite books (so far, and read into that number what you will—ahem!) Normally, I hate these best of/favorite lists, mainly because it’s so agonizing to narrow them down. The beautiful torture of it all! That was the case here, but it also a
an august read for you...plus publisher chat! (opens the original)
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First of all, breaking news: congrats to Jenny Jackson and The Shampoo Effect, the Book Forward recommendation for June, for debuting at #4 on the New York Times bestseller list this week. I loved the novel and clearly others feel the same and as a reader and a friend of Jenny’s that makes me so ver
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