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How to revive love of books in 2026
NEW YORK — People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it’s never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again. Curling up with a good book can reduce […]
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Book Review: Teen girl murdered in paradise in twisty thriller ‘High Season’
Katie Bishop finds heart and poignancy at the center of her artfully crafted thriller, “High Season,” setting it apart from other by-the-numbers beach reads. At the center of the story is Nina Drayton, who, 20 […]
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Book Review: Debut novelist Aisha Muharrar deftly explores love, loss in ‘Loved One’
I picked up a copy of “Loved One” based solely on the fact that its first-time author, Aisha Muharrar, was involved in three television comedies that made me laugh: “Hacks, “Parks and Recreation” and “The […]
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Book Review: Jason Mott’s ‘People Like Us’ explores struggles of semi-fame, American identity
How does one follow up writing “A Hell of a Book” that wins the National Book Award? If you’re Jason Mott, you write a sort-of, not-really, by all legal terms fictionalized — according to the […]
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Book Review: Donal Ryan’s spellbinding sequel in 21 voices continues saga of small Irish town
In 2014 Donal Ryan published a novel in the U.S. called “The Spinning Heart” about a rural Irish town after the 2008 financial collapse. It was narrated by a chorus of voices, one per chapter, […]
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Book Review: Hannah Deitch delivers twisty thrills with debut novel, ‘Killer Potential’
When bestselling psychological thriller writer Paula Hawkins (“The Girl on the Train,” 2015) stamps the cover of your debut novel with “A Thelma & Louise for our times,” your career is off to a fast […]
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Book Review: Kelsey McKinney wants gossip reconsidered in ‘You Didn’t Hear This from Me’
Kelsey McKinney bookends her new collection of essays on gossip with a word from Emily Dickinson: “Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” As the co-creator of the runaway hit podcast “Normal Gossip,” McKinney […]
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Book Review: Online dating, love, death in Jane Pek’s new mystery, ‘The Rivals’
Claudia Lin, an online dating detective in the age of AI, is hunting once again through a dark cybersphere of tech systems in “The Rivals,” the second novel in a new mystery series by Jane […]
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Summer reading picks give sneak peek at the college year ahead
As college students pack up their belongings and prepare to hit the books again, most have a least one text under their belt already. Colleges and universities across the state select a summer reading book […]