It took skipping college to make Scoot Henderson a reader. Growing up, the Blazers rookie didn’t consider himself a bookworm, or anything close to one. Reading put him to sleep, and books were never something he sought out away from school. “I was always playing sports, unless we had a book report,” Henderson said recently, before a mid-March road loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. “But I didn’t really like it growing up.” Subtracting book reports from the equation might be the answer. In the two...
There are so many productivity books out there, and many of them contain great information and advice. But if you really want to be productive, you can’t spend all your time reading about other people’s productivity. Here are some of the best tips from my favorite productivity books.
In a sign of how important several tight California congressional races are to determining control of Congress in the November election, a Democratic super PAC has booked more than $27 million in television and digital ads in the state. It’s the most the House Majority PAC booked in any state in its initial $186-million advertising buy announced Sunday, the largest amount the organization has ever spent in early campaigning. “House Republicans have done nothing but sell out the American people...
The club will be hosted at the centre by the Musselburgh Library Team, with participants encouraged to bring along the book they’re currently reading or favourite novel to discuss and take inspiration from others. Launching in Caffè Nero on Thursday, April 25, from 10am – 11am, the book club will meet on the last Thursday of every month. Booking is not required, and a free hot drink will be available for all attendees of the first session. The new book club coincides with the relaunch of the...
It was only a matter of time before someone wrote a book on Caitlin Clark. As the Iowa Hawkeyes star looks to cement her legacy in the women’s college game with a National Championship win over South Carolina on Sunday, we know that Howard Megdal will document her history regardless of what happens. Megdal, the
Reparations Club is a queer-Black-woman-owned bookshop that shelves a diverse collection of art books, fiction, nonfiction, and more.
Lizette Epps, a prominent Reading community leader and advocate, won first place at the BookFest awards ceremony on April 6 for her debut book, “Our Voices: Little Stories Through a Latina Lens.” The BookFest Book Awards, an esteemed literary competition, recognized Epps’ work in the Non-fiction Category in Society & Social Sciences on Race, Class, […]
Blind Date Book Club is pleasantly pretty, sweetly optimistic, and generically romantic.
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Loading 50 years ago, Stephen King's debut novel Carrie was published, launching a new horror master, and one of the most prolific American writers of all time. In honor of the anniversary, we attempt to rank some of King's best novels with Neil McRobert, host of the Talking Scared Podcast and the author of the Esquire piece "All 75 Stephen King Books, Ranked." Plus, we take your calls. Grammy-nominated Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana has just released her new album, Echoes Of The...
A former New Jersey councilman has been accused of stealing money from a Democratic club. Previously, the Democratic politician was charged with selling cocaine and meth to an undercover cop. On Thursday, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said Malik D. Johnston – of Flemington, New Jersey – was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of theft by unlawful taking – a third-degree crime. He was initially charged with the crime in October. If convicted of the third-degree crime, Johnston faces...
In yesterday's extract from One Day author David Nicholls' new novel, You Are Here, Marnie, a 38-year-old book copy editor, wondered how she had ended up feeling quite so lonely.