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2023 Abe Lincoln Nominees + FAQs

I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the Lincoln Award and the Lincoln Nominee list for 2023 and answer some FAQs. What is Read 4 Pizza? Log the Lincoln Award nominees you read on Beanstack and get free pizza and other fun prizes! Open to high school students....

Why I Love…Celeb Memoirs

Well, more specifically, LISTENING to celeb memoirs. I need it to feel like these famous people are in the car with me telling me their life story. Yeah, sure, they can be frivolous, but they are entertaining and a lovely distraction from life sometimes…especially...

Black Future Month

Check out some of these books celebrating Black Joy for Black History Month. A little bit of everything! Featuring love, magic, space, and more.For a full list, click here to see the list in our catalog.

My Favorite Books of 2021

Every year I keep striving to read more and more books. This year I definitely went way passed my original goal that I had set. Being in reading competitions, listening to more audiobooks, and overall trying to spend more time reading has contributed to this...

My Favorite Books of 2021

The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan MeissnerMeissner does a great job of writing a captivating book set against the backdrop of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Although a devastating disaster, the earthquake actually seems a more minor part...

Best Reads of 2021 – Ola

There was once a time in my life where I was able to read 100 books in one year. This was not that year. But, as of this moment, I did read 34! And that’s a win, too. When I sat down to write this list, I already knew which ones I was going to pick…and then I finished...

My Favorite Reads of 2021 — Ang

For the first time in a looooong time it seems like I read fewer romance novels than in past years. This is going to get slightly in the weeds, but romance publishing has seen a little bit of a change recently, with almost all contemporary romances (and quite a few...

The Wheel of Time

Surprising no one, I am HOOKED on The Wheel of Time series on Amazon Prime. If you're also a lover of fantasy adventure, it will definitely be your jam. I also think many of these books would be your jam, check them out while you wait for more episodes to drop. Full...