To celebrate being halfway through 2026, I sent out a survey to see how you all are doing so far in the Read Harder Challenge. I have already shared some results on how many books you all have read on average, how many tasks you have completed, and which tasks you found the hardest and
Yamaha has to be the strangest company on Earth. Sure, they make things like the Tenere 700 and Grizzly ATVs, as well as RMax UTVs, and once even made snowmobiles. And produced many crazy concepts like a four-wheeler, a tilting motorcycle/ATV, a self-balancing robot and many others. But the Japanese company also makes things like
funerals are for the living by Sami Ellis Two words: racist cult. Junie Daniels was a victim of a car accident a month ago. His sister died, and his mother has since been so deep in her grief that she has withdrawn from life most of the time. She is unable to plan her daughter’s
There is a universal phrase woven into the modern lexicon when it comes to measuring physical prowess. “How much can you lift?” This is the question that comes to the mind of almost every one of us. What is the context of this? How much can you sell? Love it or hate it, the bench
Featuring Colson Whitehead, Michael Cunningham, Claire Vaye Watkins and others Colson Whitehead’s great machineMichael Cunningham’s unsayableand Claire Vaye Watkins yellow pine All of these are among the best reviewed books of the week. Article continues after ad Brought to you by book marksLit Hub’s home for book reviews. * Imagination 1. great machine by Colson
Edna Bonhomme is the author of Caring for our wounds: an expatriate memoirOut now from Haymarket Books. Below, she recommends three must-read books about colonialism. (Photo credit: Jasmine Valcarcel) All empires suffer from the possibility of their collapse. For the marginalized people born and raised in the midst of empires, some plot and hope for
By the time this post gets out into the world, I will have seen Christopher Nolan odyssey At least twice. There are a few small things I would change if it were up to me, but overall it blew me away; For a nerd who loves Greek mythology, an epic journey, lots of juicy gods
It seems like everyone is writing memoirs these days, no matter what story they have to tell or what they’ve been through, or whether they’re famous or not. Which is great because reading is a great escape from life, and sometimes reading about someone else’s life is just what you need to do that. With
If you are struggling To keep track of the number of anti-LGBTQ+ education bills that would lead to widespread book bans across the US, know two things. First of all, you are not alone. Second, that is the issue, and why the Senate has now added its own book ban legislation to the mix. Senate
I have to admit that what is classified as “literary fiction” is a bit slippery. We’ve teased the meaning a bit before, and the consensus among many in the book world is that literature emphasizes prose, character development, and thematic depth. Still, there’s also the argument that this applies to many books, which is my