CNN’s Kate Bennett has covered Melania Trump, current First Lady of the United States, since her husband took office in 2016. In her new biography, Free, Melania, Bennett offers readers the first behind-the-scenes look at Melania. Bennett makes the case that most of the rumors about Melania aren’t exactly true – she’s not just a trophy wife, nor is she a secret member of the #Resistance. image via macmillan publishers To research Free, Melania, Bennett met with some of Melania’s childhood friends who knew her as an aspiring model. She traveled to New York, Mar-a-Lago, and Melania’s home country, Slovenia. In one passage about …
In 1993, Magic: the Gathering started off as the world’s first trading card game. A lot has changed about the game in the past 26 years. However, throughout M:tG’s lifespan, Wizards of the Coast, the company that designs and publishes the game, has consistently released new lore with each expansion. Whenever a new batch of cards is released, WotC releases a novel or a few short stories to accompany the release and flesh out the world in which the cards are set. Image via Amazon Greg Weisman is the author behind War of the Spark: Forsaken, the latest novel …
If you don’t look too closely at the details, the launch party for Sunny Collins: Sex in the Garden of Fame and Fortune, Jacob Diamond’s self-published book, looks like an absolute banger. Featuring big-name guests like Paris Hilton and Khloé Kardashian, the party promises gourmet food from Wolfgang Puck at lavish venue in Hollywood. Jackson Ford, the publicist promoting the event, has told the media that Amazon is even interested in adapting the book into a TV series. It’s going to be a must-attend event, especially if your a celeb with a lot of clout. Diamond has promised A-list guests an …
The librarians at the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, public library usually spend most of their days helping patrons and doing the day-to-day upkeep of the library. However, they’ve recently had to play an elaborate game of hide-and-seek with one disgruntled patron who keeps hiding books critical of Donald Trump. image via amazon Bette Ammon, the library director for Coeur d’Alene, said about 20 books have disappeared or been deliberately misplaced in the past year: A gun rights book, we just found it last week behind the O’s in the fiction [section] on the bottom shelf behind a bunch of …
The war for Westeros is officially over. Well, at least for the HBO series. Who knows what George R. R. Martin is going to end up doing with the novels if/when he actually finishes writing the series? But if you’re experiencing a little Westerosi withdrawal, there’s a book you should absolutely check out to get your Game of Thrones fix. Image via hbo/chronicle books Game of Thrones: A Guide to Westeros and Beyond, The Complete Series is a new book written by Myles McNutt that’s being published by Chronicle books this month. McNutt’s guide looks back at eight …
