The ThriftBooks Blog

By Ashly Moore Sheldon • March 03, 2024

Are you a Connections connoisseur? A Wordle wizard? A Murdle master? If you're a fan of word and logic puzzles and looking for more opportunities to sharpen your skills, we've got you covered.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 27, 2024

Taylor Swift's new album The Tortured Poets Department comes out April 19. Swift has a long history of including literary nods in her music and this title suggests her most bookish album yet! In preparation, we're reviewing a few of her poetical references of the past and making predictions about where the new album will take us.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 25, 2024

Marvel Studios recently revealed its cast for the new Fantastic Four movie. Created in 1961 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, The Fantastic Four is credited with shaping the Marvel Era as we know it. With the new film coming out next summer, now is the perfect time to start exploring this seminal series.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 20, 2024

No matter how massive our TBR piles get, we're always finding new titles we want to throw on top of them! Here are 24 exciting March releases available for preorder, along with suggestions for similar reads you can enjoy right away.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 18, 2024

It's always fun to see our favorite books on the screen. But sometimes, great literature gets adapted before we've had the chance to read it. Or maybe we want to reread them before we watch. Here are fifteen of the books behind the newest book-to-screen adaptations.

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By Amanda Cleveland • February 13, 2024

It's been a year since the last book of C. J. Box's hit Joe Pickett series was released. Three-Inch Teeth, the 24th installment of the series, releases on February 27 and we can't wait to head back to Saddlestring with Game Warden Joe Pickett. Here's what we know so far and ten more series to check out if you love Joe Pickett.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 11, 2024

Is your wardrobe on point? Are you a would-be fashionista? It's New York Fashion Week! Get into the glamour of it all with these sixteen fabulously fashionable reads.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 08, 2024

Are you excited for the Oscars next month? If so, you might want to catch up on the literature that inspired some of the nominated movies. Here's your reading list for the 2024 Academy Awards.

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By Amanda Cleveland • February 06, 2024

Last month, in a survey conducted by OnePoll on behalf of ThriftBooks, 2,000 romance novel lovers shared their thoughts and opinions about the genre and their favorite characters. Read on to see what we learned about Romance vs. Real Life.

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By Ashly Moore Sheldon • February 04, 2024

It's hard to beat the excitement of falling in love—especially first love. It's intoxicating and all-consuming—that sense of full-throated euphoria that makes you want to shout from the rooftops. As we look ahead toward Valentine's Day, we're highlighting fifteen heartfelt novels about first love.

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