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1 day ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. When I first moved from San Diego to Portland in 2019, all anyone could talk to me about was the rain. “It rains there a lot. There’s so much rain. Do you even own a raincoat?
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2 weeks ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
Looking ahead to Mother’s Day this month got me thinking about my deep reverence for motherhood that has only grown with age. I don’t want kids myself, but it’s because I appreciate more and more what a profound undertaking being a mother is, from the physicality of birthing biological children to the everyday act of raising a human, biological or otherwise.
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3 weeks ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I saw a post on Threads earlier this year that said every bookish girlie has gone through either a Greek mythology, Tudor dynasty, or Egyptology era in their youth. Not to brag, but I went three for three, baby! Then I made those phases a lifetime commitment.
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3 weeks ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Tea and reading is one of life’s most perfect pairings. There’s just nothing like curling up in a comfy space with a plush blanket and a warm cup of the perfect brew for hours of uninterrupted reading.
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4 weeks ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. *Barbie voice* Do you guys ever think about dying? I do, in fact, spend a fair amount of time thinking about death, but don’t call in that wellness check just yet.
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1 month ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
Picture it: The United States, January 2020. A book with a pretty blue and white cover is making the rounds on the bookish internet. The blue ink forms a beautiful hummingbird motif against a creamy background, a bird associated with the sun god Huitzilopochtli in Aztec mythology. Black barbed wire, at once delicate and menacing, cuts the pattern into a grid resembling an arrangement of Talavera tiles.
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1 month ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
Though I am famously a fall girl, this year, I welcome the dawn of spring in all its symbolic glory. The flowers are flowering, the sun is breaking through the clouds, and Cadbury Cream Eggs abound at my local CVS. Maybe I’ll finally hang up the art in my apartment that’s been piled up on an armchair for six months, or read the books I’ve sworn were up next on my TBR. Will I actually do these things? Hell if I know! But spring means it all feels just slightly more possible.
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1 month ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Latine Lit, a celebration of all things Latine literature. I’m Book Riot’s Managing Editor, Vanessa Diaz, and I am so excited to be at the helm of our newest newsletter, exploring a subject that’s so deeply personal to me.
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2 months ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I’m a firm believer in having something to read on my person at all times. You must never know when you’re going to be at the DMV for half a day, or waiting for your friend who is perpetually late for dinner plans.
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2 months ago | 
bookriot.com | Vanessa Diaz
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher RSS This week, Vanessa recommends two books by authors with new books out this week: a delightful caper involving a mysterious wooden duck, and a genre-bending nonfiction read for fans of true crime and beautiful prose.
