Category: Riot Rundown

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different and Running Press Kids.

This timely book joins the gender-role conversation and gives middle-grade boys a welcome alternative message: that masculinity can mean many things.Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different is an accessible compilation of 75 famous and not-so-famous men from the past to the present day, one that celebrates introverts and innovators, sensitivity and resilience, individuality and expression. Entries include rule-breakers and stereotype-smashers like Frank Ocean, Salvador Dali, Beethoven, Barack Obama, Ai Weiwei, Jesse Owens, and so many more-heroes from all walks of life and from all over the world.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Hanover Square Press and THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF CATS: How to Understand Your Cat for a Better, Happier Relationship by Susanne Schötz. Crack the cat code today!

The leading authority on the science of feline communication explains how you can understand what your cat is trying to tell you — and how you can talk back — for fans of The Lion in the Living Room and The Inner Life of Animals. Have you ever wondered what your cat is saying? Cat sounds have a purpose, and they can carry important messages, whether for us or other cats. In The Secret Language of Cats, Schötz offers a crash course in cat phonetics.

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Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost

Master vampire Ian has made many enemies over 200 years, including Dagon, a demon who now lays claim to his soul. Ian’s only chance to escape is to join forces with a Law Guardian, but he’s never been able to abide by the rules for long.

Veritas’ normal role is police, judge, and jury to reprobates like Ian, but she has her own ax to grind with Dagon. As she uses Ian as bait for the demon, Veritas realizes his devil-may-care image hides something more powerful, and Ian discovers Veritas has secrets of her own.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Fierce Reads and Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

They are the world’s best hope . . . but each other’s worst nightmare.

In this second installment of the bestselling Renegades trilogy, Nova, Adrian, and the rest of their crew are faced with escalating crime in Gatlon City, while covert weapons and conflicting missions have Nova and Adrian questioning not only their beliefs about justice, but also the feelings they have for each other.

The line between good and evil has been blurred, but what’s clear to them both is that too much power could mean the end of their city—and the world—as they know it.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty.

Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty’s latest page-turner, nine perfect strangers are about to find out…

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Shadow Mountain Publishing

Silvia Bradshaw is ready to be treated as an equal and prove her worth as one of Hollywood’s newest film editors. She and Ben Mason had worked together as editors before Silvia got her big break, so he’s the perfect person to ask for feedback on her first major film. But as their friendship begins to blossom into something more, a lawsuit surfaces, jeopardizing both Ben and Silvia’s jobs—as well as their fledgling romance. With everything to lose, Silvia meets Ben for breakfast at his favorite diner, Tiffany’s, for one last conversation before the credits roll on true love.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by In Too Deep by Lynn H. Blackburn and Revell Books, a Division of Baker Publishing Group

How do you choose between loyalty and the truth?

When the Carrington County Sheriff’s Office dive team is called in to recover a body from a submerged car, they aren’t prepared to find an encrypted laptop–or an unsettling connection between investigator Adam Campbell and the dead accountant.
Adam turns to his friend Dr. Sabrina Fleming to recover the files from the laptop. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier the investigation becomes. When evidence implicates members of Adam’s own family, he and Sabrina will have to risk everything to solve the case.

The truth could set hundreds free–but someone is willing to do whatever it takes to silence anyone who threatens to reveal their secrets.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by AQUICORN COVE, a heartfelt story about learning to be a guardian to yourself and those you love from the Eisner-Award winning author of The Tea Dragon Society.

When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a hurricane, Lana remembers how much she’s missed the ocean and her aunt. As Lana explores the familiar beach, she discovers a colony of Aquicorns, small magical seahorse-like creatures living in the coral reef. With the help of her aunt, Lana rescues an injured Aquicorn and learns that the town and the coral reef are out of balance and in danger. When another storm threatens the town, Lana realizes she’ll have to stand up to those she loves in order to save the Aquicorns.

Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost

Master vampire Ian has made many enemies over 200 years, including Dagon, a demon who now lays claim to his soul. Ian’s only chance to escape is to join forces with a Law Guardian, but he’s never been able to abide by the rules for long.

Veritas’ normal role is police, judge, and jury to reprobates like Ian, but she has her own ax to grind with Dagon. As she uses Ian as bait for the demon, Veritas realizes his devil-may-care image hides something more powerful, and Ian discovers Veritas has secrets of her own.