#riverheadbooks

[uponthepages]

hello from british columbia 🗻 i’ve already found myself in several bookstores, even in whistler. here’s one i haven’t heard of but purchased anyway because it sounded so good ➡️ having and being had by eula bliss i’ve been in BC for a few days now and it’s felt so good to be away. i missed it here so much — i got to visit family i haven’t seen in over ten years and it felt so bittersweet. it’s a bit sad i’m not here seeing my nana since that’s the only reason we used to visit but i know that these bookstores i went to are probably the same ones she would wander through and bring home books to me as a kid. i got to see snow for the first time���❄️ and visited the mountains. i went snow tubing? which was so fun and have hiked several little trails. it really is my home away from home. all i need to really feel at home is my dog 🐕 🏷 #britishcolumbia #vancouver #havingandbeinghad #eulabliss #riverheadbooks (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8y_g0Pmos/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bookbaristas]

supreme #bookmail from @riverheadbooks as a huge fan of #CarloRovelli 😱 swipe to see some of my collection (srsly, #TheOrderofTime is an all-time favorite) 📚 cannot wait to read this, thank you!!! (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp1HBrKP1l8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stacyalesi]

Spotlight Review: THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride

Spotlight #BookReview: THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride, a book with a little bit of everything - mystery, romance, history, humor, pathos, drama - all rolled up into one terrific novel. @DaReal_JMcBride @riverheadbooks #bestbooks2023

CLICK TO PURCHASE From the publisher: THE RUNAWAY NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review“We all need—we all deserve—this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds over any difference that claims to separate us.” —Ron Charles, The Washington PostFrom…

[wellreadwyvern]

☘️FRIDAY FLATLAY☘️ Sharing some green, so I don’t get pinched! ☘️Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor @litjoycrate ☘️The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas @macmillanusa ☘️Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner @gallerybooks ☘️The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell @headlinebooks ☘️The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi @wednesdaybooks ☘️Trust by Hernan Diaz @riverheadbooks ❓Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? I used to do funny stuff when the kids were little. Leprechauns would sneak into the house that week and do silly stuff. The girls would sometimes build leprechaun traps. Having little ones means celebrating all the holidays, large and small. #fridayflatlay #stpatricksday #wearingofthegreen #daughterofsmokeandbone #lainitaylor #thesunbearertrials #aidenthomas #greenwichpark #katherinefaulkner #themarriageportrait #maggieofarrell #thegildedwolves #roshanichokshi #trust #hernandiaz #bookcovers #readersofinstagram #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp5SEMTB-5y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[riverheadbooks]

Riverhead Table: VERGE Edition

Earlier this month award-winning author Lidia Yuknavitch could be found in a restaurant basement kitchen, seasoning steak and mashing potatoes. Riverhead Table served dishes inspired by Lidia’s “extraordinary” (Kira Wizner, Merritt Bookstore) and “gutsy” (Kirkus Reviews) forthcoming story collection, VERGE, to journalists, writers and fans at Emma’s Torch, an incredible restaurant and cooking school for refugees in Brooklyn.

We designed our menu to reflect three specific themes from the collection: water, earth and flesh. We feasted on grilled shrimp and cheesy Cepelinai – a nod to Lidia’s Lithuanian background – made from scratch by Lidia; we drank wine flown in from the Oregon Wine Country, curated by our friends at the Willamette Valley Wineries; and we all listened hungrily as Lidia divulged the secrets behind the characters in her stories in a conversation with author and friend Melissa Febos.

We hope you’ll put together your own VERGE dinner party at home! Check out the recipes we used below, along with some photos from the evening. Special thanks once again to Emma’s Torch and Willamette Valley Wineries for partnering with us for this event.

Grilled Shrimp with Oregano and Lemon

This is a super easy dish to make for a crowd. We couldn’t manage to find metal skewers, and we were a bit too nervous to use bamboo skewers over the restaurant’s high-power stove, so we decided to use a good ol’ nonstick skillet and sauté them, just about a minute on each side. Shrimp cook quickly so they really don’t need to stay on the pan for too long!

Lithuanian Cepelinai: Potato and Cheese Dumplings with Vegetarian Gravy

This dish was a challenge. After many demos we simply could not boil the dumplings without them completely disintegrating in the pot! Our last resort method of pan-frying each tennis ball-sized dumpling turned out to be our saving grace. So when you’re trying this at home you can follow the recipe exactly as written until you reach the part where you’re supposed to throw the dumplings into the water—instead whip out a nonstick skillet, add a teaspoon or two of olive oil and pan-fry each side until golden brown. They should look like oversized gnocchi in the end! Top with gravy and enjoy.

Skirt Steak with Chimichurri

This dish was a big hit! It’s tender, flavorful, and kind of pretty to look at. And it’s a great way to serve steak to a whole bunch of people at once.

Roasted Eggplant with Za'atar

Because we had several other hardy dishes on the menu we knew that not everyone would want an entire half of an eggplant for themselves. We decided instead to cut the eggplant into cube, which allowed people to scoop as much or as little as they wanted on their plate. There are a ton of different ways to dress the dish so we went with farro and seasonal tomatoes, with a yogurt sauce on the side for drizzling.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Some people say brussels sprouts are so over, but thank goodness we don’t know any of those folks! This is always a popular option to serve as a vegetable side, and it served us well at Lidia’s dinner.

Fresh Herb Fruit Salad with Honey and Lime

This was a simple, fresh dessert to end a big meal. It’s also easy to make in batches for a lot of people!

[eating-their-words]

"Our father lights up at the sight of her. My sister kneels across from him. They unwrap their cheeseburgers on the coffee table, spilling all the fries." ~ "When I look up again, Omar and Mike are talking at each other. I watch them do that. I turn back to Ahmad. So, I say, how are you? Without even turning from his fries, Ahmad flashes his teeth at me." ~ This book has given me approximately 37 new cravings for things I won't be able to try for a very long time. So many delicious sounding meals in this book and here I am posting about cheeseburgers and fries because I'm literally stuck in small town Italy (orange zone, can't leave town) so no ingredients. I was tempted to do the frittata style casserole Mike and Kunihiko forget they have in the oven but it seems ridiculous to be purposely burning food for this account. ~ #memorial #bryanwashington #riverheadbooks #cheeseburger #fries #foodinbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CHsocyUgV4C/?utm_medium=tumblr

[writersmama]

Shondaland Books recommends this collection of short stories 🖌ed by Brandon Taylor, noted short- fiction writer & editor. His 1st novel ‘Real Life’ debuted during the height of the pandemic to glowing reviews & accolades including 2020 #bookerprize . His latest ‘Filthy Animals’, returns to his #shortstory roots The physicality & memory of #pain explored in this collection #shondaland #shondalandbooks #brandontaylor #brandontaylorreallife #brandontaylorauthor #foylesfictionbookoftheyear #riverheadbooks #penguinrandomhouse #writersmama https://www.instagram.com/p/CQl33pgLszk/?utm_medium=tumblr

[urbanbibantwerpen]

Sunday, time to contemplate! 📖The TAO of WU📖 The RZA 📚 Fourth Pillar of Wisdom : DARKNESS AND LIGHT 📚 #rza #wutang #wutangclan #wutangforever #thetaoofwu #tao #hiphop #peace #love #unity #fun #plu #shaolin #chambers #riverheadbooks #readmore #knowledge #urbanbib #publiclibrary #fourthpillar #openbarebibliotheek #permekebibliotheek #laotzu #wisdom #darkness #light (bij Bibliotheek Permeke) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHnIFpggeli/?igshid=1gvztq84m8uw6

[serialreaderkalyan]

3 books in 2 days! Can’t wait for weekend- Thank you @oneclubindia #bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #theoneclubbox #bookaddict #bookofthemonth #deaconkingkong #themidnightlibrary #thevanishinghalf #jamesmcbride #matthaig #britbennett #riverheadbooks #dialoguebooks #cannongatebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CGDR9EnBIaw/?igshid=fpefhd4ugefg

[bookishandawesome]

“”You have to come find me if I get lost.” “Lost? Like in the woods?” “Not just there. Anywhere.”” ——— The beauty of BOY, SNOW, BIRD is that it reads as a fairy tale: at once stark and beguiling, always disguising horrors with pretty objects and fair maidens. But where it falls short, for me at least, is in characterization. Boy never fully embraces the Wicked Stepmother role and almost all of the central characters’ motives seem flimsy. But in another news: I won an ARC of one of my most anticipated 2018 titles, a.k.a. @markdoesstuff’s ANGER IS A GIFT, and I am freaking stoked! Thank you so, so much, Mark! ——— #BoySnowBird #HelenOyeyemi #RiverheadBooks #PenguinRandomHouse #AngerisaGift #MarkOshiro #TorTeen #Macmillan #youngadult #book #bookworm #bookish #bibliophile #bookstagram #bookphotography #bookblogger #weneeddiversebooks #iphonography #iphoneonly #takenoniphone #vsco #vscocam #vscophile

[librarynoire]

Happy Monday, good people! What are y’all reading? I am starting #TheVanishingHalf today, after I get a little work done. #BritBennett #arc #advancedreaderscopy #riverheadbooks #read #currentlyreading #happymonday #whatareyoureading #readingislife #readingisfun #netgalley #keepreading #goodreads #booklove #booklovers #booklover #ilovebooks #goodreads #booksof2020 #iread #ebook #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #blackbookstagram #blackwomenread #bookaddict #books #book #booksbooksbooks #bookaholic https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVcwZqnX-E/?igshid=qfew06h9gkhn

[rainierbooks]

Has anyone read one of these? Sometimes, my TBR changes quite abruptly. This time, Stockholm city library notified me, that two of my reservations have come in. „Bangkok Wakes To Rain“ (beautiful poetic title for a novel, right?) and „The Old Drift“ have come in. Fiction from Thailand and Zambia. Asia and Africa. However, I will first finish „The Butterfly Girl“ by Rene Denfeld as my book #6 this year, before I ‚travel‘ to Bangkok. #bangkokwakestorain #PitchayaSudbanthad #riverheadbooks #sceptre #thailand #bangkok #theolddrift #hogarth #NamwaliSerpell #zambia #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookish #rainierbooks #thegermanguy #thegermanguyinstockholm https://www.instagram.com/p/B7TDYGXghE_/?igshid=154da303xrsnt

[macsbooks311]

#LongBrightRiver by Liz Moore

#LongBrightRiver by Liz Moore

Let me begin by saying that I have no doubt that Long Bright River will end up in my Top Ten Favorite Books for 2020. It really is that good.

Having said that, you may notice that I’m day late and always a dollar short with this review. I KNEW I had read the book. I thought I had written my review but I couldn’t find either one any where. After reading the review from Two Sisters Lost in a Coulee

[riverheadbooks]

Hooray! The sky’s the limit for our Riverhead titles on The Washington Post’s “Best Books of 2018″ lists!

Top 10 Books of 2018:

THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER, by Francisco Cantú

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2018:

FLORIDA, by Lauren Groff

THE INCENDIARIES, by R.O. Kwon

FLIGHTS, by Olga Tocarczuk

THE SHAPE OF THE RUINS, by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

THE FEMALE PERSUASION, by Meg Wolitzer

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2018:

BENEATH A RUTHLESS SUN, by Gilbert King

How do these best-of lists stack up against your faves as 2018 winds down?

[eating-their-words]

"But after the women in my family bounced, I made my hungover father simple meals for breakfast: scrambled eggs, grilled cheese, fruit bowls." ~ Finally started @bry.washing 's Memorial which I've been dying to read after seeing it all over here all year. I'm choosing this food quote because I'm only at the beginning, but I know it's going to be full of all kinds of awesome food descriptions. Unfortunately, this may be my last restaurant meal for a while as the Marche region has now been declared an 'orange zone' so all restaurants will be closed as of tomorrow, as well as not being able to leave the town and a 10pm curfew. What are the restrictions like where you are these days, and more importantly: have you read Memorial? ~ #memorial #bryanwashington #riverheadbooks #scrambledeggs #grilledcheese #fruitbowl #foodinbooks (had trouble sharing IG posts for a while - catching up on old posts this into is from Nov 2020) (at La Locanda Del Luppolo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlFSFcAG7F/?utm_medium=tumblr