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Amazon’s Goodreads builds community, but breeds division. Indie rival StoryGraph is playing it safe – and gaining ground

Reading, once a largely private activity, has become more public and communal with the emergence of book-centred social media spaces. But while the “BookTok” and “Bookstagram” communities are often in the news, Goodreads, founded in 2006 and estimated to have 150 million users, was arguably the first digital network to…

The Conversation

Netflix just got an emotional biographical drama movie — and it’s already crashed the top 10

"Trial by Fire" is a 2018 biographical drama chronicling the harrowing true story of Cameron Todd Willingham and it's now streaming on Netflix.

Tom’s Guide

J.D. Vance’s memoir is back on the bestseller list—and getting review-bombed—after Trump tapped him for VP

Goodreads has temporarily suspended ratings and reviews of the book, citing “unusual behavior that doesn't follow our review guidelines.”

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‘It’s totally unhinged’: is the book world turning against Goodreads?

The influential user review site has suffered a year of controversies, from cancelled book deals to review-bombing, and exposed a dark side to the industry

The Guardian - US

The 32 greatest Julia Roberts movies

The Oscar-winning actress has dazzled in everything from rom-coms to thrillers

Total Film

2023 in books: Protests, bannings and the rise of AI helped shape the story of publishing

The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves

The Independent UK

Goodreads Is Terrible for Books. Why Can’t We All Quit It?

It’s not entirely clear who it’s for and what its function should be in a rapidly changing literary ecosystem

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

The Guardian - UK

Eat, pray, brand yourself accurately

Readers seem to have forgotten that "Eat, Pray, Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert writes historical fiction

Salon

Eat, Pray ... Boycott? Elizabeth Gilbert's withdrawn novel is a valid act of cultural resistance

Elizabeth Gilbert, the celebrated author of Eat, Pray, Love, has cancelled her latest novel, The Snow Forest. Planned for publication in February 2024, there is now no release date.

The Conversation

We can revile Putin’s violence in Ukraine, but we’re not at war with Russian culture

Elizabeth Gilbert was wrong to stop her novel being published on account of its setting

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Gilbert is pulling a novel set in Russia from publication. That’s unsettling

The Eat Pray Love author said that she doesn’t want to harm the Ukrainian cause. But that’s not how literature works

The Guardian - US

Elizabeth Gilbert was ridiculed for shelving her Russia-set novel, but I quite admire her

It was a fantastically grand gesture by the writer. You don’t have to agree with it to applaud the boldness and sincerity, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Gilbert and the debate over cancelling Russian culture

Elizabeth Gilbert has withdrawn her forthcoming novel “The Snow Forest” from publication amid increasingly vociferous fallout over her decision to set the narrative in Russia while the war in Ukraine is ongoing.

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Elizabeth Gilbert criticized for 'wrongheaded' decision to pull Russia-set novel

The bestselling author of "Eat, Pray, Love" is pulling her forthcoming book from publication after facing online backlash, which is baffling the literary community.

The Guardian - US

‘Eat, pray, pander’: mixed reactions after Elizabeth Gilbert pulls Russia-set novel

Author’s decision to remove The Snow Forest from publication because of Russia-Ukraine war sparks intense debate

Reason

In CNN Town Hall, Chris Christie Says Neither Joe Biden Nor Donald Trump Should Ever Be President Again

Plus: Democrats might try to block the PGA Tour/LIV Golf merger, the author of Eat, Pray, Love has self-canceled her next book, and more...

The Independent UK

Eat Pray Love author delays publication of new book over backlash to Russia setting

‘I don’t want to add any harm to a group of people who have already experienced grievous and extreme harm,’ said the author

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Elizabeth Gilbert halts release of a new book after outcry over its Russian setting

The Snow Forest by the author of Eat, Pray, Love was set to be released in February 2024, exactly two years after Russia invaded Ukraine. The backlash included hundreds of negative GoodReads reviews.

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Gilbert delays release of novel set in Russia, citing objections from Ukrainian readers

Author Elizabeth Gilbert is delaying publication of a novel she had set in Russia after she said she received an outpouring of “anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain” from Ukrainian readers who objected to releasing any work about Russia amid that country’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Eat Pray Love author Elizabeth Gilbert pulls new book from publication after backlash to Siberian setting

‘I don’t want to add any harm to a group of people who have already experienced grievous and extreme harm,’ said the author

The Guardian - UK

Eat, Pray, Love author withdraws new Russia-set novel from publication

Elizabeth Gilbert says now is ‘not the time for this book to be published’, following anger from Ukrainian readers over The Snow Forest, set in Siberia

Tribune News Service

Movie review: 'Mafia Mamma' a daring, charming take on woman's midlife crisis

“Eat, Pray, Love” is so over — ladies, we’ve officially entered the “Threaten, Extort, Kill” era. This unusual new ethos of empowerment is the guiding theory behind Catherine Hardwicke’s crime comedy/feminist manifesto “Mafia Mamma,” starring Toni Collette as Kristin, a harried American mom and marketing exec who discovers her own…

The Guardian - UK

‘I yearned for a deeper, slower, more useful existence’: dispatches from the Great Resignation

From the ad executive turned charcoal burner to the woman who built a new life in the woods, a new genre of books about radical reinventions is proving a runaway success

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