Book Recs: The Season of Light and Darkness by Jillian Cantor & a New Generation of Dystopian Earlier this year, we wrote about how a generation of YA dystopian fiction spent a decade warning us and we filed it under entertainment while the conditions those books described quietly took root. […]
Young Adult New Releases August 18th 2026 Time to celebrate most of today’s YA new releases! And if any of these are intriguing to you we work with independent affiliates to bring you anti-billionaire corporate alternatives. Libro.fm for all your audiobooks & ebooks (NEW!) and Bookshop.org for all your digital or physical editions and […]
Blog Tour & Review: Dungeons & Dimwits by James Mascia We are thrilled to be part of the blog tour for Dungeons and Dimwits Vol. 1 by James Mascia out now. If you have ever watched Jumanji and thought the concept of getting sucked into a game and having to survive […]
Author Interview: Little Monsters by Maire Roche Little Monsters is a middle grade retelling of Little Women with a twist: the March sisters are actual monsters. Meg has teeth that are a little too sharp. Jo goes full werewolf under the full moon. Beth takes flight on wings she has […]
Blog Tour & Review: Hollow Magic by Mars Lauderbaugh You may recognize Mars Lauderbaugh’s art style, since they illustrated the cover of Cemetery Boys! Hollow Magic, their debut graphic novel, is out now. Check out our thoughts below! Review Rosefinch is a seventeen year old witch raised in the fey realm […]
Young Adult New Releases August 11th 2026 Happiest of book birthdays to the YA new releases hitting the shelves today! Most of today’s new releases can be found below. We work with independent affiliates to bring you anti-billionaire corporate alternatives. Libro.fm for all your audiobooks and Bookshop.org for all your digital or physical editions […]
Audiobook Review & Author Interview: Building 903 by Lois Lowry, Banned Together and the Unite to Read Project with Alyssa Chrisman, and Why This Moment Needs It All Books have always been one of the first things power tries to control, and the people who fight back have always been […]
Author Interview: Jill Tew & Her New Special Editions Jill Tew writes the kinds of dystopian stories that feel pulled directly from the headlines and handed back to you with a Black girl at the center and a love triangle that will ruin your life. Her debut, The Dividing Sky, […]
Review: Hand-Me-Down: A Graphic Memoir by Damian Alexander Damian grew up with his grandmother after losing his mother as a baby, and this graphic memoir traces what gets passed down when someone is gone, the objects, the stories, the love that travels across generations even when the people carrying it […]
Event Recap: Killing Sadie by Rachel Peterson On August 2nd, The Bookloft hosted a soft launch of Killing Sadie by Rachel Peterson, moderated by Natalie D. Richards. Rachel opened by talking about what it meant to finally hold the book in her hands, a lifelong dream made real, which we […]