Book Recommendations: Queer YA History for Queer History Month October is LGBTQ+ History Month, and the fight to keep our history accessible has never been more visible or more urgent. Books are being pulled from school libraries. State legislatures are passing laws that erase queer and trans people from curricula. […]
Audiobook Review: Killing Sadie by Rachel Peterson We have been shouting about Rachel Peterson since before Killing Sadie was out in the world. I attended her launch event at Bookloft and we hosted an interview here on the blog, and by the time this review is live she has already […]
Young Adult New Releases October 13th 2026 It’s new release Tuesday! Time to wish all the new books a happy #BookBirthday but especially today’s YA releases, most are highlighted below! If you are thinking about adding some to your personal library, please check out our independent affiliates: Libro.fm for all your audiobooks […]
ARC Review: Please Enjoy Your Stay by Tara Goedjen October is for thrillers. If you need something to read while the nights get longer and the air gets colder, Please Enjoy Your Stay by Tara Goedjen is exactly the kind of book written for this season. A gothic castle in […]
Cover Reveal: The Tale of the Body Valet by Alison Ames Okay, the concept alone had me: a near-future world where you can hire someone to wear your body and handle whatever you don’t want to deal with. A body valet. They take the dress fitting. They get the tattoo. […]
The Circle Never Breaks: On Mister Magic, Childhood Horror, and the Stories That Know Us Before We Know Ourselves There is a moment in Kiersten White’s Mister Magic that I have not been able to stop thinking about since I read it: A slow understanding of why five people, thirty […]
Audiobook Review: Such a Lucky Girl by Wendy Heard Two former best friends, one who built her whole life on being Such a Lucky Girl to three million Instagram followers, one who got left behind and found a book from the 1960s connected to a cult that did not end […]
Young Adult New Releases October 6th 2026 We are welcoming October with an epic new release day for all the book lovers and of course YA books! It is also Banned Books Week and October is also Queer History Month so we have a lot to share! Speaking of which […]
ARC Review: You’re No Better by Andrew Joseph White Andrew Joseph White has built a reputation for writing the kind of YA that does not look away, books about trans and neurodivergent teens navigating worlds that were not built for them, wrapped in horror and thriller elements that hit harder […]
Feature: We’re Here. We’re Queer. And We’re Still Fighting. Today kicks off Banned Books Week, and October is also LGBTQ+ History Month. We want to start it with something that is both a celebration and a reminder of why these designations matter. We’re Here, We’re Queer! A History of LGBTQ+ […]