#SBS January & February Monthly Wrap-Up Welcome to our monthly feature where we talk about what we read, adopted into our libraries, and what’s on our minds. After hosting #SignedBookSundays on instagram for 4+ years, we are transitioning to this format as a way to share signed books and talk about bookish […]
Books on Our Radar: Three Drops of Blood by Gretchen McNeil If Gretchen is writing it, we are reading it! Hitchcockian vibes and a good murder mystery? Sign me up. Three Drops of Blood is out March 21st and I’ve already got it on preorder!
Feature: Sci-Fi Books That Explore the Complexity of the (possible) Future Every day we get closer to living out a version of Black Mirror. ChatGPT, an AI dialogue service, is all over the news right now, with students and engineers using it for papers and code. Electric and automatic driving […]
Book Recs: Queer Historical Reads We love a good queer historical here at BookCrushin. Many explore the history of the queer community through different lenses, whether geographical, racial, or time period, and add to the rich options in the YA community. I’ll Take Everything You Have is a new queer […]
Cover Crush: Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones Everyone loves a dead girl. Murder mystery and missing persons podcasts have been popular for years now. In some cases, this has resulted in closure for the family and community impacted, which is cool! I’m sure the podcasts have also exposed problems in […]
Guest Post: The Journey of a Professional Book Crusher by Michelle aka BookChelle As part of our 10 year anniversary celebrations, we invited several of our favorite authors, publishing professionals, and bookish friends to talk about a variety of subjects. Today, Michelle, who you all may know as BookChelle, is […]
Cover Crush: Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury This book is BEGGING to be crushed on. Look at that stunning cover, with the deep teal base, the dual sides (the story is about two parallel stories and some creepy stuff!), and all the spooky vibes. It’s billed as The Haunting of […]
Review & Giveaway: Big Bad by Lily Anderson The Buffy revival is REAL and Big Bad, a story with familiar characters told in an alternative universe (Buffy multiverse? Yes), is an incredible addition. Strap in and join me in visiting Demondale with my 5 star review and enter to win […]
Guest Post: The Art of Connection by Danika Stone We are longtime friends!family (you’ll learn more about that below!) of Danika Stone, author of several genres and age groups. Danika is a ray of sunshine who manages to connect with audiences across all of her stories, so as part of […]
Author Interview: The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond by Amanda Glaze Historical setting. Mediums. Dark spirits. Death. The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond is full of atmospheric goodness! When we learned that Amanda Glaze’s great grandmother and her twin were involved in the 19th century spiritualist movement, […]