Feature: Holiday Traditions, Queer Love, and What These Books Get Right There’s something magical about a good holiday romance: the snow, the lights, the traditions that bring people together. But what makes the season even brighter is seeing queer love at the heart of those stories, authentic, warm, and unapologetically […]
Feature: Black Friday Reflection: Less is Liberation by Christine Platt This year, I have been trying to shift the way I think about “more.” More stuff. More sales. More scrolling. More everything. I picked up Less is Liberation by Christine Platt because I wanted a guide that spoke honestly about […]
Feature: Stranger Things Day Survival Kit The clock is ticking in Hawkins. On November 26, the final season of Stranger Things drops, and the endgame begins (😭). Stranger Things Day, today, marks the date Will Byers vanished in 1983, setting off a chain of events that would pull an entire […]
Feature: Into the Wild: Fiction That Finds Its Power in the Wilderness There’s a reason so many stories begin where the road ends. The wilderness, vast, unruly, and often unforgiving, is a setting that demands more than description. It becomes the story’s pressure point. It pushes characters to extremes, stripping […]
Blog Tour & Middle Grade Monday: The Cassette Tape Secret by Danielle Herzog Alex Bennett has figured out how to survive middle school: stay invisible. After years of being bullied for his OCD, blending in feels like the safest choice. But when the new girl, Ida May, insists on partnering […]
Blog Tour & Middle Grade Monday: Greta Ever After by Melissa Dassori Greta Starr wants nothing more than to be a reporter with stories that matter, but being stuck on the most boring beat of the school paper has her feeling invisible. Then comes her twelfth birthday gift: a cuckoo […]
Blog Tour & Book Look: These Bodies Ain’t Broken Edited by Madeline Dyer Today’s Book Look is for These Bodies Ain’t Broken, a horror anthology that feels as fierce as it does fresh. Thirteen stories put disabled characters at the center of the genre, facing monsters, curses, and nightmares with grit, […]
Feature: Banned Books Week 2025 It’s that time of year, and the world needs to stand behind free access to reading more than ever, never has Banned Books Week been more important as the USA falls further into fascist propaganda from the far right and religious zealots. Banned Books Week […]
Feature: Watching Gilead From Here: The Handmaid’s Tale, Poster Girl, and the Problem of “After” I (finally) finished The Handmaid’s Tale series and felt that familiar whiplash: turn off the TV, turn back to real life, and realize they’re not that far apart. The show captures the mechanics of authoritarianism, […]
Blog Tour: Theme Parks Turn Deadly Theme parks are built to delight…cotton candy, laughter, the thrill of a roller coaster rushing through the night. But what happens when the gates close, the lights go out, and the crowds go home? Those same rides, midway games, and funhouses turn into the […]