Event Recap: The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller It’s been so long since I’ve been to a regular book event so when I saw that Old Firehouse, my local indie, was hosting Lindsay King-Miller’s queer zombie book, I had to go! I grabbed an audio ARC of this book (narrated […]
Event Recap: YallWest 2024 We’ve been attending and blogging about YallWest for all 10 years of the festival and were thrilled to attend again this year! This annual pilgrimage to Santa Monica means not only connecting with authors but with fellow bookish people, publishers, and other book aficionados! It’s been […]
Event Recap: 2023 in Events Everyone is sharing their Spotify Unwrapped but what about events unwrapped? Ok, this isn’t a thing but let’s pretend it is. For the first time since the pandemic, we both attended events and want to talk about them. Check out the highlights below – and […]
Feature: Kelly & Christy Take YallWest! Kelly and I missed YallWest last year – but not as much as we’ve missed each other. Our last engagement with YallWest was in 2020 with YallStayHome and we are SO ready to hang with our friends and authors later this month! We have […]
Feature: Head to WonderCon 2023 It’s that time again: WonderCon! I make an annual trek to Anaheim to attend SDCC’s sister con because I definitely need another reason to visit Disneyland across the street (jk, I love this con AND its proximity to Disney!). WonderCon features 900+ exhibitors in a […]
Review & Event Invitation: Dark Room Etiquette by Robin Roe I was introduced to Robin before her debut released and was instantly intrigued by her stories. A List of Cages was a favorite of mine in 2017. I found it to be one of the best books about the realities […]
Event Recap & Feature: A Look back at 5 Years of YallWest & Looking Forward to YallStayHome Team BookCrushin has spent the last 5 years celebrating YA at the annual YallWest book festival, held in late spring in Santa Monica. This is a time when we see friends from around […]
Author Interview, Event Recap, & Giveaway: 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston The holidays are right around the corner so it’s time to break out the holiday reads. We are kicking off our December with 10 Blind Dates, which is a holiday contemporary story full of heart. We caught up […]
Audiobook Review + Event Recap: There Came a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool There Came a Darkness is THE fantasy everyone is talking about this fantasy and I’m here today to share my thoughts on why everyone needs the audiobook on their TBR plus a little recap from her launch […]
Audiobook Review + Event Recap: The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young This 4 star read is an engaging story and I liked how the author brought both characters together. I felt that this story was character driven but very connected to the world they are surrounded in, […]