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 […]
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: Tradwife by Michelle Brandon & The Fantasy That was Never for Us Welcome to October, y’all. What better way to kick off spooky szn than with the real horrors we live with! But for real, in just a few days, it will be Banned Books Week and we are […]
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 […]
Review: The Stories That Won’t Burn: A Narrative of Resistance Censorship thrives on silence, but some stories are simply too loud to be extinguished. Samira Ahmed’s novel This Book Won’t Burn and the anthology Banned Together, edited by Ashley Hope Pérez, refuse that silence in ways that are both complementary […]
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: Books Unite Us. Honoring Banned Books Week It’s hard to believe it’s been 40 years since Banned Books Week launched. During the Reagan era, of course, due to an increased call for libraries and schools to ban certain titles. It’s disappointing and frustrating that we still experience book bans, […]
Feature & Giveaway: Banned Books Week Every year in September the American Library Association highlights the discrimination of books by creating Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read! Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of […]
Feature & Giveaway: Banned Books Week Banned Books Week takes place from September 24th – 30th is the annual event celebrating the freedom to read! Words Have Power – Read a Banned Book! It should be no surprise that books are still being challenged and banned in our own country. […]