Summerween Book Recs: Blood & Beasts What happens when your body turns against you, or becomes something more? This week, Summerween gets visceral. These three books explore transformation in the rawest, most literal sense: fangs, fur, and fury. Whether you’re turning into a werewolf after top surgery, navigating vampire politics […]
Summerween Book Recs: Stage Frights & Scene Stealers Cue the spotlight. Someone’s going off-script…permanently. Spooky season is here early and we’re opening Summerween with three twisty, high-drama tales where the stage is set for murder. From summer theater camp to isolated filming locations to an island unraveling at the seams, […]
Book Recommendations: Books to Read After the Yellowjackets Finale So the Yellowjackets finale left you reeling. Same. Whether you were drawn in by the survival horror, the unflinching look at girlhood, or the slow burn of secrets unraveling over time, the show delivered a gut punch that’s not easy to […]
Comic Crush Saturday: Pride 2025 Edition It’s Comic Crush Saturday and this week we’re queering the page and the screen with graphic novels, webtoons-turned-graphic-novels, and Marvel moments that pack a punch. Whether you’re here for the gay yearning, the emotional catharsis, or the highnstakes heroics, we’ve got you covered. PRIDE […]
Feature: Pride 2025 TBR & Giveaway It’s queer book season. Let’s celebrate. Pride Month is here, and you know what that means: we’re stocking our shelves with queer stories, crying over fictional characters, and screaming over the slow burns, chaotic crushes, and heartfelt moments that only queer lit delivers. This […]
Book Recs: Reading Beyond the Bestseller List: YA Fantasy Picks for the Reluctant Reader We love a good Leigh Bardugo moment. And if you saw the recent New York Times list highlighting some of her top fantasy recommendations, you know it’s full of beloved, bestselling fantasy powerhouses. These books have […]
Book Recs: Books to Read After Sunrise on The Reaping If you’ve just survived the gripping pages of Sunrise on the Reaping, and you’re looking for your next heart-pounding, page-turning, thought-provoking adventure, you’re in the right place. I don’t know about you but I may never recover after reading Haymitch’s […]
Feature: Your Outie Reads YA Who else has a Waffle Party planned for tonight? Yes, it is equally the best and worst day of the year – the S2 Severance finale. While we will be eagerly awaiting whenever the next season comes (and it BETTER), we know there is a […]
It’s that time of year again—#TeamBookCrushin’s Favorite Reads of 2024 are here! These are the books that stood out to us the most from everything we read this year. Remember, favorite is a personal qualifier, and there’s no one-size-fits-all criteria—just books we absolutely loved during our reading journey in 2024. […]
Book Recommendations: Pride 2024 Happy Pride my fellow book crushers! We take pride seriously, and we read queer all year! This isn’t a grab for views or likes, this is real life for us. Being queer is an act of joy and resistance. Being queer is revolutionary. And remember rights […]