Guest Post: YA Books Featuring Music by Annie Cardi We always love welcoming authors to the blog, and today we’re excited to feature a special guest post from Annie Cardi, author of the powerful YA novel Red, a timely and emotional story centered on the #MeToo movement, faith, and the […]
Book Recommendations: Girls Who Don’t Stay Put You know how we all have a type? Well, I have many types but one of mine happens to be women in (historic-ish) academic settings and murder. It is not really about murder, though all three of these books have murder in them. […]
Feature: We Were Warned: YA Dystopian Fiction and the World We are Living in Now There is a genre of book that an entire generation devoured in their yound adult years, stayed up too late finishing, and then set aside when they got older because the moment passed and so […]
Book Recommendations: The Cost of the Bargain Two books landing this April from Page Street YA are doing something that goes past their gorgeous covers and their queer romances, though they have all of those things. The Labyrinth of Waking Dreams by Michelle Kulwicki releases April 21st and The Redwood […]
Book Recommendation: The Kiss Bet by Farrah Penn Most of us remember the specific, shaky brand of panic that comes with a first kiss. It is that universal rite of passage that stays vivid because it is usually some combination of hopeful, messy, and deeply awkward. This is the exact […]
Book Recommendation: Cursed Princess Club: A Most Unusual Princess by Michelle Knudsen Cursed Princess Club: A Most Unusual Princess by Michelle Nudson continues everything that made the Cursed Princess Club series so special for me in the first place. It is funny, heartfelt, and quietly radical in the way it […]
Book Recommendations: HoliGAYS for All! I mean I know it’s literally “The Holidays” right now, but just in case anyone wants to know what I am reading and enjoying this year, I thought I would throw together a little list of HoliGAYS for All to read and enjoy. This list […]
Book Recommendations: When Art Becomes Identity: Finding Yourself in When I Picture You and Lou with the Band Some stories aren’t just about falling in love; they’re about finding the language to tell the world who you are. When I Picture You by Sasha Laurens and Lou with the Band […]
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 […]
Book Recommendation: Why Every Fan of Scythe Should Read MindWorks When you think of Neal Shusterman, you probably picture sprawling worlds, high-stakes plots, and big philosophical questions. The Arc of a Scythe trilogy, with its mix of morality, mortality, and future tech, became one of the most defining YA series […]