Events: SDCC 2024 Event Recap San Diego ComicCon 2024 is in the books. Christy and Kelly hit the convention center for the 4 day event and tried to be more present in panels this year, than on the show floor. I think it worked, we only bought books, which is […]
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 […]
Feature: Celebrate Little Free Library Week I remember the first time I heard of Little Free Library. An early childhood research project included them as a way to improve the community reading level (and they were built by Google employees!). This was 10 years ago, just two years after Little […]
Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with Libro.fm We are celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with Libro.fm and we are going to share some of our favorite indie bookstores to shop from, either locals and online! Supporting Indie Bookstores is a way to give back to your local community. Booksellers carefully cultivate books […]
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: YANovCon 2020 Now in its 5th year, YANovCon (hosted by the San Mateo County Library system) continues to be a premiere youth-focused reading festival located in the Bay Area. This year, 18 YA and middle grade authors, ranging from local and new-to-us plus debut and seasoned authors alike, […]
Feature: The Map From Here to There by Emery Lord Three years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Emery Lord at a local event. Today I’m here to announce her upcoming tour, including the date in the Bay Area. I’m moderating her January 14th event here in the Bay […]
Movie Musings & Upcoming Event: Let It Snow by Lauren Myracle, John Green, and Maureen Johnson Halloween is almost over and that means ChristmasReadsAreComing Let us start you off with LET IT SNOW, which is being adapted for Netflix & will be released in three weeks!!! YASSSS. We are celebrating […]