Trans Rights Readathon (Mar 20-27)

I couldn’t resist joining this! Created and organized by @sim_bookstagrams_badly, this readathon both raises awareness and funds of the various legislative actions being taken across the country to strip trans and nonbinary folks’ ability to exist. From the recent banning of drag in Tennessee to Florida’s Don’t Say Gay and Stay WOKE acts to Texas’ anti-trans … Continue reading Trans Rights Readathon (Mar 20-27) →

Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread)

This is the second book in the Beka Cooper Trilogy, and the second review my chronological reread of the Tortall series. The review for Terrier (Beka Cooper #1) can be found here. You can find my planned reread schedule and a general overview of the history of young adult literature here. Join me if you … Continue reading Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce (2023 Tortall Reread) →

On Sex in YA Books

Yes, this is a rant. I saw a post about this person protesting smut in YA books, and said that she didn't want to read a book where characters were having sex, because they were underage and these kinds of books were "grooming" children." And I just. Stopped. For a second. Because WHAT. I think … Continue reading On Sex in YA Books →

27 SFF Releases, October-December 2022

There are so many science fiction and fantasy books coming out in the last three months of 2022! I'm so excited, and also wondering how the hell I'm going to read all the things. Triage. Triage is key. Also, I am loving the revival/resurgence of witchy romances. Not necessarily urban fantasy or paranormal fantasy, but … Continue reading 27 SFF Releases, October-December 2022 →

Book Review: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 Fourteen-year-old Mina never meant to get arrested. In fact, she shouldn't have been arrested at all. She was the one who found the body of the girl in her aunt's bakery, but because Mina is a wizard (does being able to magic bread even count … Continue reading Book Review: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher →

Book Review: Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

I feel like this is more appropriately titled: Fevered Star, and other sequels that didn't wow me like book 1 Because yes, this is going to have two extra mini reviews tacked on to the end, for Katherine Addison's Witness for the Dead (a companion novel to The Goblin Emperor) and Sarah Lyons Fleming's second … Continue reading Book Review: Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse →

Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo 🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 "No maids," I said, thrusting my chin up. "No funning talking, no fainting flowers." In this Hollywood, the monsters on screen aren't half as bad the monsters behind the scenes, controlling everything, from their stars' names to the people they love. Luli Wei would do anything to be a … Continue reading Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo →

Book Review: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲/5 Oh, to live in a world that saw and valued you! An anthology of dystopian short stories about queer women of color finding joy where they can in the middle of a world where memory is curated, collected and removed. This is a world where resistance to totalitarianism … Continue reading Book Review: The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe →

36 YA Releases April-June 2022

Well, this is a mega-post coming to you! Here are 36 YA releases that I am so very excited about—and there are so many more out there. I cannot believe how many books are releasing on May 31st. So. Damn. Many! Below are a mishmash of contemporary, fantasy and historical books. I had thought about … Continue reading 36 YA Releases April-June 2022 →

22 SFF Releases April-June 2022

This week's theme is Books on my TBR, since I'm posting about authors on my TBR tomorrow for Top Ten Tuesday, and on Thursday I'm talking about the 36 second quarter YA releases I am super stoked for (yes, 36—I think I broke the copy and paste function on my computer). But today I want … Continue reading 22 SFF Releases April-June 2022 →