A Novel About Choice Set in an Abortion Clinic
Outside of the titular Mercy Street Clinic, a priest repeats “Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee” into a megaphone. A crowd of...
Previously, in Crescent City: Everything You Need to Remember Before Reading Book 2
As an avid reader of Sarah J. Maas and her series and books such as A Court of Thorns and Roses, to her YA fantasy Throne...
18 Sign Language Books For Toddlers
Whether you are in contact with Deaf or Hard Of Hearing people, or if you’d like to bring ASL or Baby Sign Language into your family’s...
33 Must-Read South Asian Books Out in 2022
South Asian literature is on the rise. Every year, there are more and more South Asian authors breaking into the world of literature and publishing books...
Feminist Phantasms: Recent Haunted House Novels by Women Writers
The haunted house novel has a long, rich history. Many scholars date its inception in U.S. American literature to the late 1700s and the beginning of...
Quiz: What Work of Speculative Fiction Should You Read Next?
Speculative fiction is a huge category. It encompasses such sub-genres as fantasy, horror, sci-fi, paranormal fiction, magical realism, and more. (For a more nuanced overview of...
Did Supergirl Really Date Her Horse?
It’s one of the better-known oddities of DC history. You see it crop up on lists of wacky comics history all the time: Back In The...
When Do Kids Start Reading?
A lot of caregivers want to know: “When do kids start reading?” Of course, there is a basic answer, and then some nuance that complicates but...
What Makes a Slow Burn Romance Burn?
The slow burn. That feeling when you’re reading a book where you want to throw it across the room because these two idiots can’t see how...
Rereading FAHRENHEIT 451 in an Age of Mass Censorship
I first read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 in the summer of 2013, when I worked in a bookstore. Although it was primarily a children’s bookstore, they...
