Horror Deserves a Space in the Best Books of the Century Conversation
Yes, I’m still talking about the My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix I once heard that Grady Hendrix decides on the title of his book...
Book Banning Updates and “Erasure of the Highest Order”
These Friday Check Your Shelf newsletters are where I focus on book banning news, so there’s usually not much in terms of happy updates. This is...
Bluestockings, Memoirs, and School Supplies
The new school year is just around the corner. Department stores are rolling out their school supplies, which are still hard for me to resist. The...
New Books + New SFF to Preorder ASAP: July 26, 2024
Happy Friday, shipmates! It’s Alex, and today I have for you a couple new releases for the week, and a couple of releases that you might...
Seize the summer reading season with Tailored Book Recommendations!
Source : Seize the summer reading season with Tailored Book Recommendations!
Don’t Miss Out on the Funniest Fantasy Comic Book
Source : Don’t Miss Out on the Funniest Fantasy Comic Book
Culinary Cozy, Journalist Thrillers, and More Mystery Books + News!
It’s time for your bi-weekly roundup of mystery goodness. Let’s dive into new releases, backlist with journalist leads, and plenty of mystery news—including things to watch...
In “I Saw the TV Glow,” Obsession Is a Coping Mechanism Destined to Fail
I occupy a corner of the internet where I’m largely secluded from a cis audience’s reaction to I Saw the TV Glow, the second feature from...
9 Books That Blur the Boundaries Between Novel and Story Collection
Novels-in-stories contain their own specific joys. One is the sense of partnership they can foster between the reader and the book. In the “off-camera” time between...
Sarah Manguso Says Wifehood, Not Motherhood, is What Really Fucks Women
If Sarah Manguso’s new novel, Liars, can be categorized in any genre, it is probably best characterized as a horror story. It tells the intimate, blistering...
