20 Must-Read Southern Gothic Novels
Southern gothic is a term that gets tossed around in literature, film, art, and even music, but what does it mean? Southern gothic is a sub-genre...
A Tour Through Readers’ Goodreads To Read Shelves
Because of my work as a freelance writer, reviewer, and book recommender, I spend a lot of time on Goodreads. I often come across people with...
Mood-Boosting Cozy Mysteries Are Increasingly Diverse
In an oasis of certainty in an uncertain world, cozy mysteries make excellent comfort food. Subtle mood-boosters, they offer the intrigue, emotional reward and puzzle-solving satisfaction...
10 Bookstore Romances To Get Lost In
Everyone knows that book lovers love stories set among books, amirite? The thought that the people involved in the story love books and reading just as...
Which Kimetsu No Yaiba (Demon Slayer) Hashira Are You?
Kimetsu No Yaiba, also known as Demon Slayer, has taken the world by storm recently and it’s no surprise. The story of a young boy trying...
Your Guide to New Marvel Movies and TV in 2021 and 2022
As the world spins rapidly into more pandemic turmoil, there is a bright light in the distance, and that bright light is the splash card for...
How to Enter a Flow State While Reading
Every once in a while, a story draws us in so deeply that we become wholly, fully immersed in it. The physical world around us tunes...
Only Slightly Foreboding: Aesthetic Dark Academia Gifts
Have you fallen down the rabbit hole of all things dark academia? If you haven’t, a quick and dirty primer: dark academia is an aesthetic encompassing...
Learning to Let Go of Reading Books at the “Right Time”
The Problem Recently I finally picked up a book that has been on my TBR shelf for three years, The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. I...
4 YA Books About Races
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