“Piranesi” Is a Dispatch from the Kingdom of Chronic Illness
In the first pages of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi, the novel’s titular narrator is almost carried away by three converging tides. Plunged into a landscape of marble...
YA Books Set in the 1970s
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15 Of The Best YA Thriller Books
Do you love a YA book with a fast pace and intriguing mystery at its heart? So do we, which is why we compiled this list...
The Best Funny Sci-Fi Books
If you love your science fiction with a heaping side of humor, then you’ve come to the right place! Many people immediately think of Douglas Adams...
Reading My Bliss: How 20-Year-Old Manga Helps Get Me Through the Day
Somewhere, there is a shop that grants wishes. It will find you when you need it most and only then will you be able to enter....
Balancing Homeschooling and Parenting: Books I’m Reading Now
I am homeschooling my son this year because of COVID, but if I’m being honest, I’ve wanted to homeschool for a while—I just didn’t see how...
7 More Reading Challenges to Diversify Your Reading in 2021
2020 was the first year I participated in a reading challenge, and it certainly won’t be the last. I love an excuse to make a good...
Quiz: Plan the Perfect Snow Day and We’ll Tell You What Book to Read
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but snuggling up with a good book on a snow day is so delightful! The question is, which book should...
It’s My Mess: How I’ve Scrapbooked My Way Through Mental Illness
I’ve always been terrible at journaling, which is a surprise to most. I’ve loved reading and writing for as long as my hands could hold a...
Books Like HOUSE OF LEAVES: An Intro To Ergodic Fiction
Ergodic sounds vaguely Lovecraftian, doesn’t it? Rest assured, it is not, although do buckle in for a ride through fiction’s coolest niche genre: the weird and...
