Solving the Riddle of My Mother’s Secret Room
The Clown Room The clown room was off-limits. It lay behind a narrow door at the bottom of the basement stairs, which I crept down when...
Hey 19: YA Books With 19-Year-Old Main Characters
For many years, there was a call across social media for more YA books set in college. Teens like to read up in terms of age...
Literary Tourism: Asheville, North Carolina
Note: Asheville is amazing, but there’s a pandemic going on, y’all! Please use this post to inspire your post-COVID travel plans. Know that if you visit...
6 Nerdtastic Romances Set at Fan Conventions
Welcome to a list of good old romance books set in fan conventions. If you miss Comic-Con, BookCon, VidCon, Renaissance Faires, or any other fan convention,...
5 of the Best Mystery Books Like DEAD TO ME
This post about mystery books like Dead to Me was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get mystery...
B-List Bonanza: Amilyn Holdo
You may love her (I do). You may hate her. Either way, if you saw The Last Jedi, you likely remember Amilyn Holdo as the Vice...
10 Amazing Classics and Fairytale Queer Retellings You Need to Read
Retellings are amazing because authors take well-known stories and make them their own. Lindsay King-Miller said it best: “revisiting a story gives us an opportunity to...
How The TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE Books Comforted Me When I Needed It
While watching the premiere of To All the Boys: Always and Forever, the final Netflix movie adaptation of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved...
25 of the Best Thought-Provoking Books
Books do many things for us. They make us laugh, make us cry, scare the pants off of us, or teach us a new skill. But...
Riot Recommendation: 20 of Your Favorite YA Fairy Tales
A gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve original stories by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood and The Night Country. Journey into the...
