Welcome to November! A brand new month of reading! Here’s how we’re kicking things off: Lara: I just finished the utterly delightful Alis Hawkins book, A Bitter Remedy. Historical mystery with a fearsome female protagonist. Yes please! Tara: I’m reading Tempted by the Bollywood Star by Sophia Singh Sasson and I’m really enjoying it! It’s a second-chance f/f romance between a closeted Bollywood star and a Hollywood producer, a decade after their initial kick at … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? November 2023, Part One →
It’s June! Since we’re almost two weeks in, it’s time for our first Whatcha Reading of the month! Claudia: The Intimacy Experiment! It’s working really well for me. Sneezy: Still working my way slowly through Laziness Does Not Exist by Dr. Devon Price, and wheeeeeze. Holy shit. Romance wise, I’m reading City Kitty and Country Mouse by Alyssa Linn Palmer again. Lara: I just finished rereading Tessa Dare’s A Week to be Wicked. It is … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? June 2021 Edition, Part One →
Heck yeah! It’s October, my personal favorite month. And then, in my opinion, it’s all downhill from here. But let’s be honest, 2020 has been downhill since January. We all love Whatcha Reading, where we can discuss good and bad books of the month, and get plenty of recommendations. Carrie: In War and Peace, the French are advancing on Moscow! Their victory seems inevitable! I wonder how things will turn out! Also I just finished … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? October 2020 Edition, Part One →
From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors—including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco—comes a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens. A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family’s pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An … Continue reading Hungry Hearts →
Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation. Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tales, and how they’ve been … Continue reading His Hideous Heart →
A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Young Adult Book of Spring 2017! In the captivating start to a new, darkly lyrical fantasy series for readers of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir, Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price… Let me be clear: I never intended to raise my brother from his grave, though he may claim otherwise. If there’s anything I’ve learned from him in the years since, it’s that the dead … Continue reading The Bone Witch →
