By Maggie Giles As the air gets cooler and the nights longer, there’s no better time to curl up with a spooky season read. Whether you’re in the mood for spine-tingling horror, pulse-pounding thrillers, or cozy romances with a supernatural twist, spooky season offers something for every type of reader. From haunted houses and dark […]
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14 Spooky Season Reads for Every Reader
Novels Set on College Campuses and Boarding Schools
By Jen Craven With the start of the school year, there’s no better time to cozy up with a novel set on a college campus or in the hallowed halls of a boarding school. These settings are a literary goldmine, packed with drama,secrets, friendships, and the thrill of new beginnings. Whether it’s a posh boarding […]
Beach Read Season
by Jenn Bouchard Summer is finally here, and now is the perfect time to escape (even if it’s just to your back deck) with a cold drink and a beach read. What is essential to a beach read? Opinions on this subject vary tremendously! A quick Google search will bring a wide range of results, […]
10 Vulnerable and Thought-Provoking Novels About Motherhood
By Colleen Temple I go to books for all different reasons. To be entertained. To learn. To grow. To laugh. To cry. To put myself in someone else’s shoes. To feel something. Everything. But after thinking about it for a little while, I think I go to books most of all to feel understood. To […]
Three Books with Neurodivergent Characters I Love (and You Should Read)
By Sharon M. Peterson Out of my family of six, two have autism, one has dyslexia, three have dysgraphia, one has ADHD, and another is currently being evaluated for ADHD. Not surprisingly, we all struggle with anxiety in one form or another. What I’m saying is that we put the spicy in neuro-spicy. We put […]
Do Romance Books have to have a happily ever after?
By Caitlin Moss “You know the greatest loves of all time are over now.” -Taylor Swift, The 1 Do romance books have to have a happily ever after? I know a good portion of you just screamed YES at your computer screen, and I get it. Believe me, I do. I understand why the majority […]
The Many Facets of Yellowface
By Sayword B. Eller I have so much to say about this book. So much, in fact, that the words begin to stumble over one another, my message gets trampled, and I’m left staring at the screen lost as to what I should write. But here I am, committed to writing a blog post about […]