Shelf by Shelf on the 2021 NBA Longlist
The Book Slut contributor Hunter Mclendon started a newsletter called ‘Shelf by Shelf,’ a deep dive about his journey into every book...
top of page
Search
Mel Ann Rosenthal
- Dec 9, 2021
- 6 min
It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland
I’ve often judged songs by how quickly they raise a line of goosebumps up my arm, or how reliably a chorus line or a high note creates a...
Lucy Wadelton
- Nov 23, 2021
- 4 min
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
“Men don’t have to pay attention the way we do. Men die because they make mistakes. Women? We die because we’re female.” Grady Hendrix...
Admin
- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 61
A slew of books being read around the globe. Plus, two emerging fans of Nightbitch.
Mel Ann Rosenthal
- Nov 8, 2021
- 11 min
In Conversation with Liv Stratman
"When I was a child I spent hours alone in my room creating elaborate psychodramas for my Calico Critters."
Mel Ann Rosenthal
- Nov 8, 2021
- 9 min
Cheat Day by Liv Stratman
Dieting is, regardless of any potential health benefits, a business. Worth an estimated $71 billion, it targets the insecurities in us...
Admin
- Oct 29, 2021
- 3 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 60
HELLO HELLO we've been quiet, but we'll be posting regularly again soon! Here's what our writers have been reading in the meantime. As...
Lucy Wadelton
- Sep 21, 2021
- 5 min
Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad
Mercury Boys follows fish-out-of-water, 16-year-old Saskia, who has arrived in Coventon on the back of her mother’s infidelity.
Maggie Briana Chidester
- Sep 14, 2021
- 4 min
America Calling: A Foreign Student in a Country of Possibilities by Rajika Bhandari
Around 1.1 million foreign students were enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities across America from 2019-2020. This was a decrease of...
Admin
- Sep 4, 2021
- 3 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 59
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
Admin
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
Six Provocative Novels about Abortion
This post written by author Jaye Viner as a guest of The Book Slut.
Courtney Dyer
- Aug 23, 2021
- 4 min
SMALl JOYS OF REAL LIFE BY ALLEE RICHARDS
Clad in millennial pink, this book is highly deceptive. I expected stupid decisions and self deprecation but instead I was met with a...
Admin
- Aug 13, 2021
- 4 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 58
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
Mel Ann Rosenthal
- Aug 4, 2021
- 5 min
In Conversation with Marcie Maxfield
"It’s a reminder to women to pursue their own dreams even as they support the goals of their partner and family."
Mel Ann Rosenthal
- Aug 4, 2021
- 7 min
Em's Awful Good Fortune by Marcie Maxfield
With one foot in the past and one in the present, Marcie Maxfield compiled a stunner of a novel. As the narrator, Em, embraces and...
Admin
- Jul 30, 2021
- 3 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 57
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
Admin
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 56
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
Admin
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 55
HELLO HELLO Friday* is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
Courtney Dyer
- Jul 15, 2021
- 5 min
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Perfect On Paper made my heart TRULY fucking sing. Let’s just start there. This book brought me pure pure joy and while I might not have...
Admin
- Jul 14, 2021
- 10 min
Our Most Anticipated Books of the rest of 2021
We've somehow hit the second half of 2021 and there's a slew of new books to be excited about! They cover debuts, popular author...
Admin
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
Friday Book Debrief vol 54
This week; Melissa Febos, Nadia Owusu, Andrew Solomon, Jean Kwok, Aminatta Forna, Emma Cline, Samantha Downing, TJ Newman & Elizabeth Little
Courtney Dyer
- Jul 7, 2021
- 4 min
Loving Lizzie March by Susannah Hardy
Loving Lizzie March is a brightly pink clad novel about a misguided woman’s fervent search for The One. When Lizzie is sure she has found...
Jessica Maria
- Jul 5, 2021
- 4 min
Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung
The story follows a young woman’s grief journey—vacillating between different time periods, excavating memories, bringing on key witnesses.
Admin
- Jul 3, 2021
- 4 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 53
HELLO HELLO Friday is here and that means you get to read another Friday debrief! You know the drill, every week some of our glorious...
bottom of page