Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan
Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan had me considering the logistics of an orgy, squirming in my reading chair and once more wondering whether I...
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Alexandra Mendes
Jun 28, 20213 min
The Portrait by Ilaria Bernardini
Before reading the book, I decided to take a self-portrait — I know, I know, it’s called a selfie, but I am trying to be coherent with...
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Jun 25, 20213 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 52
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
Jun 23, 20215 min
The Gaps by Leanne Hall
The Gaps by Leanne Hall is one of the most important books I have ever read. Hall explores how tragedy is far reaching and something that...
Lucy Wadelton
Jun 21, 20214 min
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne collins
The Hunger Games, which came out over a decade ago in 2008, has since spawned two sequels, four films, and a hell of a lot of fan fever....
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Jun 21, 20214 min
Friday Book Debrief vol 51
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...
Amy Borg
Jun 16, 20213 min
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
“I used to think to make people feel afraid was a curse, an awful thing. But I’d love for them to fear me. I want them to look at me and...
Marian Perales
Jun 14, 20215 min
The Removed by Brandon Hobson
Grief has a way of laying you out. When the feelings of loss and sadness flood in, life can seem unbearable. It is difficult and...
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Jun 11, 20214 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 50
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
Jun 9, 20216 min
Animal By Lisa Taddeo
Trigger warnings for this book include: sexual assault, violence and rape of an elderly person and a minor. Descriptions of self harm....
Nicole Burke
Jun 7, 20215 min
Forget Russia by L. Bordetsky Williams
TW: rape and sexual assault Forget Russia is a fictional novel by L. Bordetsky Williams, Professor of Literature at Ramapo College of New...
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Jun 4, 20213 min
Friday Book Debrief Vol 49
Hello! It has been a while, but now we are back! And every week we will be back to sharing what some of our writers are currently...
Courtney Dyer
Jun 3, 20214 min
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
People Like Her is an incredibly suspenseful novel that explores the power of Instagram, integrity and causal action. Life as a mummy...
Jessica Riches
Jun 1, 20214 min
Sad Janet by Lucie Britsch
Serious question: when did everyone get so sad? Or was everyone always this sad and people only recently started talking about it? Or is...
Lauren Cosby
Mar 15, 20212 min
In Conversation with Bethany Mangle
In Prepped, Bethany Mangle writes about a doomsday prepper community from the point of view of 18-year-old Becca. The reader gets a...
Lauren Cosby
Mar 15, 20214 min
Prepped by Bethany Mangle
“Always be ready for the worst day of your life” is the mantra in Bethany Mangle’s debut YA novel Prepped. The story begins with Becca...
Courtney Dyer
Mar 3, 20215 min
Earthlings by SAYAKA MURATA
Earthlings is a powerhouse of a book that quickly made it to my top 20 of 2020 list despite being one of the last books I read of the...
Nicole Burke
Feb 18, 20215 min
Sending Nudes Anthology from Guts Publishing
Sending Nudes, a collection of fiction and non-fiction stories and poetry, is the latest release from Guts Publishing, released January...
Jessica Riches
Feb 17, 20214 min
Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
We’ve all read the story of the self-loathing millennial writer in New York who’s in a deep depression about the state of the world but...
Mel Ann Rosenthal
Feb 16, 202118 min
Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen
“It gradually became clear to me that I’d simply articulated what to that point had been largely unspeakable. We didn’t have a common...
Cecilia Beard
Feb 15, 20214 min
Books That Didn't Quite Meet the Hype
You’ve heard about it again and again. Friends, colleagues, lovers – they all recommend the same title. Publishers, the New York Times,...
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Jan 15, 202112 min
Our Most Anticipated Books of 2021
There are so many favorite authors releasing new works (Didion! Abdurraqib! Lahiri! ROONEY!) as well as intriguing debuts with curious plots
Maggie Briana Chidester
Jan 14, 20213 min
Odd Woman Out by Melanie Chartoff
There are many celebrity tell-alls out in the world, but this one is different.
Courtney Dyer
Jan 13, 20215 min
Ghosts by Dolly Alderton
Ghosts reminded me that, for lack of a better phrase, men ain’t shit.
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