After a PR disaster, Coal Claus, Christmas prince and next in line to takeover as Santa, is called home to the North Pole to perform his holiday duties and rehab his image. His father also lets him know that he is to wed Iris, the Easter Princess and his childhood best friend. Word of this […]
This little myth-inspired fantasy is unlike anything I’ve read before. In Nesi’s world, there are ninety-nine animal totem gods, called Pillars of Heaven. She must earn her spot as an acolyte with one of the gods or be sequestered away in the temple for life. When we meet her, she has failed ninety-six out of […]
If you are interested in pre-Revolutionary American history, religious history, the history of abolition and slavery, or passionate colorful characters, then “The Fearless Benjamin Lay” by Marcus Rediker may be the book for you! Born in England in 1682 to a family of modest means, Benjamin Lay was a self-taught man of the world. By […]
Dorothy Gentleman wakes up and realizes several things are very wrong. First, the massive interstellar ship she’s on is going through a magnetic storm, which means communication with the ship-mind is on the fritz. Second, all passengers’ minds are stored until they request to be uploaded to a new body, and Dorothy wasn’t supposed to […]
Calling all fans of The Walking Dead! Did you know that there’s an amazing series set in that universe by graphic novelist Tillie Walden? After recently completing the final installment in this series–a fantastic book!–I’m here to recommend that you start with Clementine: Book One. The trilogy follows Clementine, a teen navigating her way through the […]
Enemy empires, forbidden romance, and a secret queen meant to save her people. Alizeh is seen as a servant, meant to stay in the shadows. All along, she is a Jinn, an ancient race forced to stay hidden because of their abilities. More than that, it turns out she might be the secret queen prophesized […]
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab follows the lives of three women over the span of centuries. Our story starts in Spain 1532 with Maria. Maria is a wild, free spirit who is forced into an arranged marriage with an older Viscount. She is miserable. Trapped in a house, often alone, […]
You’d think that inheriting a substantial estate would be good news, but Halla finds it rather intolerable. She would be happy just going about her duties as a housekeeper and being ignored by everyone, but now that she’s inherited the coveted money, her extended family has plans for her: plans that include locking her in […]
Rare book dealer Rebecca Romney loves Jane Austen, and books in general. After purchasing the 18th century novel “Evelina” by Frances Burney as part of a lot of old books, Romney starts to realize that many of the female authors and works explicitly referenced in the novels and letters of Jane Austen are unknown, or […]
Writer Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was born in Ecuador and was one of the first undocumented students to attend Harvard. With the book set in six main sections–Staten Island, Ground Zero, Miami, Flint, Cleveland, and New Haven—Cornejo Villavicencio traveled throughout the United States to report on the diverse, sometimes lesser-known but nonetheless important and valuable stories […]
