Children’s Mighty Red Riding Hood: A Fairly Queer Tale by Wallace West In this clever twist on a traditional tale, a boy who loves his frilly, swishy riding hood turns the tables on a big, bad, bullying wolf! Better not mess with Little Red when he’s got on his favorite frilly red riding hood! It … Continue reading New Releases: May 10, 2022
I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing that’s kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom … Continue reading New Releases: May 3, 2022
This post is sponsored in honor of the paperback release of That Way Madness Lies ed. by Dahlia Adler on March 15th, an anthology Kirkus called “A radical reimagining and avant garde interpretation of Shakespeare.” Buy it in paperback: Bookshop | Amazon | IndieBound | Target *** Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez (Author), Danica Brine … Continue reading New Releases: March 2022
Do you like incredibly compelling psychological thrillers? Do you like having your heart ripped clean out of your chest? Then have I got the book for you! (Psst, it’s I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu. Check it out.) Welcome to Meadowlark, Long Island—expensive homes and good schools, ambition and loneliness. Meet Chase Ohara and … Continue reading New Release Spotlight: I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu
Fire Becomes Her by Rosiee Thor (1st) Flare is power. With only a drop of flare, one can light the night sky with fireworks . . . or burn a building to the ground — and seventeen-year-old Ingrid Ellis wants her fair share. Ingrid doesn’t have a family fortune, monetary or magical, but at least … Continue reading New Releases: February 2022
Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (Text) and Charlene Chua (Illustrations) (4th) There’s only one person in Violet’s class she wants to go on adventures with: Mira, the girl with the cheeriest laugh and who races like the wind. So Violet has made Mira a very special Valentine. Because Mira is magnificent. But what if … Continue reading New Releases: January 2022
Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey (1st) Books are Rosie Taft’s life. And ever since she took over her mother’s beloved Manhattan bookstore, they’ve become her home too. The only thing missing is her own real-life romance like the ones she loves to read about, and Rosie has an idea of who she might … Continue reading New Releases: December 2021
Love light Sapphic YA romance? Love queer holiday romance? Excited to see a book mesh the two and be resplendent with nerdery? It’s got enemies-to-lovers! It’s got Jewish rep! It’s cozy and funny and basically exactly what you want to read as the fall turns to winter, and I loved it so much I blurbed it, so … Continue reading New Release Spotlight: How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
Allllways feels good to get to talk about how much I loved a book I feel is going way too far under the radar, so here I am to shout about Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min, which releases from Flatiron Books on the 26th! I personally bill this book as Radio Silence by Alice … Continue reading New Release Spotlight: Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min
I must confess that other than YA anthologies, I’m not much of a short story person, but I was really intrigued by Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin and decided to pick it up, figuring I’d read a couple of stories. Of course, I ended up devouring it and all its beautifully messy stories about gender and … Continue reading New Release Spotlight: Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin
