Loveless by Alice Oseman For fans of Love, Simon and I Wish You All the Best, a funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of a girl who realizes that love can be found in many ways that don't involve sex or romance. From the marvelous author of Heartstopper comes an exceptional YA novel about discovering that it's okay if you…
Part 4: Books by Black Authors to Read
Dread Nation #1 Dread Nation Justina Ireland Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation…
Part 3: Science Fiction and Fantasy Books by Black Authors
Black Sci-Fi Short Stories Tia Ross (Editor), Sandra M. Grayson (Introduction) Dystopia, apocalypse, gene-splicing, cloning and colonization are explored here by new authors and combined with proto-sci-fi and speculative writing of an older tradition (by W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin R. Delany, Sutton E. Griggs, Pauline Hopkins and Edward Johnson) whose first-hand experience of slavery and denial created their…
Part 2: Science Fiction and Fantasy Books by Black Authors
Witches Steeped in Gold #1 Witches Steeped in Gold Ciannon Smart Divided by their order. United by their vengeance. Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom - and vengeance. Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to…
Part 1: Science Fiction & Fantasy Books by Black Authors
Not all of these books are from 2023, but I want to highlight these series and books that feature either Black Authors or Black Characters (POC/Ownvoices) for Black History Month. I haven't done a list like this specifically before so that's also why I'm hightlighting books people might have already read. Deathless #1 The Gilded Ones…
Will ChatGPT Take Over Blogging?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/06GTlMNQPR2iAvM5ebn2Tr?si=4989c1412b074dae Girl playing chess against robot If you haven't logged into the internet last year, it would be understandable if you haven't heard of ChatGPT. However, by now I feel the majority of people have been forced by someone they know to learn about this new program. As someone who works in tech, I'd like…
A Big List of Romance Books to Read for Valentine’s Day – 2023
https://open.spotify.com/episode/24fq3YQMl06sOgLDnqUMRc?si=276b363885d34bf2 Book Lovers Emily Henry One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming.... Nora Stephens’ life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for…
New Released I’m Excited about February 2023
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53efqbIv7ma7VD4laghScp?si=74f3f6eba5fa4b07 I found these books via the What's New Page for February 2023 on Goodreads. She Is a Haunting Trang Thanh Tran (From Goodreads) A house with a terrifying appetite haunts a broken family in this atmospheric horror, perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic. When Jade Nguyen arrives in Vietnam for a visit with her estranged…
January 2023 Recap
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZwzJqhIdJmgP2A4MLt7WM?si=c410500499cd4a1d January 2023 Recap These stats for January are probably a little bit off because I'm looking at them the second week of February and I usually try to look at these the last day of the month or the first day of the next month. I got a tiny bump in views and visitors…
New Releases I’m Excited About: January 2023
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QbeCI1zYPfEsAz5yQOuIe?si=d15542c686af4ff1 How to Sell a Haunted House Grady Hendrix Our past and your family can haunt you like nothing else… A hilarious and terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Final Girl Support Group.Every childhood home is haunted, and each of us are possessed by our parents.When their parents die…
Sareh Lovasen 