We have endured a long and awful summer to get to the best season of all — spooky season. The weather has finally started to cool down and the creepy coffee mugs are in full rotation. I don’t know what it is about 2022 but I want more witches and …
Can you believe we’re already more than halfway through 2022? Me neither. It doesn’t seem like it should be possible, but here we are. Luckily for us, this means we’re due for another wave of new book releases in the fall. Whatever else the world may be throwing at us …
We all have that massive stack of books on our shelf, silently waiting to be read. Those books know their fate. They will sit there and sit there as newer shinier books come in and get read first. It’s not that we don’t want to read the books. There is …
As you know, neither of us are summer fun girls. We don’t do #HotGirlSummer. We are more #SpookyGirlFall people. Summer is great for outdoor reading and writing though, so we have high hopes for those cooler summer days. Hanging out in the shade with an icy drink is where we …
I had initially conceived of this list as a Pride reading wishlist that I knew I’d never finish, but then I looked up and June was almost over. This is still a queer reading list, but it’s one to last the whole year. I read books by queer authors all …
And then, it was basically summer! You know both Gen and I are autumn witches and not looking forward to the hot and humid months in Toronto but with the right books, maybe we will survive. Summer reading to me is like the fun blockbuster movies that typically come out …
This blog post is going to be a little different. It’s still a list of sorts, because despite their inescapable ubiquity on the internet, I rather like the list as a form. I could have done away with the numbers and the headings, but that would be a different essay. …
Boston is my place. I go there to refresh my creative juices. It must have something to do with the salty ocean air, I guess. Not having been able to travel for a few years, my last annual trip was fading from memory so as a birthday gift to myself, …
The question, “What should I read next?” is the constant companion of readers everywhere. Sometimes you have too many to choose from, and your TBR teeters precariously with its overwhelming options. For mood readers, you might be on the hunt for a specific vibe and you’re not sure where to find …
Writing. We all know the key to writing is actually sitting down, pen in hand (or hands on keyboard), and just letting the words flow. That makes it sound so easy, right? Well, just like how planning and thinking and reading a random romance novel could get the creative juices …
