A masterclass in the novella; body horror and racism collide. - Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
The most effective collection of short stories I have ever read - The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
WHAT DID I JUST READ - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Family is everything. - Butterfly Yellow by Thanhha Lai
Dismantle the master’s house. - Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Intersections of experience lead to better feminism. - Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
More Essential Reading - Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male Power by Ijeoma Oluo
Giving Me the Feelings I Express - The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
You should absolutely believe what happened to Lacey - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
“Boats that stay in the harbor are safe, sweetheart, but that’s not what boats were built for.” - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
You Can’t Spell Brilliant Without Bri - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
I need to read more queer YA contemporaries - Loveless by Alice Oseman
Civil War: A Narrative Vol 1 – Shelby Foote (1954) - Civil War: A Narrative Vol 1 by Shelby Foote
In Plain Sight - I Had A Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story by Hank Aaron
We’ve established that I can’t run in any of my shoes. So, pasta? - The Hitman by Katrina Jackson
A love story set in the Arctic surrounded by terrible men ruining things - The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Love what you do, how you do it, and the body you do it in - Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor)
A lot of snow out of one cloud, and it grows thicker. - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin
Even more Murderbot - Network Effect by Martha Wells
High fives all around! - A High Five For Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
Damn the Man - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Forget your Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. The original is far more weird then they could ever manage. - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
How late was I to discover Booktube? - The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson; The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson; The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Care. Tasks. Are. Morally. Neutral. - How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis
She Grows On You - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
One Woman Holds a Torch for the Three Women Who Kicked Down the Door to War - You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker
Steampunk Cairo! - A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark; The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Please read me into this book - Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Wow, Thanks Samantha - Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Candidly deals with… you name it - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
And the Best Aunt Ever award goes to… ME! - My Little Pony: Holly Jolly Harmony by D. Jakobs; My Little Pony Best Gift Ever: A Perfectly Pinkie Present by Bonnie Ventura; Rainbow Dash: Reading Rainboom! by Talluah May; Twilight Sparkle: Best Aunt Ever! by Talluah May
There will be a reckoning. - The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Teenage girls are so powerful - We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
…but the past ain’t through with you. - Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad #4) by Tana French
A Breath of Fresh, Fierce, Queer Air - Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
The End is Never the End - The End by Lemony Snicket
“from the housetops to the gutters – from the ocean to the shore -the warning signs have all been bright and garish -far too great in number to ignore” - A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
Lord I never drew first But I drew first blood - Jade City by Fonda Lee
Wizard and Glass – Stephen King (1997) - Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
“We will find life, joy, and longevity in breaking what needs to be broken.” - Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto by Legacy Russell
Gideon Nav packed her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and she escaped from the House of the Ninth. - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Across the Green Grass Fields- Yeesssss Seanan YEEESSSSSSS - Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
“It isn’t a weakness to accept kindness. It isn’t a weakness to allow yourself to be cared for.” - What I Did for a Duke (Pennyroyal Green #5) by Julie Anne Long
Necessary Advice - Break the Glass by Rachel Edwards
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Hunger Games + Lost= This Amazingly Hilarious, Intriguing Book - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
A terrific middle-grade novel about systemic racism, colorism, and…fencing. - Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
A rose in concrete - Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
A super fun YA love story. - Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon
Evidence of My Insanity - 100 Cookies: The Baking Book for Every Kitchen by Sarah Kieffer