These days my reading is split pretty evenly between print and audio. (Nothing against ebooks, but generally by the time I’m settling down to read I’m fed up with screens for the day.) Until recently, I hadn’t considered what a nonbinary character might sound like in an audiobook. What got…

Writing occupies a strange space for me. It is both the cause of a number of my mental maladies, as well as the antidote. …

I always assumed I’d take an interest in antiquarian books when I was older and had more disposable income. (Then again, that’s never guaranteed and might not even be feasible for Millennials, but I can hope.) I also assumed that books from the 1800s, which is my particular interest, would…

I don’t have a formal checklist of things I look for in books to read, but there are definitely elements that consistently catch my eye. Essay collections because I love essays. Retro covers because I love the kind of vintage that looks timeless. Books that are published locally or by…

I’ve been on a graphic kick lately and as far as I’m concerned spooky season is never over, so I was super excited to get my hands on a copy of Tales of Terror! It’s a graphic horror anthology with eight short stories. First, the synopsis: In this collection of…

I’ve been on the hunt for a good creepy graphic horror novel since I finished The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (which was a comic series before it was a TV show), so I was thrilled when Graveneye by Sloane Leong and Anna Bowles arrived in my mailbox. First, the synopsis: …

The other day I was talking to my friend Jessica and she was telling me how much reading she’s been doing lately thanks to audiobooks and reading apps on her phone. …

Every now and then you come across a book by an author who’s beyond brilliant yet is so confident about it that their prose reads easy and smooth, like a good vintage wine. That’s how it feels to read Anne Elizabeth Moore’s writing. …

Pity the Beast by Robin McLean was described to me as an eco-feminist western and I was like, OKAY! I’m in!! I know I review books all the time without spoilers, but with this one, I can’t say what I want to say without a spoiler, so consider this your…