#StartOnYourShelfathon sign up + tbr

hey y’all! now that we’ve been getting closer to the new year, i’ve spent more and more time thinking about what i want 2020 to be like for me in regards to reading. i don’t have a detailed list of goals, i never do, but over the past few months the size of my physical …

2019 releases i didn’t get to, brought to you by luanne g. smith’s THE VINE WITCH

hey y’all, and happy december! we’re officially in the last month of the decade, and i can’t believe it’s somehow been going for about 300 years AND 5 months. wild. 2019 has been an incredible year for book releases, imo. just this week i read the deep by rivers solomon, which instantly made it onto …

graphic novel review: the tea dragon festival by katie o’neill

title: the tea dragon societywriter/artist: katie o'neillgenre: fantasytarget audience: middle gradepublisher: oni presscontent warnings: brief display of injury and bloodmy rating: highly recommended i received an earc of this from the publisher, via netgalley. this does not influence my thoughts or opinions. katie o'neill brought me near tears again, y'all 😭😭 the tea dragon festival is a companion to o'neill's web comic …

arc review: how to be remy cameron by julian winters

hey y'all! sorry for being mia for a while! i've been in a bit of a funk - both reading and blogging wise - but i'm hoping to get back into it over the last few months of the year. i have some reviews coming up, and plans for a few other posts as well. …

comic review: grease bats by archie bongiovanni

title: grease batswriter/artist: archie bongiovannigenre: contemporarytarget audience: new adultpublisher: boom! studioscontent warnings: homophobia, transphobia, misgendering, racism, sexismmy rating: highly recommended i received an earc of this from the publisher, via netgalley. this does not influence my thoughts or opinions. grease bats is an ongoing series of comic strips by archie bongiovanni, which has been posted regularly on autostraddle.com since january …

graphic novel review: stage dreams by melanie gillman

title: stage dreamswriter/artist: melanie gillmangenre: historical, western, romancetarget audience: young adultpublisher: graphic universemy rating: highly recommended i received an earc of this from the publisher, via netgalley. this does not influence my thoughts or opinions. stage dreams by writer and artist melanie gillman is many things - a historical romance, a western, a young adult graphic novel, very queer. it’s …

graphic novel review: witchy by ariel slamet ries

title: witchywriter/artist: ariel slamet riesgenre: fantasytarget audience: young adultpublisher: lion forgecontent warnings: parental death, mild transphobia and misgendering (challenged)my rating: highly recommended i received an earc of this from the publisher, via edelweiss. this does not influence my thoughts or opinions. witchy is an online webcomic by ariel slamet ries that has been picked up by lion forge, with the …

so it looks like i’m doing #ARCaugust, and here is my tbr!

hey friends! today is august 1st. yesterday i was looking in my calendar to see what arcs with upcoming release dates i have yet to read, and i realised... i definitely have enough to fill the month, which means i can join #ARCaugust! you can find the original #ARCaugust 2019 introduction post here, over at …

graphic novel review: super fun sexy times by meredith mcclaren

title: super fun sexy timeswriter/artist: meredith mcclarengenre: romance, eroticatarget audience: adultpublisher: oni presscontent warnings: explicit sex between consenting adultsmy rating: highly recommended i received an earc of this from the publisher, via netgalley. this does not influence my thoughts or opinions. super fun sexy times is an erotic anthology graphic novel, made up of five short stories about, like the …

four books for a hot summer day

hello, friends! so, i don’t know what it’s like where you live, but big parts of - if not all of? - europe is currently going through a really bad heatwave. for me, in sweden, that means temperatures up to 30 degrees celsius, and that’s on the cooler side compared to most other countries. i …