Posts tagged "book review"

Not All Superheroes Wear Capes or Have Powers

Superheroes are made, not born. Kind of a cheesy sentiment, but one that’s nonetheless true. Having superpowers doesn’t automatically make someone a hero, their choices do. Yet not all heroes…

A Tail of Queerness, Werewolves, and Menopause

Yes, you read that title correctly. Catherine Lundoff’s Silver Moon is a book about change, though not the usual changes we’re used to reading about in queer supernatural fiction. As…

Object of Desire Thrills and Chills

Full confession, I love murder mysteries and crime thrillers. I grew up on crime procedurals and British murder mysteries by Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and the like. As an adult…

A Summer Rom-Com, Queer Girl Style

Summer is right around the corner, and you know what that means: summer reading! Books by the pool, books to take on vacation and relax with on the airplane or…

Love Queer Steampunk? Read Murder on the Titania

Imagine, if you will, Sherlock Holmes, only he’s been transformed into a queer Latinx woman with a penchant for piracy, thievery, invention, and exasperating her boring but stolid right-hand man…

Red as Blue a Lyrical, Cathartic Coming of Age Story

A few weeks back, I was given the joy of interviewing Ji Strangeway, author of the hybrid novel Red as Blue, for my Creator Corner series. As of today, the…

The Last Jedi Novelization is a Mixed Bag

In the Star Wars universe, novelizations of films offer unique opportunities. They may confirm—or undermine—speculation or implications drawn from the movies. They may generate new theories or sideline old ones.…

The Hunger Games Masterfully Explores Trauma

Content Warning: this review discusses trauma, PTSD, grief, and violence, as depicted in the books. Spoiler warning for all three novels in The Hunger Games trilogy. So I’m going to…