Hi there! Welcome to our January Finale for Kristen Simmons' 2012 novel Article 5. Content Warning: Murder, Revocation of Civil Rights, Kidnapping, Mention of Suicide, Gun Violence, Body Disposal, and Attempted Sexual Assault. Overall This second half was more enjoyable than the first. It was heavier on the love-story portion of the plot, but that's what most YA novels were like in 2012 - Dystopia + Love Story = YA Novel in the mid twenty-teens. Definitely for teens and twen

Hi there! Welcome to our January Intermission for Kristen Simmons' 2012 novel Article 5. Content Warning: Animal Gore, Politics, Murder, Revocation of Civil Rights, Kidnapping, Assault, Mention of War, Mention of Donald Trump (IRL), and Mention of ICE (IRL) Overall This book should be required reading, like seriously. Already, at the end of the first half of this book, we've decided that, for teen or young adult readers AT LEAST, this should be required reading. The first ha

Welcome to our 2025 Year in Review, of which the theme was FEMININE RAGE!!! This past year has been a year of growth, trying new things, and learning how to support each other through the tough times. The following will be a thought on each book and a larger blurb of our favorite single books over the last two years. JANUARY - The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood - 1985 - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - It's a very well-written, interesting, foreboding, and super important piece of literature for

Hi there! Welcome to our November Finale for Marcie R. Rendon's 2024 Where They Last Saw Her. Trigger Warning: Attempted Murder, Abduction, Talk of Rape, Sex-Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Assault, Verbal Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Talk of Death, Child Death, Gun Violence. Overall We really think this was a wild time for the second half of this book. Cliff is the same person as Trent? Same guy? A lot of action took place in the second half of the book, with very little resolu

Hi there! Welcome to our November Intermission for Marcie R. Rendon's 2024 Where They Last Saw Her. Trigger Warning: Murder, Stalking, Abduction, Child Abduction, Racism, Mention of Domestic Abuse, Mention of Hard Drugs, Date Rape Drug Emergency, Administration of Narcan Needle, Taser Deployment, Male Aggression, Protest Marching, Grief. Overall So far, part one has been interesting, and we like the book so far. It's definitely meant to bring attention to the real-world prob