Hi there! Welcome to our February 2026 Finale for Octavia E. Butler's 1993 novel Parable of the Sower. Content Warning: Murder, Rape, Child-Endangerment, Gun-Violence, Economic Collapse, 2.5 Sexiness Rating 🌶️ ( Romance.IO ), Cannibalism, Gore, Animal Violence, Robbery, Religious Trauma, Drug Abuse, Arson Overall We really liked this book - it wasn't as politically relevant as we thought it was going to be, but it was still somewhat relevant. Apparently, the second book, P

Hi there! Welcome to our February Intermission for Octavia E. Butler's 1993 novel Parable of the Sower. Content Warning: Murder, Robbery, Animal Murder, Religious Trauma, Dead Bodies & Body Parts, Firearms, Drug Abuse, Arson, Mention of Sex, Accidental Firearm-Related Child Death, Wasteland Dystopia Overall We love the first half of this book so far, actually. Unexpected sleeper hit from the nineties? Absolutely. Brieanna had no idea that this would be the kind of book we'd

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