Hi there! Welcome to our 2026 April One Act for Aisha Abdel Gawad's 2023 novel Between Two Moons. Content Warning: Mention of Sexual Assault, Mention of Racism/Islamophobia, Mention of Jail/Unjust Incarceration, Bodily Fluids, Property Damage/Vandalism, Boy Mom Energy, Underage use of Drugs/Alcohol Overall We felt that we really enjoyed the writing style and tone of the book - lush, visual, and captivating - it was our favorite part. Overall, this book is incredibly pertinen

Hi there! Welcome to our 2026 March Intermission for Margaret Atwood's 2019 novel The Testaments. Content Warning: Murder, Mass Shooting, Religious Extremism, Religious Violence, Violence in General, Sexual Assault, Explosions, Rape, Torture, Dismemberment, Surveillance State, References to Self-Harm, Suicide Attempt, Child-Marriage, References to Drug Use, Religious Abuse Overall We liked this book a lot in comparison to the first book. For example, in the first book, we go

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 Violence, Religious Trauma, Dead Bodies & Body Parts, Firearms, Drug Abuse, Arson, Mention of Sex, Accidental Firearm-Related Child Death, Wasteland Dystopia, Economic Collapse 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 t

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

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

Hi there! Welcome to our October Finale for S. T. Gibson's 2021 A Dowry of Blood. Trigger Warning: Emotional, Verbal, Physical Intimate Partner Abuse, Gaslighting, War, Famine, and Plague, Blood & Gore, Sexual Content (3/5 🌶) , Sado/Masochism, Self-Harm, Body Horror, Violence, Murder, Alcohol Use, Depression & Mania, Brief references of Sexual Assault, Drug Use, Drowning Overall We both loved this book for sure, and we paid a lot of attention to how intentional it was. This

Hi there! Welcome to our October Intermission for S. T. Gibson's 2021 A Dowry of Blood. Trigger Warning: Emotional, Verbal, Physical Intimate Partner Abuse, Gaslighting, War, Famine, and Plague, Blood & Gore, Sexual Content (3/5 🌶) , Sado/Masochism, Self-Harm, Body Horror, Violence, Murder, Alcohol Use, Depression & Mania, Brief references of Sexual Assault, Drug Use, Drowning Overall This book has become a crowd favorite over the years, and it is one of our favorite ones o

Hi there! Welcome to our September Finale for Ana Castillo's 1993 novel So Far from God. Trigger Warning: Suicide, HIV/AIDS, Cancer, Death from Disease, Murder, Torture. There were mostly women in the book, which was kind of cool. Each of the daughters dies a horrible death, and the mother outlives them, which is sad and bizarre but intentional, we think. The book felt unfinished and open-ended, and intentionally unintentional, in that they walked away and they stopped carin

Hi there! Welcome to our September Intermission for Ana Castillo's 1993 novel So Far From God. Trigger Warning: Animal Death, Violent Assault, People Death, Mutilation, Rape, Firearms Overall Ceraya likes this book; it's definitely a slower-paced book, even though a lot of things happen to these characters. The book doesn't feel eventful, but a ton of things occur that are considered intense, even though the book is written in a casual tone. The magic and mysticism in this

Hi there! Welcome to our August 2025 Finale for Laurie Halse Anderson's 1999 novel Speak. Trigger Warning: Self-Harm, Sexual Assault, Suicidal Ideation, High School Drama, Emotionally Unintelligent Parents, Discussion of Rape Overall Overall, we both think we liked this book a ton. We felt that the first half and second half were very similar in that they were written in the same matter-of-fact expression. We think it's important to show different experiences with resolving

Hi there! Welcome to our August 2025 Intermission for Laurie Halse Anderson's 1999 novel Speak. Trigger Warning: Self-Harm, Sexual...

Hi there! Welcome to our July Finale for Lillie Lainoff's 2022 One for All. Trigger Warning: Violence, Swordfighting, Murder,...

Hi there! Welcome to our July Intermission for Lillie Lainoff's 2022 novel One for All. Trigger Warning: Violence, Swordfighting, Murder,...

Hi there! Welcome to our June Finale for Ilana Masad's 2020 All My Mother's Lovers. Trigger Warning: Death, Mourning, Car Crash, Domestic...

Hi there! Welcome to our June Intermission for Ilana Masad's 2020 All My Mother's Lovers. Trigger Warning: Death, Car Crash, Domestic...

Hi there! Welcome to our May Finale for Xiran Jay Zhao's 2021 Iron Widow. Trigger Warning: Violence, abuse, suicidal ideation, sexual...

Hi there! Welcome to our May 2025 Intermission for Xiran Jay Zhao's 2021 Iron Widow. Trigger Warning: Violence, abuse, suicidal ideation,...