September 2020

Yaa Gyasi’s debut novel Homegoing told the story of two branches of a Ghanaian family, one descended from a woman who marries a white slave trader...

Cottagecore—the escapist aesthetic that romanticizes a simple, pastoral lifestyle—has been the internet trend of 2020. As Rebecca Jennings notes in Vox, cottagecore has become a way...

Time to get real. We’re several months into the Pandemic Times. We saw the rise of trendy TikTok recipes like Dalgona coffee. We watched Tiger King,...

It’s a sign of progress that a list like this even exists, let alone contains just some of the books releasing soon that feature nonbinary characters...

So, you’ve already marathoned all of season two of Netflix’s highly successful series The Umbrella Academy. Now what? (This is why you should never marathon too...

When you’re a serious reader, you need serious tools. There are special book weights, book pillows, book stands, and so many more bookish aids. But I’m...

How old were you the first time a book made you feel something big? Curiosity or joy or compassion or even sorrow? As kids, each story...

In recent years, we’ve seen a lot of YA retellings of classic stories; from Jane Austen to Shakespeare, and even Grimm’s fairytales. I’ve been especially happy...

Ireland has undoubtedly produced a large amount of notable authors through the ages, from James Joyce to Oscar Wilde, Sean O’Casey, and Seamus Heaney. The history...

Oh hey there, endless pile of unread books! How are you doing? I’d like to say it’s been awhile, but we see each other every night:...