Here Are All the New Suicide Squad Characters
On August 6, The Suicide Squad, with all-new Suicide Squad characters, lands in theaters and on HBO Max. Written and directed by James Gunn, the movie...
9 Books That Feel Like PUSHING DAISIES
Pushing Daisies may have met its untimely demise in 2009, but its candy-colored world where strange things are possible very much lives on in our hearts. Filled with...
Our Favorite Picture Books
One of the lovely things about working in a bookshop is getting to be around kids’ books. Since I don’t have any kids of my own,...
Your Guide To Blackout Poetry
Blackout poetry is one of many forms of found poetry. A found poem is a poem that uses any kind of already-existing text to create something...
The Best New YA Books Starring Female Athletes
As a kid and teen, I was subjected to a lot of inspirational sports movies that involved a too much toxic masculinity and male characters figuring...
Where Are The Fat Children In Picture Books?
There need to be more fat children in picture books. There need to be fat children celebrated in picture books. There need to be fat children...
5 Ways Working at a Used Bookstore Changed Me Forever
My second job was at a bookstore (my first job was as a dog treat baker, but that’s neither here nor there), and I continued to...
A Beginner’s Guide to Mississippi Writers
When I was 15, my family moved halfway across the country from my hometown of Los Angeles, California, to Jackson, Mississippi. Suffice to say, it was...
I Found My Way Back to Reading Joy and My Path Was Backlist
For years now, I’ve been reading only bang-up-to-date, of-the-moment books. I’ve been writing for Book Riot since 2015, and listening to the podcasts since long before...
YA Books Being Made Into Movies That You Need to Read ASAP: The List List #461
From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands. at Autostraddle: 8 Books about Queer People...
