Seventeen-year-old Doris goes to Atlanta for an abortion and gains a lot of perspective in Mia McKenzieâs novel These Heathens.

Review: This is Where We Die by Cindy R. X. He
This is Where We Die is a locked room mystery of sorts featuring a group of friends on an isolated island. Can you solve this mystery?

Recent Reads: Summer 2025
Let’s discuss some of my reads from summer 2025 that don’t already have dedicated blog posts about them. What have you been reading?

Review: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Meet Benji, a trans teen on the run from a cult. Can he survive with the help of his new allies? Find out in Hell Followed With Us.

Review: Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
What if your body starts to change in unexpected ways? Thatâs what the main character in Rivers Solomonâs novel, Sorrowland, experiences.

Review: Bottling His Ghosts by SH Cooper
Bottling His Ghosts by SH Cooper is a novella that explores the ghosts we carry with us and how societal expectations determine how weâre âallowedâ to grieve.

Review: The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders by Sarah Aziza
The Hollow Half is the story of Aziza’s experience with anorexia & how it echoes her family’s experience of being displaced from their home.

Review: The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath
I went into The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath expecting to love it. A queer platonic relationship? An asexual character? A gay couple? Disability rep? Yes please. But was Heathâs novel really all I hoped it would be?

Review: How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual
Because itâs Pride Month, I wanted to make sure I read something with asexual representation. Rebecca Burgessâ graphic memoir, How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual caught my attention and Iâm so glad I picked it up.Â

Review: Psychosis Diagnosis by Nikki Minty
I was intrigued by the description of Psychosis Diagnosis. I was looking forward to an audiobook that explored mental health & featured supernatural elements. Did it live up to my expectations?