Tag: Fiction

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Review: Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan

Sage Elliott, 8 April 202512 January 2026

Queer magical girls save Portland in Magica Riot, a self-published debut novel by trans author Kara Buchanan.

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Review: Human Acts by Han Kang

Sage Elliott, 25 March 202512 January 2026

Human Acts is the brutal story of the Gwangju uprising. More notably, how the uprising impacted those involved.

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Cover: The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas

Review: The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas

Sage Elliott, 18 March 202512 January 2026

Paris, 1880s: inconvenient women are sent to the Salpêtrière asylum. Paris residents enjoy watching hypnotisms and attending the yearly ball.

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Cover: The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Review: The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

Sage Elliott, 4 March 202517 November 2025

Collins’ novel tells the story of a former slave who is charged with the murder of her master/mistress. What’s her side of the story?

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Cover: You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

Review: You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

Sage Elliott, 18 February 202512 January 2026

Can this final girl survive a real-life horror scenario? Find out in Kalynn Bayron’s novel, You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight.

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Review: Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Sage Elliott, 11 February 202531 August 2026

Welcome to Erin E. Adam’s novel Jackal, a genre-bending novel combining horror and thriller elements. Can you solve this mystery?

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Cover: The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Review: The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Sage Elliott, 4 February 20258 August 2026

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson is a YA retelling of Stephen King’s Carrie. What did I think? Let’s talk about it.

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Cover: Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

Review: Death of a Bookseller by Alice Slater

Sage Elliott, 28 January 20255 August 2026

Is there an ethical way to discuss true crime? Slater asks this very question in her novel, Death of a Bookseller.

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Review: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Sage Elliott, 14 January 20255 August 2026

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao is the first of a series. The book is full of female rage, which is just what I need right now.

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A group of tween girls looking at camera.

Revisiting The Baby-Sitter’s Club

Sage Elliott, 13 February 20244 August 2026

The Babysitter’s Club is a middle-grade series about a group of tweens who start a club. Let’s talk about two of the lessons we can glean from the series.