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Happy Black History Month 2026!

It’s Black History Month, and we’re celebrating as we do with books by Black authors (almost entirely) starring Black characters! For even more titles, check out past years’ posts. Picture Books Dancing with Water by Gwendolyn Wallace and Tonya Engel An intergenerational story about a nonbinary child who learns the tradition of well digging in this picture book about community, hope, and…

Happy Black History Month 2026!

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Popping out from our hiatus to let you know we've got a NEW BONUS EPISODE! We spoke to Alechia Dow about her latest novel, Until the Clock Strikes Midnight. Go listen now on your favorite podcast app & then go buy the book!

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eARC Review

Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow

Release date 2/3/2026

Brief Overview:

In this Cinderella inspired romantasy novel, Darling, a bright young recently graduated Guardian is up for an internship with the Mortal Outcome Committee. After defying all odds by being not only the first fairy in the Guardianship program in over a century and being the top of her class, she is sent to an assignment that will determine her future. Upon her arrival, she meets Calamity, an equally as bright but arrogant, Misfortune who is up for the same internship. This unconventional pair must compete to determine the outcome of Lucy Addlesburg, a down on her luck bookseller with an uncertain future.

This book had very vivid imagery, our main character's had clear goals and ambitions, the side character's added a lot to the story, and how the story touched on how bigotry is a taught thing. My biggest hang up is that I felt like the author was trying to shove as many romance tropes into the book as possible. It was honestly a bit much. Especially considering that Calamity was honestly not my favorite. I found him to be pedantic and self obsessed.

The best part of this whole story was the level of care that Darling showed everyone. She is bold and kind and wants everyone to be happy. Where some parts of this story dragged, the warmth that Darling brought made up for it.

If you like trope heavy romantasy books, this is absolutely something that should go on your TBR!

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2023 reads // twitter thread

A Song of Salvation

YA space fantasy adventure

a reborn god in the body of a girl on an isolated planet, a grumpy space pirate, and a famous space-radio podcaster end up together on the run in the middle of an intergalactic war - and they might have the key to end it

m/m and pre f/m, demi MCs

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book haul!

i’m trying not to shop at indigo so much anymore for various reasons, but i had gift cards and i wanted to take advantage of a sale that’s happening rn

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New Young Adult Releases! (July 11th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Give Me A Sign by Anna Sortino

My Week with Him by Joya Goffney

A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow

All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan

The Prince & The Apocalypse by Kara McDowell

I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. Rogers

Those We Drown by Amy Goldsmith

Stars, Hide Your Fires by Jessica Mary Best

Bellegarde by Jamie Lilac

A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero

How (Not) to Date A Pop Star by Jada Trainor

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Happy reading!

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Title: The Kindred

Author: Alechia Dow

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2022

Genres: fiction, romance, science fiction, fantasy, LGBT+

Blurb: To save a galactic kingdom from revolution, Kindred mind-pairings were created to ensure each and every person would be seen and heard, no matter how rich or poor. Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life...apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility's most infamous playboy brings. Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan: he will exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face...then the royal family is assassinated, putting Felix next in line for the throne and also accusing him of the murders. Someone will stop at nothing until he's dead, which means they'll target Joy, too. Meeting in person for the first time as they steal a spacecraft and flee amid chaos might not be ideal...and neither is crash-landing on the strange backward planet called Earth. But hiding might just be the perfect way to discover the true strength of the Kindred bond, and expose a scandal - and a love - that may decide the future of a galaxy.

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“life’s short, but it’s the longest thing you’ll ever do, so give more than you take and be kind.” ― Alechia Dow, The Sound of Stars