Here’s our spoiler-free review of Death Came to Dinner by Dahlia Rose. Get your copy by becoming a member today and then join us in the member portal to get your questions answered by Dahlia! Where to begin? To put it simply: Death Came to Dinner is our latest BOM because I had such a… Read More
China Rich Girlfriend: The Book
Well, the movie has been pushed back due to the (Asian, female) scriptwriter quitting after learning she was being paid way less than her (white, male) cowriter. Here’s hoping that gets worked out, and that they hire other equally skilled Asian writers. But until then, we have the book to tide us over. First of… Read More
This Is How You Lose The Time War: A Feminist Book Review
Damn this book was good. That’s it. That’s the review. (Just kidding.) But really, This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone quickly became one of the best books I read in 2020. A novella, I started reading in the afternoon…and only put it down when my phone died.… Read More
The Acid Test of Naia Mills: A Feminist Book Review
I’m almost certain Fiona J.R. Titchenell has never been a con artist on an intergalactic space station, but she could’ve fooled me. The Acid Test of Naia Mills, the first in Titchenell’s series of novella-length science fiction fairy tale adaptations, was so textured it jumped right off the page. Before starting the novella, I wondered… Read More
An Ode to Kinsey Millhone
I recently saw a list of best female detectives in literature, and was scandalized that Kinsey Millhone’s name was not among the contenders. So, I decided to write a post dedicated solely to her. If you haven’t heard of Kinsey Millhone, she is the detective your grandmother reads. That is to say, Kinsey first appeared… Read More
Catalyst Moon: Breach: A Feminist Book Review
This April, author partner Lauren L. Garcia released the FOURTH book in her Catalyst Moon series! We featured Book One, Incursion, as our Spring 2019 BOM. The series also includes Breach, Storm, and now Surrender. I figured that our readers might not have read the other books in the series yet, so instead of jumping… Read More