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
Crimson Mage: F-BOM Book of the Month Review
Here’s our spoiler-free review of Crimson Mage by Dorothy Dreyer. Get your copy by becoming a member today and then join us in the member portal to get your questions answered by Dorothy! Mages are outlawed, and Mayhara has sworn to never use her powers again. Now she only wants to keep her head down,… Read More
Helen Oyeyemi
Good news, everyone! The NYT nonfiction bestseller list is FULL of books on anti-racism and Black experiences in our culture. It is amazing to see so many people engaging in this moment. It’s not just nonfiction that’s having its day, fiction stories by and about Black people are also commanding bestseller lists. F-BOM leans toward… Read More
Agitators: Black Thinkers Who Spoke Out Before It Was Easy
I’ll admit it: in the midst of my joy at the amount of people attending protests around Minneapolis, a cynical part of me wonders where these people were last year. When every corporation is denouncing racism, when donations flood neighborhoods, when all your friends are doing it–it’s pretty easy to speak out under those circumstances.… Read More
The Last Time I Lied: A Feminist Book Review
The Last Time I Lied is a critically acclaimed thriller by Riley Sager. I read this book for Halloween last year and it delivered with a spooky atmosphere (the book is set at a summer camp deep in the mountains), characters you can’t trust (the game Two Truths and A Lie is played quite a… Read More

