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The Deep

20 Nov 202015 Nov 2020

The Deep by Rivers Solomon Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer I was so pleasantly surprised by The Deep by Rivers Solomon! I originally checked it out because it had a title similar…

This Is How You Lose the Time War

6 Nov 202031 Oct 2020

Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer When I first picked up This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, I thought it sounded interesting because I…

Inside Out: A Memoir

30 Oct 202025 Oct 2020

Reviewed by Jasmyne Ray When done well, the celebrity memoir (i.e., biography, tell-all) has the ability to change an audience’s perception of them, which is usually in their favor. Demi…

Alice Isn’t Dead

23 Oct 202023 Oct 2020

Reviewed by Olive Dausinas The autumn brings with it a haunting chill that seemingly only lasts through October. Often in university, I would find myself driving along the long stretches…

The Ancestry of Objects

8 Oct 202023 Oct 2020

Reviewed by Sarah Fortna From the start, The Ancestry of Objects is a mysterious web of words. It is not the type of mystery that you would find in a…

Perfect Tunes

2 Oct 20204 Oct 2020

Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer A baby changes everything. I’ve heard this said so many times throughout my life, and I never understood until I became a mother myself. Truly, a…

Snotgirl: Green Hair Don’t Care

28 Sep 20204 Oct 2020

Reviewed by Olive Dausinas Snotgirl. It’s not a title you would usually expect from anything released in the modern day, let alone in the last five years. The name made…

My Sister, The Serial Killer

4 Sep 20208 Sep 2020

Reviewed by Meghan Vermeer When I first picked up the book, My Sister, The Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite, it was the title that called out to me. I’m a…

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BOOK CLUB LIVE with Lynn Thorne – Who Am I if You’re Not You?

15 Aug 20208 Sep 2020

Join us August 15, 2020 for a special edition of our monthly book club chat. By member request, we've invited author Lynn Thorne to join us live for a book…

Women On Top

26 Jun 202027 Jun 2020

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky I want to meet the women in this collection of short stories by Michelle Miller. They are not perfect, and some even have some characteristics that…

The Shorts: A Collection of Original Short Stories

19 Jun 202020 Jun 2020

Reviewed by Amy Gruzesky In the forward to this collection of short stories, author Lise Spence-Parsons explains that she wrote each story using writing prompts--randomly drawing two cards with ideas…

SSBC Podcast: Dima Alzayat

13 Jun 202014 Jun 2020

Dima Alzayat was born in Damascus, Syria, grew up in San Jose, California, and now lives in Manchester. She talks with us in this episode about the title story of…