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A new beach read for book lovers just in time for Labor Day weekend- Happy Place by Emily Henry! This tug at your heartstrings, second chance romance has everything- salty coastal air, an idyllic cottage, complex friendships, and plenty of miscommunication. Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college—they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now—for reasons they’re still not discussing—they don’t...

Juno Dawsonreally needs you to chill! We sit down with award winning novelist, TV producer, and part-time model, Juno Dawson, to discuss her brand new children's book, You Need to Chill, as well as her salient queer guidebook, This Book is Gay, book banning, plus her upcoming projects...

Becky Albertalli's new novel, Imogen, Obviously, expertly tackles the complexities of sexuality, friendship, and queer identity...

Just in time for Pride Month, Rebecca Thorne's new sapphic SciFi novel, This Gilded Abyss, introduces us to a world of extremes with a strict and sprawling monarchy. Sergeant Nix Marr is a dang good soldier who is desperate to leave her dark past deep in the ocean, buried alongside her best friend, Quian...

Her grandmother can see soulmates. She's a divorce lawyer. In Lynda Cohen Loigman's new novel The Matchmaker's Gift we read a wonderful tale of hope, family relationships, Jewish identity, and finding love (or having someone else help you find it). Sara and Abby, Grandmother and Granddaughter, have been given the same gift- the ability to see people's soulmates...

Ava Reid's fantasy novel Juniper and Thorn is a delightfully dark tale that explores self identity, trauma, the toxic relationships with our families, as well as old world and modern cultures butting heads. **Trigger warning** please check ALL of the warnings before reading.Juniper and Thorn is a gothic horror retelling of the Grimm Fairytale The Juniper Tree...

Gina Chung's raw, yet delicate debut novel Sea Change answers the question "what do you do when your boyfriend dumps you for a mission to Mars, your only source of comfort is an octopus that lives at the mall, your relationship with your mother grows worse by the day, and you can't seem to move forward in life?" Chung ultimately has written a story about humans, our relationships with each other, and what it really means to take control of your life...

This week we dive into a new genre: Solarpunk, aka radical optimism about Earth and humanity's shared future. We read Phoebe Wagner's debut novella When We Hold Each Other Up which explores a post-dystopian world in need of balance, but at the expense of whom and what? This book challenges us to discard the doom and gloom about our future, and to consider what we could accomplish if we chose to work together...

Cringe may be dead, but Misha Collins is forever. On this episode we chat with poet, author, and fanfic historian Berklie Novak-Stolz about her newly released book of poems, Lazarus Rises: Amongst Other Things. We get into our feelings and discuss grief, loss, and self expression- which we immediately followed by 30 or so minutes of us geeking out about Dean Winchester, Supernatural, and our love of fan fiction...