‘The Sinking House’ by Darcie Little Badger

I’m looking forward to publication of a new book by one of my favorite authors. The Sinking House, by Darcie Little Badger, will come out in August 2026.

Book-Talk: Legends & Lattes (graphic novel adaptation)

I loved Travis Baldree’s “Legends & Lattes” cozy fantasy series and now the first book has been adapted as a graphic novel, coming in October 2026. Reading this book was a very “cinematic” experience and I thought the artists’ depictions of the characters seemed very faithful to how they were described or how I envisioned them from reading the original book.
https://youtu.be/1vhWyTx2X8g

‘The Gender Binary is a Big Lie’

In honor of International Non-Binary People’s Day, observed each year on July 14, I recommend The Gender Binary Is a Big Lie by Lee Wind. The title offers an excellent summation that immediately positions it as an alternative to the narrative that everyone must fit into one of only two socially-imposed gender identities. This narrative is vital and compellingly attractive to a reader like me, someone who has always known myself to fit outside the gender binary.

I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

Cleared another book from my TBR list this week: I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi. “When news stations start reporting that Earth has been contacted by a planet named Alma, the world is abuzz with rumors that the alien entity is giving civilization only a few days before they hit the kill switch.”

Book-Talk: Night of the Abiku by Craig Kofi Farmer

When his eighth-grade class becomes stranded during a field trip to a southern plantation, Winston comes face to face with something terrifying within the mansion’s walls.