We swoon for a tale about the book world. How could we not? Look at the website you’re visiting! And, after dipping into Ashley Poston’s adult debut you will fall in love with this book as well. Poston’s got our number. We’ve got Poston’s The Dead Romantics; two perfect matches made for readers like you. For more perfect matches of books Poston and her characters recommend, keep reading!

“And I always tend to start a book with a very popcorn sensibility, like, oh, well, this be fun, we’re gonna have a little romp. And then then to tell the story, honestly, you tend—especially when you’re talking about things like institutional power and social influence and economic influence—you’re going to bump up a bump […]

Stories about pirates fascinated people for hundreds of years. This is why so many books about pirates fill bookstore shelves that it’s hard to decide which one to read next. Many moons ago, I threw a Pirates vs. Ninjas party (shut up; I know.) I don’t know how many pirates showed up, but I can […]

Few things satisfy that need for escapism during the cold winter months like 1980s fantasy movies—shout-out to Labyrinth and Legend—so here’s a list of awesome fantasy/mystery novels from—or almost from, or inspired by, or spiritually connected to—the 80s. So curl up in your favorite reading spot with a cup of hot chocolate, and get ready […]

Yes, I’m fully aware that there’s an entire genre of fiction called “Romance,” and that it is quite popular. These are the novels one would go to when they want a sweeping tale of love and romance, complete with tastefully descriptive love-making (sometimes with pirates and farmhands). But a grand romantic gesture out of the blue […]