#StrongWomenRead: Women in Historical Reads
History is not always kind to women, but these five fictitious works give famous and even some forgotten figures their due, while giving readers a glimpse into the intimate circumstances under which these women thrived—sometimes, when it was difficult just to survive. From the notorious to the overlooked, all of these figures represent triumph in… Read More »
Tags: American Princess, Lost Roses, Martha Hall Kelly, pam jenoff, Stacey Halls, Stephanie Marie Thornton, The Age of Light, The Familiars, The Lost Girls of Paris, Whitney Scharer
#StrongWomenRead: 9 New Books by Black Women You Don’t Want to Miss
2019 looks to be another exciting year for new releases from black women authors so there is absolutely no excuse to have a reading list that isn’t diverse, regardless of your preferred genre. From literary fiction and YA to essays on the state of women’s bodies and rape culture, here are ten books just from… Read More »
Tags: American Spy, Angie Thomas, Anissa Gray, Gingerbread, Helen Oyeyemi, Kamala Harris, Lauren Wilkinson, Namwali Serpell, One the Come Up, Rachel Howzell Hall, The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, The Old Drift, The Truths We Hold, They All Fall Down, Thick: And Other Essays, Tressie McMillan Cottom
Frenemies: 5 Books About Complicated Friendships
Friendships are such sacred, beloved, protected, fragile … complicated … unstable … potentially dangerous things. It’s the reason we love to read about friendships and why they are the central relationship—and conflict-causer—in so many great novels. Friendships can blossom without warning or pretense but they can wither the same way and in these five books,… Read More »
Tags: A Million Little Things, Adele Parks, Emily Giffin, Falguni Kothari, I Invited Her In, Shari Lapena, Something Borrowed, Susan Mallery, The Couple Next Door, The Object of Your Affections
5 Uplifting Reads to Get You Through the Winter
It’s the middle of winter, the cold seems endless and the sun hasn’t come out in days. If you’re feeling a little down, you’re not alone, but there are ways to help banish the winter blues. This is the perfect time for some simple self-care: a cup of your favorite tea, a humidifier diffusing a… Read More »
Tags: California Girls, Eva Woods, In Between Days, Jasmine Guillory, Libby Page, Matt Howard, Susan Mallery, The Lido, The Proposal, The Time Is Now Monica Sparrow