Emily Wenstrom
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20 Easy Book Character Costumes for Kids and Adults on Halloween
If Halloween snuck up on you and you need a quick fix to find a great Halloween costume, try out these easy book character costumes! → Read More
How to Enter a Flow State While Reading
How do we enter into flow while reading? Let's explore the benefits, elements, and ways to tap into it. → Read More
6 of the Best Moody Speculative Novels That Are Full of Ennui
A lot of SFF is full of high stakes and wild adventures. Read these moody, speculative novels if you're more in the mood for ennui. → Read More
An Introduction to The Solarpunk Genre
While a great deal of sci-fi involves gloom, doom and cynicism about humanity’s fate, there are bright spots of optimism. Meet solarpunk, including titles like Emergency Skin by N. K. Jemisin. → Read More
Why I Love My Troublesome Physical TBR Stacks
One reader muses on why she clings to her sometimes troublesome physical TBR stacks and physical books, unwieldy as they may be. → Read More
5 of the Best Structurally Unconventional Speculative Fiction Novels
Seeking the strange and unusual? Look to these structurally unconventional speculative fiction novels that diverge from the familiar, including The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. → Read More
6 of the Darkest 2021 SFF Books to Keep You Up at Night
If you, like this reader, find truly dark stories as cathartic as they are compelling, check out some of the darkest 2021 SFF books, including A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson. → Read More
The Longest Book Series to Get You Through Winter 2020, AKA The Longest Time of All Our Lives
These are the longest book series in multiple genres to get you through winter 2020, AKA the longest time of all our lives. → Read More
A Comprehensive Guide to the Book Adaptations Coming to Various Screens in 2020
Books have always made for great movies, because hey, a good story is a good story. Gone with the Wind, anyone? James Bond? Jurassic Park? But of late, as new networks like Netflix scramble for an edg → Read More
Your Introduction to Marvel’s The Eternals And FAQs
Longtime rumors about the Marvelverse were confirmed at San Diego Comic Con when Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced a film about the Eternals will be part of its Phase 4 of the Marvel Cine → Read More
The 7 Most Important Umbrellas of SFF
Perhaps you've made up your mind that umbrellas are too fussy, but here comes science fiction and fantasy to remind you of their surprising uses. → Read More
20 Fascinating Artificial Intelligence Books, Fiction & Nonfiction
Whether you're curious about what’s on the horizon, or already planning to destroy Skynet, these are the best artificial intelligence books to learn more. → Read More
15 Books About ADHD
Looking for books about ADHD, both nonfiction and fiction books? Read on for 15 of the best.Why are books about ADHD so important?I was diagnosed with ADHD in high school, along with another learn → Read More
3 Non-Joy Reasons to Hold Onto a Book
From books that require rereads to books that challenge your thinking, here are three ways books can hold value that have little to do with evoking joy. → Read More
28 Blood-Suckingly Good Vampire Books for Adults
Trends emerge and die, and then they come back again. Especially when it comes to the undead. Whether vampires are in vogue or not, vampire novels are always lurking around and finding readers to suck → Read More
13 Amazing Free Reading Apps to Take Your Books Everywhere
When one is a voracious reader, one is frequently in the difficult position of figuring out how to take their books with them.On the subway, to the beach, on planes…Because going somewhere witho → Read More
My TBR List is a Disaster and I’m Doing Nothing About It
My to-be-read list (TBR) is an utter disaster. It is piling up in multiple different places, and even different media—my ereader, Audible, Goodreads, my Barnes & Noble wish list. Worst of all, m → Read More
Weird and New Weirder: An Interview with Jeff Vandermeer
With influences ranging from Kafka to anime to his current home state of Florida, speculative fiction author Jeff Vandermeer’s works offer a unique blend of dark science fiction with hints of fantas → Read More
Farewell, Summer: 10 Literary Quotes About Summer
Labor Day is a bittersweet marker in time. On one hand, it marks the beginning of fall—along with all sorts of wonderful things like cooler weather, boots, tweed and hot chocolate.And yet, alas → Read More
Beyond Nancy Drew: 5 More Great Girl Detectives
Love Nancy Drew and can't wait for the new movie? Check out these awesome girl detectives in the meantime while you wait. → Read More