I Love You, but I’ve Chosen Darkness

by Claire Vaye Watkins by Claire Vaye Watkins Format: ebook Primary Doorways: Character, Setting Genre: Autobiographical fiction Claire Vaye Watkin’s book I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness is like if the concept “The Biggest Shit in the Center of the Universe” wrote a book about itself. Following a fictionalized version of Claire, the book […]

Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs

by Kerry Howley Format: ebook Primary Doorways: Character, Plot Genre: Cultural Commentary Non-Fiction Read for: A quick tour of the surveillance state and its impacts Kerry Howley’s non-fiction book Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs runs through a quick tour of several of the most infamous whistle-blowers and deep state critics of recent years. The […]

Good Different

by Meg Eden Kuyatt Format: Audiobook Primary Doorways: Character Genre: Novel in Verse (Middle Grade) Read for: an uplifting story of self discovery A 2024 Schneider Family Book Award Honor Middle Grade winner, Meg Eden Kuyatt’s Good Different is a propulsive, uplifting novel-in-verse. Seventh-grader Selah doesn’t feel quite human (is she part-dragon) but is making […]

The Guest

by Emma Cline Format: Audiobook Primary Doorways: Character, Setting Genre: Literary Fiction Read for: A character you are so mad at for 90% of the novel, but still root for When I was in my English 102 class in college, our professor defined tragedy as a person who was destined from greatness, but took a […]

Low-Demand Parenting: Dropping Demands, Restoring Calm, and Finding Connection with your Uniquely Wired Child

by Amanda Diekman Format: ebook Primary Doorways: Plot, Character Genre: Memoir/Self-Help Read for: An eye opening look on how household communication impacts all members Amanda Diekman’s memoir/self-help book Low-Demand Parenting will challenge your notions of what a demand is, the load we ask of our children, and how much we can let go. Diekman is […]