Deep in the Bavarian wilderness, on forgotten tracks... Lara Williams thought working on a luxury train would be fun for her gap year. But things have taken a turn for the... botanical in Amy Goldsmith's #Horror PREDATORY NATURES. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2025/07/predat…

"what if they arrest you 🥺" WHAT IF THEY ERASE YOU

Here's my #SapphicSeptember reading list! Will I read all of these in September? Probably not since I'll be traveling most of the month, but I'll be doing my best. This list isn't set in stone, so any and all recommendations are still welcome #BookTwt!

This trigger warning convo the #WritingCommunity is having is silly. If you don't need content warnings, good for you. If you don't want to include them in your books, that's fine. They're not compulsory. If you *do* include them to help readers find the right book, great!

Anybody on the lookout for a good #shortstory collection? Sandy June's is always there when you need it, even if that means bending the rules of space and time in Editor Cynthia Leitich Smith's #anthology LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2025/07/legend…

The slowest way to get from NYC to Seattle is via passenger train. Which makes it perfect for Zoe. She doesn't want to talk to *anyone* this Thanksgiving in Jake Maia Arlow's #Romance LEAVING THE STATION. Check out my full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2025/08/leavin…

You can't get 500 followers, but you tell authors what's wrong with their marketing skills. 🤦🏼

"If you're a woman, you should be in pain. You should be in pain for being a woman."

Reya Samuels is a girl who gets what she wants. Except... she's been waitlisted for her dream school. And if she wants to fix that, it might just mean talking to her ex-bestie again in Lakita Wilson's PRETTY GIRL COUNTY. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2025/08/pretty…

My mother's out here sending me some garbage AI dog "pawcast" and asking me isn't it so cute. And I'm tired.

When they lost Elle, the L.O.V.E. Club shattered. Liberty and Vera moved away. O was left behind to wallow in her grief. But now the other girls have returned. And something wants them back together in Lio Min's #Horror THE L.O.V.E. CLUB. Full #BookReview:gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-lo…

Flora's always prepared for the Worst Case Scenario. She can thank her #OCD for that. But even she wasn't prepared to live through the actual #zombie #apocalypse in Racquel Marie's found family #Horror IF WE SURVIVE THIS. Full #BookReview: gatewaybookreviews.blogspot.com/2025/06/if-we-…

When I'm just scrolling and this site randomly decides I'm a robot because of "unusual activity." 🙄