A sweet, unexpected romance between a lovable giant and an Irish superstar Sam Miller is tired of being deployed. He’s missed out on too much time with his kids and his wife, so he’s stepping away from his position in the Marines to rectify that. Only problem is—his wife left him for Texas four days […]
A heartbreaking story of loss in a war-torn landscape Salma finds herself alone under the rubble. She’s calling out for her family but is receiving no response. Set against a dark backdrop, the opening of If I Must Go, You Must Stay mirrors the heaviness and fear Salma must be feeling. Loss is lingering in […]
Experiential and warmhearted—a gardening guidebook with a personal touch Ask any gardener their why, and you’ll hear a variety of reasons: it’s the dirt, the connection to earth, the meditation, the ability to grow one’s own food. For Theresa A. Markham, gardening brings peace and a portal to an almost-divine state of mind. Blending a […]
A haiku whispers through abandoned halls: Childhood ghosts return— Water remembers secrets, Love drowns in darkness. The Weight of Returning Home There exists a particular terror in returning to the place where your worst nightmares originated, where the walls remember your screams and the floorboards creak with unfinished business. Simone St. James understands this primal […]
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The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
In a dynasty where poetry can reshape reality and women are forbidden to read, one desperate village girl must master the most dangerous spell of all. The Poet Empress by Shen Tao opens with Wei Yin burying her fifth sibling—a casualty of the famine ravaging the Azalea Dynasty—and closes with her rewriting the rules of […]
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Banned Books
Welcome to Week 5 of the She Reads Everything 2026 Reading Challenge. This week is all about banned and challenged… The post Banned Books appeared first on She Reads Everything.
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The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead
The Future Saints by Ashley Winstead arrives as a visceral exploration of how loss reshapes not just our interior lives but the art we create from the wreckage. This latest offering from the author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife and The Last Housewife ventures into new territory—the chaotic, glittering world of rock […]
A heartfelt chapter book about friendships and relationships Kloe’s New Friendship, written by K.M. Selvidge and illustrated by Kateryna Meleshchuk explores growing pains and everyday social challenges in a charming anthropomorphic animal world. The story follows Kloe, a kind and thoughtful middle schooler who has to navigate friendship issues, the arrival of a new student, […]
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The Swan’s Arrow by Holly M. Jenkins
The Swan Princess gets an empowered twist in this modern take on the beloved fairy tale. On one side of this dual point-of-view fantasy, Ren is a secluded sorcerer who has lost his entire family to a malicious curse. Living only with talking animal companions, he is fueled by a vow to seek revenge against […]
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Witch in the Wall by Quinn Hogshead
Succession meets The Magicians in this gorgeously gruesome, murderous battle for the throne. Quinn Hogshead’s Witch in the Wall is drenched in the shared emotional experiences that make sibling rivalries so searingly painful. From savage start to shocking, star-crossed ending, this bloodstained battle for succession has a bodycount so dizzyingly high that you’ll get whiplash […]