Book chat: exploring a surreal, dystopian graphic novel with Lanni Maszerowski

Book chat: exploring a surreal, dystopian graphic novel with Lanni Maszerowski

This week on It’s a Lot, I teamed up with my creative and talented friend Lanni Maszerowski (they/them) for a book chat about Baby Blue by Bim Eriksson. Lanni and I met through social media years ago and they have been a member of my book club since its founding in 2020, so it was really fun to make this episode together! Baby Blue is campy, weird, and wonderful. The surreal art style and immaculate vibes keep the story from feeling overly heavy despite the subject manner.

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Pride Month Reads

Pride Month Reads

This year, I embarked on the ambitious adventure of reading 100 books in 2019. By the end of May, I’d already read 50 books. I knew this year of breakneck-speed reading would get a little dull after awhile if I continued to reach for all the same types of books I usually do (AKA extremely dark and twisty works of fiction), so I planned out some themed months to explore different perspectives and genres. June, of course, was Pride Month. My Pride Month reads were super fun, so I wanted to share them with you.

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