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These are Very Fine People, after all.

I’m normally the Book Chick here at ONW. The last year, we’ve all been ground down and burned out, so I stuck to what I knew best: writing about books, when I could get the energy to write anything at all. But after the last two weeks, I am DONE.

So, let me get this straight: people who are concerned about children being forcibly separated from their parents and deposed at the age of 2 and…

Read This Now: We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix is the Gen X horror story you need and deserve @quirkbooks @grady_hendrix #netgalley

Grady Hendrix is basically the new voice of our Gen X generation. The man has given us a haunted Ikea in Horrorstör, then proceeded to take us back to our formative years with both My Best Friend’s Exorcism, where he gives us an ’80s tale worthy of an upside-down universe-John Hughes flick. Paperbacks from Hellbrought me back to my family’s bookshelves, with the best memories of those crazy…

Fall into Reading, Crime Thriller Edition: Dead If You Don't, by Peter James @panmacmillan

Okay, I had this written for my Summer Reading series, but somehow, the Internet Monster ate my post. So let me get this up and running.

I’m not usually a crime thriller reader – that tends to be Nancy’s territory – but this was booktalked this to me at BookExpo earlier this year, and it sounded so good, I had to dive in. So let’s unpack.

Dead if You Don’tis the latest novel starring British…

I am so exhausted. #believesurvivors

I started this post ready to communicate a lot of feelings. Feelings you may have, too. Yesterday was a tough day to be female. It was a tough day to be a moral human being. Today doesn’t look like it’s getting much easier.

My friends and I huddled together on chat as Kavanagh threw an entitled temper tantrum, and we talked about our stories. We leaned on each other for strength and we raged for…

#Whovians! Who run the world? @ChristelDee @0tralala @DCD_Nexus @DWBBCBooks @bbcdoctorwho

So we’re getting a new Doctor (one of these days… COME ON, BBC), and with her, comes a book on all the women featured in Doctor Who. Every companion and featured females in the Whoniverse is going to be there. Remember Sexy the TARDIS? How about Missy, the Master that launched a million headcanons (Jules, looking at you)? Pass the tissues for DoctorDonna (Noble), River Song, and Come Along (Amy)…

@roesolo's Summer Reading, Thanks Obama Edition: Hope Never Dies @quirkbooks @andrewtshaffer

For those of you going through the seven stages of grief with me since last January, I give you a book that may lighten your load and remind you of the days when we had a real administration, not the dumpster fire we’ve got now. I give you the first Obama/Biden mystery, Hope Never Dies, by Andrew Shaffer.

Joe Biden isn’t enjoying the post-White House life (but seriously, who is?). He’s puttering…

#onwreads Summer Reading Pick: Revealed! @jenmariewilde @SwoonReads

Okay, I gave everyone more than enough time, but didn’t see any feedback, so I’m going to choose the book for our On Wednesdays Summer Reading group. Drumroll, please!

Geektastic. Queer. Fandom. What more could you ask for? From the author’s website:

“Charlie likes to stand out. She’s a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she’s over her…

Summer Reading: Daughters of the Storm, by Kim Wilkins #netgalley @delreybooks

Okay, so the idea of a Summer Reading book group stresses you out, or you just weren’t crazy about the book choices. No worries. I’m reading big-people books now (I still blog children’s and YA at my site) and I’m always ready to share.

  Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins is just the sort of book we need while we wait for the next season of Game of Thrones. Five sisters, all with their own…

On Wednesdays wants you to do some Summer Reading!

Hi there! I know, it’s been a while, right? Yeah… about that. There’ve been some ups and downs, some highs and lows – you know, the usual day in the life of the resistance and all – but we’re trying to get our collective crap together and bring back the On Wednesdays you deserve. While we work out our own kinks (heh… kinks) and get back to a more regular posting schedule, I figured I’d do one of…

Did I Love Black Panther? Wakanda Question is That?

Y’all. I saw Black Panther at a Friday matinee and it was packed. Every showing has been packed. This movie means a lot to a lot of people, partly because it’s so unapologetically Black, and partly because it’s one hell of a superhero movie. I have a lot to say about how incredible and important this movie is, so get settled in. This is going to be a long ride. Oh, and this review is NOT spoiler…

Quackery : A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything @LydiaYKang

Medicine wasn’t always the hygienic, sterilized process we have today, and the road of progress is paved by both well-meaning doctors and quacks who capitalized on misinformation. Quackery, written by a medical doctor and a librarian/historian/journalist, chronicles the history of medicine’s missteps. Medicine has existed in some form since the Neatherthals, but prevailing theories changed…

The Bedlam Stacks tricked me, and I liked it @natasha_pulley

I picked up The Bedlam Stacks because it takes place in 1859 Peru and I had recently returned from a trip hiking the Machu Picchu trail in that country. The experience was magical, and The Bedlam Stacks called to me as a book that would give me an even stronger connection to the history of the country. I seriously thought it was pure historical fiction. I was very wrong. Magical realism. Books…

Shouting the praises of The Cottingley Secret by @HazelGaynor

  “As Pappy always said, possibility is where all the best stories begin.” It’s those possibilities that made me pick up this novel. At a time when the world around me seems to be imploding, I desperately needed a bit of magic. I didn’t realize at the time how perfect, and how restorative, this novel would be. In 1917 the world was at war, and no one felt safe. Nine-year-old Frances and her…

GIVE TO ME ALL THE HELLBOYS! @darkhorsecomics @artofmignola @Dragonmnky @superfanpr

Dark Horse has MADE MY DAY with their latest announcement: There’s going to be a HELLBOY Omnibus Collection. ALL THE HELLBOY. In Chronological order. With all new Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart covers. HOLD ME. So here’s the deal: the Omnibus Collection is only collecting the Hellboy books, not the Hellboy and the BPRD 1950s series. (You can get those trades, no problem, your local comic book shop…

BOOM! to release a fencing title in November? To the pull list, PLEASE! @boomstudios @irenebooms @cspacat @JohannaTheMad

Like I could love BOOM! Box, the imprint that gave us Lumberjanes – the summer camp experience I really wanted as a kid – and SLAM!, the roller derby title I wanted and deserved, any more. This November, we’re getting a fencing title. Yes, you read that right. Competitive fencing. You don’t think fencing is awesome? May I re-introduce you to Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim to represent the…

The Unlikely, Queer, Nazi Punching Utopia of Guild Wars 2

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer of revolting white supremacy and nuclear war threats! No? Well that’s why I’m here. Until we can download our wrinkled blobs of grey matter to the cloud we are for the most part stuck here in this world. In times like these when we are getting to find out just how many racist uncles and impotent alt-right nazi man-babies populate our nation it is really…

Kickstart This: Gothic Tales of Haunted Love @HopeLNicholson

We have a bit of a Kickstarter problem here at On Wednesdays. If we could spend all our days scanning for new projects to back, and had the money to do so, we’d be perfectly content with out lives. Sadly we can’t but we can share some of the ones we’re excited about with you so you can back them too. The most recent project I’ve backed is from Hope (just take my money already dammit) Nicholson.…