[How it Works](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/how-it-works/) [Bookshop](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/books/bindery/) [Publishing](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/publishing/) [Team](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/team/) [Contact](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/contact/) Log in or Sign up On Sundays She Picked Flowers Yah Yah Scholfield Save to Your Books [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/84139/9781668091210) 100% of affiliate revenue supports Celestial > “A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight, beauty, and the wildness of real art.” —Victor LaValle, author of _Lone Women_ In this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut, a woman escapes into the uncanny woods of southern Georgia and must contend with ghosts, haints, and most dangerous of all, the truth about herself. **When Judith Rice fled her childhood home, she thought she’d severed her abusive mother’s hold on her.** She didn’t have a plan or destination, just a desperate need to escape. Drawn to the forests of southern Georgia, Jude finds shelter in a house as haunted by its violent history as she is by her own. Jude embraces the eccentricities of the dilapidated house, soothing its ghosts and haints, honoring its blood-soaked land. And over the next thirteen years, Jude blossoms from her bitter beginnings into a wisewoman, a healer. But her hard-won peace is threatened when an enigmatic woman shows up on her doorstep. The woman is beautiful but unsettling, captivating but uncanny. Ensnared by her desire for this stranger, Jude is caught off guard by brutal urges suddenly simmering beneath her skin. As the woman stirs up memories of her escape years ago, Jude must confront the calls of violence rooted in her bloodline. Haunting and thought-provoking, _On Sunday She Picked Flowers_ explores retribution, family trauma, and the power of building oneself back up after breaking down. Show more Get the Bindery app * * * Posts about this title from Celestial [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jul 21](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [which one convinced you the most? 😖](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/F0OpNKh9FYU3yRaKBUPH/) which one convinced you the most? 😖 part twenty-four of one star goodreads reviews of books i enjoyed! 📚 books mentioned: \- Spread Me by Sarah Gailey \- Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler \- The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson \- Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle \- Canon by Paige Lewis \- The Children by Melissa Albert \- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield \- The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang 👗💄: \- dress is from Free People, rented from Nuuly \- eyeshadow is Sickly Sweet Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics and In A Trance Palette from Colourpop \- eyeshadow shimmer is Paradise from Adriana Nichole Cosmetics \- eyeliner is Creme Gel Liner (Amethyst Hour) from Colourpop \- mascara is Highly Rated XL from Milani \- lip combo is 360 Contour Lip Liner (Mauve) and Wonder Blading Top Gloss (Holographic) from Wonderskin \- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!) thank you to Tor Nightfire, HarperVoyager, Viking Books, William Morrow, Saga Press, and Berkley Books for the gifted copies! #onestarreviews #negativebookreview #goodreadsreviews #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @tornightfire @grandcentralpub @harpervoyagerus @vikingbooks @williammorrowbooks @henryholtbooks @sagapressbooks @berkleypub @freepeople @blendbunnycosmetics @colourpopcosmetics @adriananicholecosmetics @milanicosmetics @wonderskin . reading one star reviews of books i loved • recommending books using their negative goodreads reviews • 1 star book reviews • bookish humor • diverse books * * * 9 books 2 [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jun 20](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [🏳️‍🌈🔮look into my eyes …. i know what you want to read.](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/QYzqVZBBMGZ2z5hQKQ1U/) 🏳️‍🌈🔮look into my eyes …. i know what you want to read. here are some mind reader queer book recs for pride! 📚 books mentioned: \- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi \- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White \- Fawn’s Blood by Hal Schrieve \- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson \- Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir \- Station Six by S.J. Klapecki \- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon \- The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez \- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi \- Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield \- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone \- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado \- The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez \- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino \- Blood Orange by Yaffa As \- Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda \- Death’s Country by R.M. Romero \- Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott \- Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic: An LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fantasy Anthology of Unforgettable Adventures edited by g. haron davis \- Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edit by Joshua Whitehead #pridemonth #pridemonthbookrecs #lgbtqbooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram . queer books • queer book stack • Pride Month 2026 • books to read for pride • trans books • nonbinary books • sapphic books • achillean books • memoir book recs • literary fiction books recs • fantasy book recs • fantasy book recs • horror book recs • sci fi book recs • unique books • diverse books * * * 21 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Apr 15](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [which one convinced you the most? 🫨](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/cgweTFzZQ4N0wyWMuywm/) which one convinced you the most? 🫨 part twenty-three of one star goodreads reviews of books i enjoyed! 📚 books mentioned: \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield \- No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull \- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo \- Herculine by Grace Byron \- The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas \- Salt Bones by Jennifer Givhan \- Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt \- Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 👗💄: \- eyeshadow is The Lord of the Rings Middle Earth Palette from Glamlite \- eyeshadow shimmer is Lucid Dream from Ourbella Cosmetics \- mascara is Highly Rated XL from Milani \- lip combo is Lippie Pencil (Twisted) from Colourpop and Shine-On Milky Lip Oil Jelly (Pistachio) from Tower28 \- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!) thank you to Saga Press and Little, Brown, and Co or the gifted copies! #onestarreviews #negativebookreview #goodreadsreviews #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @sagapressbooks @blackstonepublishing @henryholtbooks @berkleypub @littlebrown @eccobooks @torbooks . reading one star reviews of books i loved • recommending books using their negative goodreads reviews • 1 star book reviews • bookish humor • diverse books • Blackstone Publishing • Henry Holt & Co • Berkley Books • Ecco • Tor Books * * * 8 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Apr 3](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [always ready for a 👹 creature feature 👹!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/hnAvPxMIRTbFaq6ZIDWA/) always ready for a 👹 creature feature 👹! 📚 books mentioned: \- Grief Eater by Emma Osborne \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield \- But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo 👗💄: \- dress is from BHDLN, rented from Nuuly \- eyeshadow is Ellis Atlantis Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics \- mascara is Cloud Mascara from Sweed Beauty \- lip combo is Suede Matte Lip Liner (Moonwalk) from NYX Cosmetics and Glossy Plumping Lip Oil (Everything’s Good) from Colourpop \- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!) thank you to Interstellar Flight Press, Saga Press, and Tordotcom for the gifted copies! #horrorbooks #monsterbooks #horrorbookrecs #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @interstellarflightpress @sagapressbooks @tordotcompub @blendbunnycosmetics @bhldn . horror books • monster books • creature feature horror books • horror book recommendations • supernatural horror books • best horror books • diverse books * * * 3 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Feb 3](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [top 3 books from January!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/PFNWrZVWQsG0qfgL2VqO/) 💭 what was your favorite January read? ft. Kyle! * * * 6 books 1 [1](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/PFNWrZVWQsG0qfgL2VqO/#comments) [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 28](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [💭 how often do you rate books 5 stars?](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/cjlXRYmaZHk6fy17Sqdg/) 💭 how often do you rate books 5 stars? i don’t end up with a lot of 5 star reads, so when i do i’m going to be shouting about them until the end of time. this book was such a lush, viscerally immersive read. give me all the monstrous sapphic gothic stories for life! also i always appreciate a book with an older main character. 📚 books mentioned: \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield 👗💄: \- eyeshadow shimmer is Blooming and Whisper from Ourbella Cosmetics \- eyeliner is Epiphany Glow Melt-On (Solaris) from Kaleidos and Fake Awake from Tarte Cosmetics \- lip combo is Lip Liner Stay-n (Clover) from Sacheu Beauty and Jelly Job Lip Gloss (Cherry Jelly and Glow Job) from NYX Cosmetics \- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!) thank you to Saga Press for the gifted copy! #horrorbooks #bookreviews #bookrecs #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @sagapressbooks @ourbella.us @kaleidosmakeup @tartecosmetics @sacheubeauty @nyxcosmetics . horror book • gothic horror • sapphic books • sapphic horror • sapphic monster romance • southern gothic horror • debut author • diverse books * * * 1 book [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 26](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [💭 do you like giving yourself reading challenges?](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/9lGb2Quh2uuVH0ltj9kR/) 💭 do you like giving yourself reading challenges? the full video with all of my thoughts and reactions in-the-moment is now live on YT! reading a book a day is always a blast. 📚 books mentioned: \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield \- A Curse of Tooth and Claw by Nicolette Elzie \- The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson \- Undrowned by G.M. DiDesidero \- A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing by Alice Evelyn Yang \- Fawn’s Blood by Hal Schrieve \- These Memories Do Not Belong to Us by Yiming Ma thank you to Saga Press, Ingram Sparks, Quill Tree Books, Leaning Pole Press, William Morrow, Triangle Square, and Mariner Books for the gifted copies! #readingchallenge #bookreviews #bookrecs #readingvlog #nycinfluencer bookstagram @sagapressbooks @ingramsparkbooks @quilltreebooks @chickasawpress @williammorrowbooks @trianglesquarebooks @marinerbooks @harpercollins . 7 books in 7 days • reading a book a day • reading challenge • 2026 reading challenge • horror books • fantasy books • science fiction books • speculative fiction • queer books • reading vlog • diverse books * * * 6 books 1 [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 25](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [can I read 7 books in 7 days?](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/XW1AiWic217M1m65GzGg/) doing this challenge once wasn’t enough for me, so I’m back at it with an attempt to read one book every single day for seven days! * * * 6 books 4 [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 23](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [get ready to be haunted by mothers SO HARD …](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/mrz9M8MSTRrCqChdeeE6/) get ready to be haunted by mothers SO HARD … here are a handful of horror books with distressing mother-daughter relationships! 📚 books mentioned: \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield \- Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury \- Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino, translated by Kendall Heitzmann \- Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison 👗💄: \- eyeshadow is Ellis Atlantis Palette from Blend Bunny Cosmetics and In A Trance Palette from Colourpop \- eyeshadow shimmer is Mermaid Palette from Ourbella Cosmetics \- eyeliner is Vegan Longwear Eyeliner (Lilac) from Pacifica Beauty \- lip combo is Lippie Pencil (Twisted) from Colourpop and Jelly Job Lip Gloss (Honey, It’s Jelly) from NYX Cosmetics \- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!) thank you to Saga Press, Simon Teen, Pushkin Press, and Berkley for the gifted copies! #horrorbooks #horrorbookrecs #disturbingbooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @sagapressbooks @simonteen @pushkin\_press @berkleypub @blendbunnycosmetics @colourpopcosmetics @ourbella.us @pacificabeauty @nyxcosmetics . horror books • mother horror books • mommy horror • horror book recommendations • best horror books • queer horror books • diverse books * * * 4 books Posts about this book from across Bindery [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jul 21](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [which one convinced you the most? 😖](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/F0OpNKh9FYU3yRaKBUPH/) which one convinced you the most? 😖 part twenty-four of one star goodreads reviews of books i enjoyed! thank you to Tor Nightfire, HarperVoyager, Viking Books, William Morrow, Saga Press, and Berkley Books for the gifted copies! . reading one star reviews of books i loved • recommending books using their negative goodreads reviews • 1 star book reviews • bookish humor • diverse books * * * 9 books 2 [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jun 20](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [🏳️‍🌈🔮look into my eyes …. i know what you want to read.](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/QYzqVZBBMGZ2z5hQKQ1U/) 🏳️‍🌈🔮look into my eyes …. i know what you want to read. here are some mind reader queer book recs for pride! * * * 21 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Apr 15](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [which one convinced you the most? 🫨](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/cgweTFzZQ4N0wyWMuywm/) which one convinced you the most? 🫨 part twenty-three of one star goodreads reviews of books i enjoyed! thank you to Saga Press and Little, Brown, and Co or the gifted copies! . * * * 8 books [Thought Daughters HQ\\ \\ Sabrina\\ \\ • Apr 12](https://thought-daughters-hq.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [You’re anti-Black if you don’t swipe till the end. I don’t make the rules but I do enforce them.](https://thought-daughters-hq.binderybooks.com/item/4Aq9mbXyzwPDxKNVcEKi/) The Sinners hype won't die until we get more Black movies that aren't made by Tyler Perry. * * * 7 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Apr 3](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [always ready for a 👹 creature feature 👹!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/hnAvPxMIRTbFaq6ZIDWA/) always ready for a 👹 creature feature 👹! 📚 books mentioned: \- Grief Eater by Emma Osborne \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield \- But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo thank you to Interstellar Flight Press, Saga Press, and Tordotcom for the gifted copies! #horrorbooks #monsterbooks #horrorbookrecs #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @interstellarflightpress @sagapressbooks @tordotcompub @blendbunnycosmetics @bhldn . horror books • monster books • creature feature horror books • horror book recommendations • supernatural horror books • best horror books • diverse books * * * 3 books [Ronnica Reads\\ \\ Ronnica Fatt\\ \\ • Feb 26](https://ronnicareads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Poll:\\ \\ Which of these titles are you interested in for the Leans Literary book club?\\ \\ I've already announced that the Leans Literary book club (which you're a part of if you are reading this...if you want to be!) will be reading **_Good People_ by Patmeena Sabit** in April. \\ \\ But I know how hard it can be to get your hands on books sometimes, so I want to go ahead and make up a calendar for the rest of the year. \\ \\ Taking a look at my shelves, the below titles are books I think would be a good fit that I have already read. Feel free to suggest other titles as well.\\ \\ **The Leans Literary book club will focus on genre fiction** (sci fi, horror, dystopian, dark academia, etc) **written by marginalized authors that has literary character-development and/or themes**. We'll probably shy away from fantasy, as it's not generally my favorite, and I feel like there are already a lot of good book clubs out there focused on fantasy.\\ \\ Join for free or login](https://ronnicareads.binderybooks.com/item/X5oIbwffHsB6y5qkdmvo/) [What Do You Want to Read Together?](https://ronnicareads.binderybooks.com/item/X5oIbwffHsB6y5qkdmvo/) * * * 11 books 2 [1](https://ronnicareads.binderybooks.com/item/X5oIbwffHsB6y5qkdmvo/#comments) [Eclectic Reads\\ \\ Kass\\ \\ • Feb 19](https://eclecticreads.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [In the last two weeks I have managed to read 10 books. Of these ten books, three of them were 5 stars and one was the best non-fiction books I’ve ever read. It was so fantastic that I now want to just read non-fiction. One of my goals for 2026 was to read more non-fiction and memoirs and with three in those categories just this month, I think it’ll be possible.\\ \\ Ten books, however, is a lot and I want to break it down with what I read why you should read these books.\\ \\ **The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon**\\ \\ This was a reread but the first time I have read the new 10th Anniversary edition. I adored this series the first time I read it and rereading made me fall in love with the world and characters all over again. If you love dystopian and fantasy books mixed with a rebellion and hope that is just as likely to flourish as it is to be crushed, this is the book and the series you should be reading.\\ \\ **A Time of Dread and A Time of Blood by John Gwynne (5** ⭐️ **)**\\ \\ Do not be like me and finish ‘The Faithful and the Fallen’, tell yourself you will get to the next series in a world you love, and then wait over 6 months before you do. Do not do it. You will regret it. The Banished Lands are John Gwynne at his prime. Everything you loved about ‘The Faithful and the Fallen’ is once again on these pages. While you have a new cast of characters and plot, the central themes, tone, and prose that you adored is present here.\\ \\ **James by Percival Everett**\\ \\ There is a reason this book is award winning. From the prose to the narrative to the themes, every aspect of this well thought out and thought provoking. The themes of racism, slavery, ignorance, and the exploration of the perception of language made this book more intriguing than I imagined. Layered with humor and heartbreak, ‘James’ is an instant modern classic.\\ \\ **The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni**\\ \\ When I think of YA fantasy at its prime, I will forever think of this series. Up until the last page, I was rooting for these characters, wondering how the story would unfold, and be grateful for the journey I was taken on. If you want a YA fantasy series to fall in love with, this is the one for you.\\ \\ **The House of My Mother by Shari Franke**\\ \\ A mesmerizing memoir that showed light on a situation we all thought we knew, but from the perspective of the hell Shari was living in, a camera still only shows so much. Though I never watched or had heard of 8 Passengers on Youtube in their prime, I was aware of the fall out and preceding arrest of Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt. This memoir reaffirms my stance on why I am against family vlogging and what in this case turned into child exploitation. It was a heartbreaking and insightful memoir and one of the best I have ever read.\\ \\ **The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinnaman**\\ \\ I would like to state that I have been listening to this audiobook for about two months and only had about 3 hours left by the time February rolled around. It did not take me two months because I did not enjoy it (I really loved it), but because my fiancé and I have been listening to DCC whenever we are in the car together. That’s beside the point. The most important point here is if you haven’t read Dungeon Crawler Carl yet, what are you doing and why are you missing out on the best time of your life?\\ \\ **On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield**\\ \\ The best way to describe this book is raw. Raw details. Raw emotions. Raw characters. Raw narrative. The writing to me was the best aspect of the story. It was lush but ominous, mixing beauty with horror in every sentence. If you want a graphic horror novel with peak writing, you have found not only an excellent debut, but the book meant for you.\\ \\ **And Side By Side They Wander by Molly Tanzer**\\ \\ In just 90 pages, you become fully immersed in the world and characters that are about to commit an art heist. It was surprising how much detail and nuance development in a short span, giving you a fully fleshed out story that makes you want even more. I would to see what Molly could do in a full fledged novel, the exploration of the characters, the philosophical undertones, and the depths of the political intrigue that was only barely touched upon. This does not come out until May, but it will be worth the quick read.\\ \\ **Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (5** ⭐️ **)**\\ \\ THIS BOOK! I rarely read non-fiction, but when it came to every aspect of this book I could not put it down. I got emotional multiple times throughout reading this, shedding tears through the last page. This was more than just a look at the injustice of the justice system in the United States, but a look at humanity, systemic racism, bias, poverty, and the violence and cruelty plaguing our justice system. It is both eye-opening and captivating, shedding light on issues that are going unchecked and repeatedly harming those who just needed a hand to help them up instead of push them down. I will be thinking about this book for a very very long time. I wish I could get everyone to read it. It inspired hope while also pointing out the tragedies that keep mercy from succeeding. Please, please read this. Whether you read non-fiction or not, it’s a book that would benefit from everyone reading.\\ \\ Join for free or login](https://eclecticreads.binderybooks.com/item/EY6ibFOgqJtD11lIMRHP/) [Weekly Reading Updates](https://eclecticreads.binderybooks.com/item/EY6ibFOgqJtD11lIMRHP/) * * * 10 books 1 [The Threaded Library\\ \\ Carlos osuna\\ \\ • Feb 11](https://thehappyaccidentclub.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [February TBR](https://thehappyaccidentclub.binderybooks.com/item/uqduSSJt4uOaG2XPNHRr/) Curious on what I have planned for February? 💕 I’ll also be announcing more information about my @bindery\_books book club Monday 📚 Stay tuned 🌈 On Sundays She Picked Flowers by @fluoresensitive @sagapressbooks The Body by @bcmorrow @tornightfire Crown of Shadow and War by @jrwardauthor @brambleromance The Red Winer by @camsullivanwrites @torbooks Burn Down Master’s House by @claycane @stmartinspress Operation Bounce House by @mattdinniman @acebookspub QOTD: What’s everyone TBR looking like for this month 📚 #februarytbr #books #bookworm * * * 6 books 3 [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Feb 3](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [top 3 books from January!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/PFNWrZVWQsG0qfgL2VqO/) 💭 what was your favorite January read? ft. Kyle! * * * 6 books 1 [1](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/PFNWrZVWQsG0qfgL2VqO/#comments) [Basement Books\\ \\ Kaitlyn\\ \\ • Feb 2](https://basementbooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Some reflecitons on my reading stats this month:\\ \\ - I read waaaay more non-fiction than fiction, but I had a great reading month with a super high average rating, so that's fine with me. \\ \\ - I do want to try to read more from around the world next month. This month was abysmal when it came to that type of diversity. \\ \\ \\ ****Favorite non-fiction book: "A Year with the Seals" by Alix Morris**** \\ \\ **Synopsis:** In a world where wildlife populations are disappearing at an alarming rate, _A Year with the Seals_ is a rare look at what happens when conservation efforts actually work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences for a wide variety of species, humans included. \\ \\ **Review:** This was such an enjoyable read. Every time I wasn’t reading it, I wanted to be reading it. I learned so much, especially about the cycle of human-animal relationships and how we impact the world around us (even when we’re trying to help).\\ \\ ****Favorite fiction book: "On Sundays She Picked Flowers" by Yah-Yah Scholfield**** \\ \\ **Synopsis:** When Judith Rice killed her mother, she thought she put an end to the woman's hold on her. Seventeen years later, secluded deep in the woods of northern Georgia, Jude knows that the past isn't all that easy to discard.\\ \\ Alone with her strange house and even stranger woods, Jude must grapple with ghosts, haints, beasts, and an enigmatic woman who threatens to undo the tentative peace Jude's built for herself by fanning the violence that lives just underneath her skin.\\ \\ **Review:** I couldn’t put this book down. The tension that started to build from page one was so marvelously done. My favorite part of this book was how it explored complex family relationships, generational trauma, and forgiveness. It was brutal, haunting, and hopeful.\\ \\ At times the book felt like it was two separate books and stories put into one and I wish that the two stories ended up being a little more interconnected.\\ \\ I can’t recommend this book enough though and thought it was a true stand-out in the horror genre. I can’t believe this is a debut.\\ \\ Please check trigger warnings before reading this book. It had very dark and heavy themes.\\ \\ ****What I’ve added to my TBR (to-be-read)****\\ \\ - **"The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue" by Zoulfa Katouh:** Look at this cover😍 A poignant novel about a Syrian American girl who uses a magical sketchbook to turn her grief into art, painting miraculous murals of her mother’s life in Syria.\\ \\ - **"** **Resisting Borders and Technologies of Violence":** The organizers, journalists, and scholars in these pages are charting a new path forward, employing creative tools to subvert the status quo, organize globally against high-tech border imperialism, and help us imagine a world without borders.\\ \\ - **"False Calm" by María Sonia Cristoff:** Part reportage, part personal essay, part travelogue, _False Calm_ is the breakout work by Argentinian author María Sonia Cristoff. Writing against romantic portrayals of Patagonia, Cristoff returns home to chronicle the ghost towns left behind by the oil boom.\\ \\ - **"Black Bear" by Trina Moyles:** A dazzling memoir about one woman's coexistence with bears in the boreal forest and a singular meditation on sibling loss.](https://basementbooks.binderybooks.com/item/CZof0dTnElxkxZExMiPW/) [January Wrap-up](https://basementbooks.binderybooks.com/item/CZof0dTnElxkxZExMiPW/) Everything I read and loved in January. * * * 12 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 28](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [💭 how often do you rate books 5 stars?](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/cjlXRYmaZHk6fy17Sqdg/) 💭 how often do you rate books 5 stars? 📚 books mentioned: \- On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield thank you to Saga Press for the gifted copy! #horrorbooks #bookreviews #bookrecs #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @sagapressbooks @ourbella.us @kaleidosmakeup @tartecosmetics @sacheubeauty @nyxcosmetics . horror book • gothic horror • sapphic books • sapphic horror • sapphic monster romance • southern gothic horror • debut author • diverse books * * * 1 book [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 26](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [💭 do you like giving yourself reading challenges?](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/9lGb2Quh2uuVH0ltj9kR/) 💭 do you like giving yourself reading challenges? the full video with all of my thoughts and reactions in-the-moment is now live on YT! reading a book a day is always a blast. thank you to Saga Press, Ingram Sparks, Quill Tree Books, Leaning Pole Press, William Morrow, Triangle Square, and Mariner Books for the gifted copies! . * * * 6 books 1 [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 25](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [can I read 7 books in 7 days?](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/XW1AiWic217M1m65GzGg/) doing this challenge once wasn’t enough for me, so I’m back at it with an attempt to read one book every single day for seven days! * * * 6 books 4 [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Jan 23](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [get ready to be haunted by mothers SO HARD …](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/mrz9M8MSTRrCqChdeeE6/) get ready to be haunted by mothers SO HARD … here are a handful of horror books with distressing mother-daughter relationships! thank you to Saga Press, Simon Teen, Pushkin Press, and Berkley for the gifted copies! . horror books • mother horror books • mommy horror • horror book recommendations • best horror books • queer horror books • diverse books * * * 4 books [The Skyy Life\\ \\ Erika\\ \\ • Jan 8](https://theskyylife.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [26 Releases to add to your 2026 TBR](https://theskyylife.binderybooks.com/item/YtOanfILy6vv3Xw1WLLa/) In no particular order, these are just SOME of the books that are being released this year that I cannot wait to read. 📖Are any of these on your TBR? ✨I have the ARCs to some of these and can’t wait to share my thoughts. I have read a couple off this list (🔗 goodreads, storygraph, and bindery gets all the bookish reviews & tea) 🗒️Please note: the publication date is subject to change. These are what I was able to find so far as of last week (bc I forgot to post this 🤣🤗) #bookrecommendations #diversereads #bookstagrammer #2026bookreleases #tbr * * * 25 books 3 [ash.reads.horror\\ \\ ash\\ \\ • Dec 31 2025](https://ashreadshorror.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [✨January 2026 Horror Book Releases ✨\\ \\ It’s time to kick off the new year right with some new horror](https://ashreadshorror.binderybooks.com/item/uRPLPqmhp8qwMjcvruNK/) ✨January 2026 Horror Book Releases ✨ It’s time to kick off the new year right with some new horror books coming out this January. A full list can be found below and also in my bookshop.org shop! 🎊Books featured 🎊 The Bloody Brick Road- Maude Royer Solomon Kane: Suffer the Witch by Shaun Hamill The Wind Witch Murders by Casey Dunn I, in the Shadows by Tori Bovalino Pig Wife by Abbey Luck The Truth of Carcosa by Jacob Rollinson A Box Full Of Darkness by Simmone St James Dead Fake by Vincent Ralph Eminence Front by Rebecca Rowland Hemlock by Melissa Faliveno Night Terror by Vincent Ralph Ballad of the Bone Road by A.C. Wise Funeral Song by Carly Racklin Humboldt Cut by Allison Mick I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200 by Robert Brockway On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Schofield This House Will Feed by Maria Tureaud We Should Have Left Well Enough Alone by Ronald Malfi A Veritable Household Pet by Viggy Parr Hampton Happy Reading! #horrorbooks #2026horrorbooks * * * 19 books [Boneyard Picnic\\ \\ Natalie Meagan\\ \\ • Dec 16 2025](https://boneyardpicnic.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [January Releases \| Vlogmas Day 16](https://boneyardpicnic.binderybooks.com/item/l2dX14D3LyaoiDSPbnfM/) Start the new year off right by expanding your TBR with these fun, spooky and weird titles publishing in January! * * * 35 books 4 [Boozhoo Books\\ \\ Naomi\\ \\ • Dec 5 2025](https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [2026 is going to be a great horror (and horror adjacent) year. I've been compiling a list over the last few weeks and it is LONG LONG LONG.\\ \\ Here are 10 horror books I am looking forward to next year:\\ \\ 01. **On Sundays She Picked Flowers** by Yah Yah Scholfield, 1/27/26\\ \\ Southern Gothic, woods of Georgia, ghosts, haints and truths\\ \\ 02. **Humboldt Cut** by Allison Mick, 1/27/26\\ \\ Eco-horror about a Black woman returning home to the redwoods of Northern California (going there in two weeks! my favorite place) and unearthing monsters, environmental destruction, botanical and psychological horror\\ \\ 03. **A Box Full of Darkness** by Simone St. James, 1/20/26\\ \\ Siblings return to the house they fled 20 years ago. Return to a familiar setting in _The Sundown Motel_\\ \\ 04. **This House Will Feed** by Maria Tureaud, 1/27/26\\ \\ Ireland's Great Famine, a young woman is offered a position in a remote manor\\ \\ 05. **This Is Not A Test** by Courtney Summers, 1/13/26\\ \\ _The Breakfast Club_ meets _28 Days Later ,_ a traumatized woman has to survive the zombie apocalypse\\ \\ 06. **Maria The Wanted** by V. Castro, 2/10/26\\ \\ A would-be immigrant turned vampire in Mexico is wanted by the cartel, an Aztec trafficker and the Devil she can't resist\\ \\ 07. **A Slow and Secret Poison** by Carmella Lowkis, 2/10/26\\ \\ A young gardener at an English manor falls in love with her employer, deadly secrets, sapphic gothic\\ \\ 08. **The Fall of Iris Henley** by Jennifer Graham, 2/24/26\\ \\ A Texas Teen accused of murder, reddit, Veronica Mars Author\\ \\ 09. **Trad Wife** by Saratoga Schaefer, 2/10/26\\ \\ A trad wife influencer allows a demonic creature to impregnate her\\ \\ 10. **Cruelty Free** by Carolina Glenn, 2/3/26\\ \\ A disgraced movie star returns to Hollywood 10 years after the kidnapping of her young daughter to seek revenge, grief, womanhood, toxic beauty standards, satire](https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/9uwM1b4lDNGoRcFj4KgX/) [ON YOUR RADAR: She's and Theys in Horror 2026](https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/9uwM1b4lDNGoRcFj4KgX/) * * * 10 books 12 [2](https://boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/9uwM1b4lDNGoRcFj4KgX/#comments)