Jessica Pryde

Jessica Pryde is a member of that rare breed that grew up in Washington, DC, but is happily enjoying the warmer weather of the desert Southwest. While she is still working on what she wants to be when she grows up, she’s enjoying dabbling in librarianship and writing all the things. She's the editor of Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters, and her fiction has been published by Generous Press. She can be found drowning in her ever-growing TBR and exclaiming about romance on When in Romance, as well as on social media. Find her exclamations about books and internet ridiculousness on BlueSky (JessIsReading) and instagram/threads (jess_is_reading).

A Reader’s Guide to Mozart, His Life, and Afterlife

It’s Mozart’s Birthday! 2016 marks the 260th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791), and any ...

The Year of Discovering Wonder Woman

This is it. This is the year. I’m finally going to read the Wonder Woman stories that I’ve already kind ...

Guess A Book in Six Words

I finally got tagged on one of those “summarize your favorite book in six words, but don’t tell us what ...

7 Apps for your Bookish Resolutions

Do you have some bookish resolutions for 2016? Do you want to start a project, or read a certain thing, ...

How To Weed Your Bookshelves

While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of ...

Love Westerns? Then Read These Western Comics.

We here at Panels are taking some much needed time off; in the meantime, we’re revisiting some favorite old posts ...

A Year of Not Counting: My Time Off From the Goodreads Challenge

At the end of last year, I made the decision that I would not be participating in the Goodreads Reading ...

How To Weed Your Bookshelves

I have a lot of books. What I don’t have is a lot of shelving. This means that while I ...

We Need More Gothic Comics (Hello, CRIMSON PEAK!)

Have you seen Crimson Peak? Wasn’t it great? (If you haven’t, what are you doing? Now is the perfect time ...

Comics Get Challenged, Too: Banned Books Week

It’s Banned Books Week in the US. During one week, we highlight our freedom to read and our right to ...