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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#Review Morsels: Courtney Gould (ARC), Seanan McGuire, Melissa Albert -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/09/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#Review Morsels: Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, Neil Kleid, Christina Henry -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/09/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Review Morsels: Mike Chen, Jonathan Sims, Rachel Reiss -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/08/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#Review Morsels: White Rabbit by Abigail Rose-Marie, A (Dead) Thing Like Me by E.G. Young, The Whisper by Chelsea Iversen -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/07/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Mini #reviews: The Hazel Wood series by Melissa Albert -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/07/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I'm sorry, but...hasn't Hanna Alkaf basically written the same book two years ago? www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

#Review Morsels: Frances White, Sean David Robinson, Rebekah Faubion -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/05/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Review Morsels: Courtney Gould, Seanan McGuire, Eric J. Guignard et al. -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/03/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Review Morsels: Dana Mele, Channelle Desamours, Christopher Pike -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2026/02/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

(ARC) #Review Morsels: Christine Ferko, Carly Racklin, Darya Bobyleva -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/12/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Which Superpower Do You Wish You Had? -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/12/tell...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

#Review Morsels: Matthew Edwards, Ren Hutchins, B.C. Johnson -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

#Review Morsels: Karen A. Wyle, Kate Alice Marshall, KC Jones -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Review Morsels: The Devouring Light by Kat Ellis, Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington, Opposite World by Elizabeth Anne Martins -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Review Morsels: Peyton June, Kelly Murashige, Anna-Marie McLemore -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/05/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Review Morsels: The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve (ARC), Clever Creatures of the Night by Samantha Mabry, Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/05/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

ARC #review: Overgrowth by Mira Grant offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/05/mira... Fascinating, thought-provoking, refreshingly diverse (trans rep, Mex-Am rep). Will appeal to: Those who like first-contact narratives with a twist, stories of outsiders and found families, alt-biology scenarios.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Review Morsels: Arkady Martine, Josh Winning, Alex Brown et al. -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Review Morsels: three from Seanan McGuire -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I'm beyond the moon about Daphne Press (which doesn't seem to have a BS account) giving me access to Overgrowth by Mira Grant! (@seananmcguire.bsky.social). One of my most anticipated reads of the year...the decade...the century...😁 www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Review Morsels: Emily Yu-Xuan Qin, Dawn Kurtagich, Courtney Gould -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2025/03/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I've finally finished the review I'd been sitting on for almost a month 😅. Yep, reviewer's block happen...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Which Books Are You Looking Forward to Reading This Winter? (December-February) -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/11/tell...

Covers for What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould, You're Dead to Me by Amy Christine Parker, The Losting by Lora Senf

Covers for Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire, Voice Like A Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson, The Way Up Is Death by Dan Hanks

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 21/04/2024

At last I finished the review I'd been crafting on and off for the last two weeks...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 01/04/2024

Offbeat Offline: March 2024 (Plus Announcing the First Hiatus of the Year) -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/04/offb...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

ARC #review: Colossus by @ryan-leslie.bsky.social -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/03/ryan... Pros: Epic, visionary, intriguing blend of fringe science, parallel realities and horror. Will appeal to: Those who enjoy tense and imaginative science fiction that pushes the limits.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 18/03/2024

Review Morsels: Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis, The Penance of Valentine Cash by Rebecca Rook, Linghun by Ai Jiang -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/03/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

ARC review: The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/03/gwen... Pros: Original take on the haunted house trope (where the house is a whole street). Riveting, atmospheric and suspenseful. Heartbreaking, but hopeful as well.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

Offbeat Offline: February 2024 -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/03/offb...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Which Books Are You Looking Forward to Reading This Spring? (March-May) -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/02/tell...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Happy book birthday to Deadgirl: Daybreak by B.C. Johnson! 🎉 Here's my 5-star ARC review: offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/02/bc-j... Pros: Imaginative plot. Unique, mind-blowing afterlife concept/visuals. Flawed yet lovable characters who manage to feel realistic in the middle of mayhem. (Young Adult)

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Review Morsels: Aftermarket Afterlife by @seananmcguire.bsky.social, Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley, Vangie's Ghosts by Paul De Filippo -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/02/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

ARC #review: The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/02/scot... Will appeal to: Those who enjoy narratives that play with time and what-ifs. Those who like to speculate about the relationship between cause and effect.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 01/02/2024

Offbeat Offline: January 2024 -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/02/offb...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

ARC #review: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/01/krys... Pros: Modern, fascinating, empowering and (briefly) trans-inclusive take on witchcraft and women's oppression.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovic: "You're Breaking My Heart" (ARC Review) -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/01/olug... Will appeal to: Those who like a snarky, yet vulnerable lead. Those who enjoy coming-of-age stories with grief as a catalyst set on a fantastic backdrop.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

5⭐to Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by @seananmcguire.bsky.social (ARC): offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/01/sean... Come for the dinos, stay for found family, witty banter, justice warriors & kids who find their (peculiar) happy ending, if with a side of melancholy. It doesn't get any better than this 😀.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

The 4th book in B.C. Johnson's Deadgirl series, DEADGIRL: DAYBREAK, gets a pub date (February 20th) and a fantastic cover + there will be a 5th and final book in August! -> authorbcjohnson.com/2024/01/08/d...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Offbeat Offline: December 2023 -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2024/01/offb...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

2023 Wrap-Up: In Which I Bend but Don't Break -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2023/12/2023...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Offbeat Offline: November 2023 (Plus Announcing a Short Hiatus) offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2023/12/offb...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Which Books Are You Looking Forward to Reading This Winter? (December-February) -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2023/11/tell...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Happy 60th birthday Doctor Who - thank you for being a light in the dark. Thank you for making me forget my woes for a while, and yet think. Thank you for making me laugh, cry and everything in between. Here's to the next 60 years...Allons-y!

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Review Morsels: Seanan McGuire: "InCryptid" Series #9-12 -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2023/11/revi...

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Book review: Mister Magic by Kiersten White -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2023/11/kier... Pros: Original and enthralling, with an easy-to-love cast. Makes an impassioned argument for children's rights to creativity and freedom (and everyone's right to be themselves).

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

Book review: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2023/11/krys... Pros: Unique twist on a well-known fantasy trope (I'm not mentioning it in order to avoid spoilers). Fascinating settings. (Mostly) satisfying characters. Evocative writing.

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Offbeat YA @offbeatya.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Review Morsels #46: Kosoko Jackson, Jay Bonansinga, Adrian Tchaikovsky -> offbeat-ya.blogspot.com/2023/11/revi...

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