Kerry is back with 2 awesome book reviews for this week! Rooms by Lauren Oliver Lauren Oliver’s novel, Rooms, is more than a haunted house story. It’s layered, with multiple perspectives presented in each chapter. The chapters told from the ghosts’ POV are told in the first person, lending an immediacy to their thoughts. Oliver weaves these story lines to create an interesting, adult story (This is decidedly not YA) filled with sorrow and mystery. Follow the twisting threads

Kerry is back with 2 awesome book reviews for this week! The Last Ballard by Kay Hanifen Kay Hanifen’s novel, The Last Ballard, introduces a resilient, honorable character named Rhea, who begrudgingly inherits her family estate when her abusive grandparents die. These deceased old folks are beloved by the town for their philanthropy, which rankles our protagonist. She endures the funeral, befriends the two caregivers, is harassed by ancestral spirits, and accosted by polterge

In honor of National Girlfriend’s Day, which was August 1, I hope to embrace the lovely sentiment with all of you! Of course, if you are or identify as a girl, I’d like to wish you the very happiest, most magical day! And if you’re not a girl but have female friends, then much happiness to you, too! Of course, we here at Uncomfortably Dark prefer to keep things - well - Dark, so here are my suggestions for reading about girlfriends to keep your day properly lit. The Rust Maid

Kerry E.B. Black returns with some great books highlighting Disabilities within Fiction for Disability Awareness. Disability Awareness in July Written by Kerry E.B. Black July is Disability Awareness Month. According to the 2024 census, 1 in 7 people in the United States is disabled in some way. Disability can be congenital or it can develop over time or as a result of an accident. With these things in mind, we may and should encounter disabilities in our reading. Stephen Kin