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Brandi Bailey

Brandi can be found writing about books and dreaming up outfits on her blog, Book Style. She'll probably be reading something with mythology, Brits, unicorns, a feisty heroine, or (ideally) all of the above. She has lived in too many cities, but has settled down in Portland with her awesome husband and almost-as-awesome cat. Follow her on Instagram @PinkBBWhiskey.

Book Style: COCAINE BLUES by Kerry Greenwood

If you haven’t yet discovered the joy that is The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher, you need to remedy that, asap. ...

Books For The Accident Prone

I fall down a lot. I run into things quite a bit. My husband has actually considered a bedazzled bib ...

Book Style: DARK SPARKLER by Amber Tamblyn

  This round of Book Style is tackling poetry. Not just any poetry, either. Dark Sparkler by Amber Tamblyn was the ...

Book Style: OF THINGS GONE ASTRAY by Janina Matthewson

In today’s Book Style we’re embracing the change of seasons, the whimsy of nature (human and Mother), and the magic ...

Book Style: GIRL IN THE DARK by Anna Lyndsey

This book. Just, ugh. It’s so hard to put into words the amount of feels this memoir caused me to ...

The Best Feminist Books For Younger Readers

Since the feminist picture books were so popular (yay!), and since Rioter @marialaganga asked for it, I now present you ...

Book Style: FRAGRANT by Mandy Aftel

Hello, I’d like to introduce you all to my current book crush. Everyone meet Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent ...

The Best Feminist Picture Books

One of my 2015 resolutions has been to expand my involvement with feminism; becoming more well-read in women’s studies and ...

Book Style: THE GIRL IN THE ROAD by Monica Byrne

I’m a little bit in love with Monica Byrne’s debut novel, The Girl in the Road. The mildly dystopic (depending ...

Scratch and Sniff Books for Grown-Ups

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