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WE LOVE WOMEN WEDNESDAY 🫶This week’s pick: Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya.Messy. Difficult. Selfish. An...
09/02/2026

WE LOVE WOMEN WEDNESDAY 🫶

This week’s pick: Unlikeable Female Characters by Anna Bogutskaya.

Messy. Difficult. Selfish. Angry. Ambitious. Complicated.

In this sharp cultural critique, Bogutskaya looks at the women we’re told are “too much,” “not likable enough,” or simply behaving in ways female characters aren’t traditionally allowed to.

Because sometimes the problem isn’t that she’s unlikeable.

Sometimes the problem is that she refuses to be pleasant.

We support women’s rights.
And women’s wrongs. 📚🤘

🚨 TERRIBLE TUESDAY 🚨This week’s pick: The Broposal by Sonora Reyes.Sometimes a book is so ridiculous, frustrating, chaot...
09/01/2026

🚨 TERRIBLE TUESDAY 🚨

This week’s pick: The Broposal by Sonora Reyes.

Sometimes a book is so ridiculous, frustrating, chaotic, or aggressively not-for-you that it circles back around to being fun to talk about.

This was that book for us.

Did we love it? No.
Did we finish it anyway? Sure did.
Do we now need other people to read it so we can discuss our grievances? Absolutely.

Welcome to Terrible Tuesday: books so bad they’re good—or at least memorable enough to earn shelf space. 📚🫠

Give us your terrible Tuesday picks in the comments. Misery loves company.

500 followers, wow!We are so happy to have your support. Please grab a Mocktail with us and lift your glasses high! We ...
08/31/2026

500 followers, wow!
We are so happy to have your support. Please grab a Mocktail with us and lift your glasses high! We could not do everything we are able to do without your support. You made this happen!
Cheers to this milestone, and the next,and the next!
Now each of you tell a friend.. next thing you know, we'll be at 1,000! 😉


#500

🔎 MYSTERY MONDAY 🔎This week’s pick: The Widows’ Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite.After her husband dies unexpecte...
08/31/2026

🔎 MYSTERY MONDAY 🔎

This week’s pick: The Widows’ Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite.

After her husband dies unexpectedly, Jessica discovers he left behind more than grief—he left secrets. A lot of them.

What follows is part mystery, part memoir, and part very justified rage spiral as she starts uncovering the life he kept hidden from her.

For anyone who likes their mysteries messy, personal, and full of “EXCUSE ME, HE DID WHAT?” Vibes. 📚👀

Appreciation post! Teachers and Therapists will receive a 15% discount at Archives. Just let us know at checkout. We app...
08/31/2026

Appreciation post!

Teachers and Therapists will receive a 15% discount at Archives. Just let us know at checkout.

We appreciate all you do! Thank you!

🔥 SMUT-ADJACENT SUNDAY 🔥This week’s pick: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher.Is it full-on s**t? Not quite.Is there yearning, b...
08/30/2026

🔥 SMUT-ADJACENT SUNDAY 🔥

This week’s pick: Swordheart by T. Kingfisher.

Is it full-on s**t? Not quite.

Is there yearning, banter, sexual tension, a magical sword situation, and enough chemistry to earn honorary s**t status? Absolutely.

For readers who want their fantasy cozy, their romance sharp, and their spice somewhere between “well then” and “oh 👀.”

Consider this your gateway book into S**t Sunday. ⚔️📚

**tsunday **tadjacent

📚 STAFF PICK SATURDAY 📚This week’s pick: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.Tender, tragic, romantic, and absolutel...
08/29/2026

📚 STAFF PICK SATURDAY 📚

This week’s pick: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.

Tender, tragic, romantic, and absolutely doomed in the way only Greek mythology can be. It’s the story of Achilles through the eyes of Patroclus—a love story wrapped in prophecy, war, and the terrible sense of impending doom where you know the ending but hope maybe it’ll just work out this time..🤷‍♀️

If you like beautiful writing, complicated heroes, and books that hurt your feelings on purpose, this one’s for you. 💔🏛️

Behati Hart is in the house! Or will be…We’re welcoming Chicagoland author Behati Hart to Archives for a morning of book...
08/28/2026

Behati Hart is in the house! Or will be…

We’re welcoming Chicagoland author Behati Hart to Archives for a morning of books, conversation, and a little delightful chaos.

Join us Saturday, September 12 from 10–11 AM for a meet & greet, reading, Q&A, and book signing featuring her memoir, Just BE — a funny, candid, unapologetic look at unmasking, mid-life identity resets, and giving yourself radical permission to become human again.

Come hear Behati read, ask your questions, grab a signed copy, or just stop by and hang out with us. I know y’all have been asking to meet her! Don’t miss your chance!

📍 Archives @ Batavia Boardwalk Shops
📅 Saturday, September 12
⏰ 10–11 AM
✨ Free to attend. All are welcome.

Come support a local author, an indie bookstore, and the very dangerous idea that we should all be allowed to just… BE.

🚀 Fantasy Friday: The Deep Sky by Yume KitaseiHumanity’s future is riding on one ship.So naturally, something explodes.T...
08/28/2026

🚀 Fantasy Friday: The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

Humanity’s future is riding on one ship.

So naturally, something explodes.

The Deep Sky sends a crew hurtling toward a new home for humanity… until a deadly explosion leaves the survivors wondering whether the real danger is outside the ship… or already aboard it. It’s part space adventure, part locked-room mystery, and part “maybe trusting your coworkers was a terrible idea.” (Yume Kitasei)

Pick this one up if you enjoy:
🌌 Deep-space adventures
🔎 Mysteries and sabotage
🚀 High-stakes survival
🧠 Complicated questions about identity and belonging
😬 Being trapped somewhere with people you absolutely cannot trust

For Fantasy Friday, we’re taking the scenic route.

Very, very far from Earth.

🎲 NERDY THURSDAY 🎲This week’s feature: the Mollymauk Tealeaf Champion Dice Set.Long may he reign. 👑✨Channel a little Mol...
08/27/2026

🎲 NERDY THURSDAY 🎲

This week’s feature: the Mollymauk Tealeaf Champion Dice Set.

Long may he reign. 👑✨

Channel a little Mollymauk energy: be colorful, be dramatic, make questionable decisions, and leave every place better than you found it.

And since it’s Thursday, you can make one more questionable decision—let the dice determine how much you pay.

🎲 Grab your Mollymauk dice
🎲 Roll our giant plushy D20
🎲 Accept whatever fate (and the Traveler) has in store for your discount

After all, life’s short. Do something to a bagel. 💜

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