
The Rita Reads
A review of (mostly) young adult and middle grade books by an adult reader for adult readers.

Recent Reviews and News
#TransRightsReadathon Wrap Up!
Well, we made it! I really enjoyed the Trans Rights Readathon and hope we can make it an annual thing. And I have added so many books to my TBR! When the readathon started, I decided to raise funds for the Jim Toy Community Center and pledged to donate $50 for each book I read…
She Who Became the Sun
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Adult Fantasy The final review for the Trans Right Readathon! But that does not mean that’s the end of reading trans/non-binary authors or books. In this house, we read trans/queer book all the time! Which is why…
The Memory Librarian
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe, Can be read in a few days depending on your speed, Adult Science Fiction Another review for the Trans Right Readathon! And yes, amazingly, it’s also another science fiction book. The Memory Librarian is a short story collection set is in a dystopian world where…