For Your Consideration: October 2023 LibraryReads Titles

Download, read, and vote for your favorite October titles for the October 2023 LibraryReads list! Votes due September 1! AFTER THE FOREST by Kell Woods9781250852489 | 10/3/23Download on Edelweiss and NetGalley “Woods sets her elegant debut, a reimagining of Hansel and Gretel, in a small German villagejust recovering from the devastation of the Thirty Years Know More » […]

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Day’s YA: SONGS OF IRIE

SONGS OF IRIE by Asha Ashanti Bromfield 978125084680810/10/23Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 Jilly and Irie are not ready for what awaits them after high school is over. Best friends in the walls of school, Irie doesn’t know what Jilly’s life is like in the comfort of her mansion, tucked in a lush garden behind the safety of Know More » […]

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ALA’s 2023 Rainbow Book List

We’re so excited to have 8 titles on ALA’s 2023 Rainbow Book List for Teen Readers!! THE DEAD AND THE DARK by Courtney GouldLogan and her two fathers (who are reality TV ghost hunters) move toSnakebite, OR to chase their next story. While there, Logan and Ashleighattempt to uncover the hidden evil in the town Know More » […]

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Pride Month Title Spotlight (6/2/22)

It’s officially Pride Month and we are spotlighting some of our recent queer titles to kick off a month of June reading! SPEAR by Nicola Griffith An Indie Next pick! “This fresh, emotionally immediate queer spin on the Medieval tale of Percival and the Holy Grail reaffirms Griffith (SO LUCKY) as a consummate storyteller.”–Publishers Weekly Know More » […]

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Review Spotlight: YERBA BUENA

YERBA BUENA by Nina LaCour97812508104655/31/22Flatiron Books Sara is fourteen when she falls in love with her best friend, Annie. Two years later, Annie goes missing, and the police pull her body out of the river. Sara, heartbroken, suspects that her father and his sinister friends were involved and flees her small town for L.A., where Know More » […]

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Day’s YA: I KISSED SHARA WHEELER

I KISSED SHARA WHEELER by Casey McQuiston97812502444515/3/22Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley When Chloe Green moved from LA to Alabama with her moms, she knew it would be four tortuous years. Four years of homophobic comments and close-minded puritanical leadership at Willowgrove Christian Academy. But the end—and the valedictorianship—are in sight. The Know More » […]

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Day’s YA: THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU

THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU by Remi K. England97812508148693/1/22Wednesday BooksAges 12-18 Teagan and Kaylee are both staying at the same hotel in Florida for the weekend, but they’re there for very different reasons. Teagan is competing in the Miss Cosmic Teen USA pageant and Kaylee is attending a fan-con for a Sherlock Holmes-inspired TV Know More » […]

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New E-galleys (6/28/21)

Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE BOOK OF HOPE: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall and Douglas AbramsISBN 9781250784094 | on sale 10/19/21 Looking at the headlines–a global pandemic, the worsening climate crisis, political upheaval–it can be Know More » […]

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Happy Half Hour (6/28/21)

We’re wrapping up Pride Month with a story of fandom and friendship, two boys in America’s biggest boy band falling for each other, a creepy haunted house tale, and a collection of hilarious and tender stories. THE ONE TRUE ME AND YOU by Remi K. England | 9781250814869 | 3/1/22 IF THIS GETS OUT by Know More » […]

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ALMA/ALA Annual 2021 Book Buzz Recap

In case you missed the LGBTQIA+ titles we presented at today’s ALMA/ALA Annual 2021 Book Buzz, here’s what all the excitement was about! TELL ME HOW TO BE by Neel Patel | 9781250184979 | 12/7/21THE DAYS OF AFREKETE by Asali Solomon | 9780374140052 | 10/19/21YERBA BUENA by Nina LaCour | 9781250810465 | 2/8/22START WITHOUT ME: Know More » […]

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