Happy Half Hour (4/11/22)

This Happy Half Hour has us discussing a young couple caught in escalating tension during a raging CA wildfire, a hilarious and heartwarming conclusion to a YA superhero trilogy, an unexpected bodyguard in a heartwarming romance, and a hypnotic debut about a life-changing summer in rural Pakistan.

THE PINK HOTEL by Liska Jacobs | 9780374603151 | 7/19/22
HEAT WAVE by TJ Klune | 9781250203731 | 7/19/22
THE BODYGUARD by Katherine Center | 9781250219398 | 7/19/22
OTHER NAMES FOR LOVE by Taymour Soomro | 9780374604646 | 7/12/22

Additional titles we mentioned during today’s episode:

DAISY DARKER by Alice Feeney | 9781250843937 | 8/30/22
THE FLATSHARE by Beth O’Leary | 9781250295651 | available now
DOWN COMES THE NIGHT by Allison Saft | 9781250623638 | available now
SEVERANCE by Ling Ma | 9781250214997 | available now
LET’S NOT DO THAT AGAIN by Grant Ginder | 9781250243768 | available now
UNTIL THE LAST OF ME by Sylvain Neuvel | 9781250262103 | available now
The Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab
The Last Binding Series by Freya Marske
The Gilded Wolves Series by Roshani Chokshi
Jenny Lawson
FINLAY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT by Elle Cosimano | 9781250830449 | available now
GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir | 9781250313188 | available now
Dahlia Adler
Casey McQuiston
Emma Lord
David Rosenfelt
NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER by Sophie Gonzales | 9781250819161 | 12/6/22
WAKE THE BONES by Elizabeth Kilcoyne | 9781250790828 | 7/12/22
ACTS OF VIOLET by Margarita Montimore | 9781250815064 | 7/5/22
BOOKED ON A FEELING by Jayci Lee | 9781250621146 | 7/26/22
THE BOOK OF GOOSE by Yiyun Li | 9780374606343 | 9/20/22
THE RUINS by Phoebe Wynne | 9781250272065 | 7/5/22
LONG STORY SHORT by Serena Kaylor | 9781250818416 | 7/26/22
THE FAVOR by Nora Murphy | 9781250822420 | 5/31/22
OUR CROOKED HEARTS by Melissa Albert | 9781250826367 | 6/28/22
WHO YOU MIGHT BE by Leigh Gallagher | 9781250817846 | 6/21/22
MY GOVERNMENT MEANS TO KILL ME by Rasheed Newson | 9781250833525 | 8/23/22
BEATING HEART BABY by Lio Min | 9781250819093 | 7/26/22
MA AND ME: A Memoir by Putsata Reang | 9780374279264 | 5/17/22

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