Happy Half Hour (5/15/23)

Today’s Happy Half Hour is filled with romance and mystery with an emotional family story and first love, two teens dealing with their differences and similarities during an unexpected summer, an annual block party with hot dogs and murder, and a recent widow on an adventure to get back her money and dignity.

UNEXPECTING by Jen Bailey | 9781250780942 | 8/22/23
TILLY IN TECHNICOLOR by Mazey Eddings | 9781250847065 | 8/15/23
THE BLOCK PARTY by Jamie Day | 9781250283191 | 7/18/23
MRS. PLANSKY’S REVENGE by Spencer Quinn | 9781250843333 | 7/25/23

Additional titles we mentioned:

FAT TALK: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith | 9781250831217 | available now
STILL BORN by Guadalupe Nettle | 9781639730032 | 8/8/23
YOU’RE NOT DONE YET: Parenting Young Adults in an Age of Uncertainty by Dr. B. Janet Hibbs and Dr. Anthony Rostain | 9781250283238 | 3/26/24
BYE, BABY by Carola Lovering | 9781250289360 | 3/5/24
A POWER UNBOUND by Freya Marske | 9781250788955 | 11/7/23
FLY WITH ME by Andie Burke | 9781250886378 | 9/5/23
THANK YOU FOR SHARING by Rachel Runya Katz | 9781250888297 | 9/12/23
LATE BLOOMER by Mazey Eddings | 9781250847089 | 4/16/24
CLEAT CUTE by Meryl Wilsner | 9781250873309 | 9/19/23
BEING HENRY: The Fonz…and Beyond by Henry Winkler | 9781250888099 | 10/31/23
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS by Jen Wilde | 9781250827975 | available now
THE BOOK EATERS by Sunyi Dean | 9781250810182 | available now
WHAT HAPPENS ON VACATION by Jo Watson | 9781990778919 | 10/24/23
HEMLOCK ISLAND by Kelley Armstrong | 9781250284198 | 9/12/23
OUR CURSED LOVE by Julie Abe | 9781250851321 | 12/12/23
AMAZING GRACE ADAMS by Fran Littlewood | 9781250857019 | 9/5/23
THE CONTINENTAL AFFAIR by Christine Mangan | 9781250788481 | 8/22/23
THE GIRLS OF SUMMER by Katie Bishop | 9781250283917 | 6/6/23
HERE IN THE DARK by Alexis Soloski | 9781250882943 | 12/5/23
BAD SUMMER PEOPLE by Emma Rosenblum | 9781250887009 | 5/23/23
THE SEARCH FOR US by Susan Azim Boyer | 9781250833709 | 10/24/23
THE PEACH SEED by Anita Gail Jones | 9781250872050 | 8/1/23
THE HEIRESS by Rachel Hawkins | 9781250280039 | 1/9/24
SUCH A LOVELY FAMILY by Aggie Blum Thompson | 9781250891976 | 3/12/24
THE LITTLE OLD LADY STRIKES BACK by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg | 9781035005567 | 12/5/23
MR. KATO PLAYS FAMILY by Milena Michiko Flašar | 9781250842497 | 6/20/23
GOOD BAD GIRL by Alice Feeney | 9781250843968 | 8/29/23
PERFECT SHOT by Steve Urszenyi | 9781250879103 | 11/14/23
REYKJAVIK: A Crime Story by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir | 9781250907332 | 9/5/23
THE FINAL CURTAIN by Keigo Higashino | 9781250767523 | 12/12/23
THE CURSE OF PENRYTH HALL by Jess Armstrong | 9781250886019 | 12/5/23

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