Happy Half Hour (6/23/25)

Today, we’re chatting about the owner of a magical curiosity shop and the cursed girl she meets who turns everything she touches into magic; a woman who returns home to become her father’s caretaker in hopes of repairing their strained relationship; and a historian on the hunt for an artifact at a prestigious and mysterious university.

A CURIOUS KIND OF MAGIC by Mara Rutherford | 9781250359889 | 10/21/25
BEFORE I FORGET by Tory Henwood Hoen | 9781250276797 | 12/2/25
ATLAS OF UNKNOWABLE THINGS by McCormick Templeman | 9781250393494 | 10/7/25

Additional titles we mentioned:
MAYHEM AND THE MORTAL by Shanora Williams | 9781649379122 | 10/7/25
BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES by Travis Baldree | 9781250334886 | 11/11/25
THE FORGET-ME-NOT LIBRARY by Heather Webber | 9781250369277 | 11/4/25
WHEN THEY BURNED THE BUTTERFLY by Wen-yi Lee | 9781250369451 | 10/21/25
SALTCROP by Yume Kitasei | 9781250380968 | 9/30/25
DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK: What Happened When I Stopped Chasing PRs, and Started Chasing Happiness by Keira D’Amato | 9781250344946 | 9/9/25
CRAWL by Max Delsohn | 9781644453612 | 10/21/25
NIGHTMARE OBSCURA: A Dream Engineer’s Guide Through the Sleeping Mind by Michelle Carr | 9781250342720 | 11/18/25
TRIP by Amie Barrodale | 9780374617349 | 9/2/25
PALAVER by Bryan Washington | 9780374609078 | 11/4/25
THE QUIET MOTHER by Arnaldur Indridason | 9781250403766 | 12/9/25
DARK SISTERS by Kristi DeMeester | 9781250286819 | 12/9/25
BEST OFFER WINS by Marisa Kashino | 9781250400543 | 11/25/25
THE AUTUMN SPRINGS RETIREMENT HOME MASSACRE by Philip Fracassi | 9781250879066 | 9/30/25
ONE OF US by Dan Chaon | 9781250175236 | 9/23/25
BLOOD & BREATH by Qurratulayn Muhammad | 9798890033000 | 10/7/25
BLACKTHORN by J.T. Geissinger | 9781250379139 | 11/4/25
SOUL OF A GENTLEMAN WITCH by David Ferraro | 9798890033826 | 1/20/26

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