Happy Half Hour (9/15/25)

Today, we’re chatting about a veritas swan whose song wrings out the truth as she helps a prince dodge dangerous brides; two men who meet in Venice and are swept into a world of secrets and constant illusion; and the first female captain of a merchant ship, and how she survived the dangerous and magical landscape of Antarctica.

THE SWAN’S DAUGHTER by Roshani Chokshi | 9781250873101 | 1/6/26
THE SILVER BOOK by Olivia Laing | 9780374618315 | 11/11/25
THE SEA CAPTAIN’S WIFE: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World by Tilar J. Mazzeo | 9781250352583 | 12/9/25

Additional titles we mentioned:
THE REDWOOD BARGAIN by Markelle Grabo | 9798890033925 | 4/28/26
SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON by Amal El-Mohtar | 9781250341006 | 3/24/26
LADY TREMAINE by Rachel Hochhauser | 9781250396341 | 3/3/26
BLOODSINGER by Juliette Cross | 9781250339881 | 4/7/26
WEST OF WICKED by Nikki St. Crowe | 9781250382191 | 4/14/26
ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN by Stephanie Burgis | 9781250359612 | 1/27/26
THE LAST KINGS OF HOLLYWOOD: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg—and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema by Paul Fischer | 9781250878724 | 2/10/26
THE OCTOBER FILM HAUNT by Michael Wehunt | 9781250333698 | 9/30/25
FINAL CUT by Olivia Worley | 9781250392985 | 10/28/25
FLIRTING WITH MURDER by Amanda Sellet | 9781250360199 | 4/21/26
SIMULTANEOUS by Eric Heisserer | 9781250384294 | 10/28/25
ONLY SPELL DEEP by Ava Morgyn | 9781250363763 | 3/17/26
STARRY AND RESTLESS: Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World by Julia Cooke | 9780374609788 | 2/24/26
HAVING IT ALL: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours by Corinne Low, PhD | 9781250369512 | 9/23/25
PRIDE AND PLEASURE: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill | 9780374254377 | 10/21/25
BREAK WIDE THE SEA by Sara Holland | 9781250854490 | 11/11/25
NINE GOBLINS by T. Kingfisher | 9781250400116 | 1/20/26
GREEN & DEADLY THINGS by Jenn Lyons | 9781250342188 | 3/3/26
THE LAST VAMPIRE by Romina Garber | 9781250863911 | 12/2/25
SHIELD OF SPARROWS by Devney Perry | 9781649378514 | 5/6/25
FORGET ME NOT by Stacy Willingham | 9781250887979 | 8/26/25