Challenged Books Spotlight (4/8/24)

In celebration of National Library Week, we’re uplifting the voices of challenged books, from epic fantasies to romances and queer stories. We proudly stand with authors, librarians, teachers, booksellers, and fellow readers against book banning. We strongly believe everyone should have access to books and actively support organizations championing the freedom to read. As we […]

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Happy Half Hour (4/8/24)

On today’s Happy Half Hour, we’re chatting about a ghost who sets his living sister up with a ghost hunter, a young musician coming of age in the spotlight as public opinion threatens to ruin her, and a man returning home from prison to try to save his family’s butcher shop. THE GHOST OF US […]

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For Your Consideration: June 2024 LibraryReads Titles

Download, read, and vote for your favorite June titles for the June 2024 LibraryReads list! VOTES DUE MAY 1ST! RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND BY ALEXANDRA ROWLAND | 9781250802538 | 6/11/24 REQUEST ON EDELWEISS AND NETGALLEY “Rowland’s latest standalone journey into her Chantiverse is a delightful romp. Fans of Our Flag Means Death are going […]

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Day’s YA: THE CALCULATION OF YOU AND ME

THE CALCULATION OF YOU AND ME by Serena Kaylor 9781250908704 (TP) | 9781250908681 (HC) 6/18/24 Wednesday Books Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Marlowe Meadows has never been cool. In fact, she’s always been the girl who’s weirdly obsessed with all things math. But when popular boy Josh asks her out, she suddenly […]

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Staff Picks: Summer Travel

As the weather starts to get warmer, we’re getting excited for spring and summer travel! Here are some books that inspire us to take a trip. AMANDA: RUNNING CLOSE TO THE WIND BY ALEXANDRA ROWLAND For me, there’s nothing that screams summer fun more than taking off across the high seas. Our Flag Means Death […]

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Women’s History Month on Audio

Check out these outstanding Macmillan audiobooks this Women’s History Month! DEAR BLACK GIRLS BY A’JA WLISON; read by the author | 9781250331526 | 2/6/24 Excerpt from audiobook! PRIMA FACIE BY SUZIE MILLER; read by Jodie Comer | 9781250332516 | 1/30/24 Excerpt from audiobook! RESILIENT BY BROOKE WELLS; read by the author; foreword written and read […]

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More Debuts 3/27/24

Today we are spotlighting upcoming debuts, from a magical fairytale retelling and a tense horror based on Chinese mythologies, to some lighter romantic comedies and women’s fiction fables.  MASQUERADE BY O.O. SANGOYOMI Available for download on Edelweiss. LibraryReads votes due by June 1st. “Richly detailed worldbuilding and inspiration from the Persephone myth all lend to […]

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Staff Review: THE SINGER SISTERS

THE SINGER SISTERS by Sarah Seltzer97812509076468/6/24Flatiron BooksFiction/ Coming Of Age / Music Sarah Seltzer’s THE SINGER SISTERS invites readers into the complicated world of a multi-generational family of folk-rock musicians, exploring the bonds that unite family, as well as the tensions that threaten to tear them apart.  In 1967, Judie Zingerman emerges as a rising […]

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Forthcoming Women’s Nonfiction (3/25/2024)

Today we are highlighting women’s nonfiction stories; from medical guides and silenced histories, to motherhood and challenging the patriarchy, these books celebrate womanhood. IT’S NOT HYSTERIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (BUT WERE NEVER TOLD) BY DR. KAREN TANG Dr. Karen Tang is on a mission to transform how we engage […]

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Macmillan Library @ PLA 2024

Author signings, title presentations, and more–check out all our great events during PLA 2024 in Columbus, and we can’t wait to see you there in Macmillan Adult booth #1119! WEDNESDAY 4/3 12:30pm | APA Presents Press Play featuring Bettina L. Love / PUNISHED FOR DREAMING More info about purchasing tickets here.   THURSDAY 4/4 9:00-10:30am […]

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