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 […]
Tag: coming of age
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 […]
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 […]
Spring/Summer 2024 Debuts: Part 1
Discover the next literary sensation: These debut novels take readers on an unforgettable journey! THE FERTILE EARTH by Ruthvika Rao | Available 8/13/2024 Available for download on Edelweiss here. Vijaya and Sree are the daughters of the Deshmukhs of Irumi. Hailing from a lineage of ancestral aristocrats, their family’s social status and power over […]
Happy Half Hour (3/18/24)
Today, we’re discussing a hilarious rom-com about a woman who finds herself stranded on an island in Fiji (with her high school crush), a gripping post-WW2 historical fiction, and a political biography featuring iconic struggles for social change! ATTACHED AT THE HIP by Christine Riccio | 9781250760098 | 5/21/24 EVERYTIME WE SAY GOODBYE by Natalie […]
Starred Review Roundup (3/13/2024)
Stars all around! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: GLORIOUS EXPLOITS by Ferdia Lennon9781250893697 | 3/26/24 “Lennon’s debut is a wonderfully odd, riotously funny story of two poetry-loving potters in 412 BCE. This superb novel builds to a page-turning crescendo that evokes the great tragedy the men stage.”—Booklist, starred review […]
GREEN DOT Box Giveaway
Fill out this form by March 31st to enter for a chance to win a hardcover copy of Madeleine Gray’s GREEN DOT, PLUS a box of goodies, including a bookmark with a link to a Spotify playlist curated by the author herself, custom green and purple M&Ms that say “messy”, and a hat that says […]
Sneak Peek: April Indie Next List
The April 2024 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles! THE FAMILIAR BY LEIGH BARDUGO 9781250884251 | 4/9/24 4 starred reviews! “Part fairy tale, part political thriller, part romance, the novel unfolds like a winter tree bursting into unnatural bloom in response to one of Luzia’s refranes, as she and Santángel learn about power, trust, […]
ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST is Reese’s March Book Club Pick (3/7/24)
ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by Xochitl Gonzalez is Reese’s book club pick for March! In 1985, Anita de Monte, a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City and her tragic death is the talk of the town. But by 1998 Anita’s name has been all but forgotten—certainly by […]
Happy Half Hour (3/4/24)
Today we’re discussing a cozy sapphic romance set in a dreamy bookstore in a kingdom with a selfish queen, a historical fantasy featuring vampires fighting in the American Civil War, and a coming-of-age novel about a college man discovering the great loves of his life. CAN’T SPELL TREASON WITHOUT TEA by Rebecca Thorne | 9781250333292 […]
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