Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE LAST KARANKAWAS by Kimberly GarzaISBN 9781250819857 | on sale 8/9/22 Welcome to Galveston, Texas. Population 50,241. Carly Castillo has only ever known Galveston. For as far back as she can remember, her grandmother Magdalena […]
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Maximum Shelf: FOUR TREASURES OF THE SKY (1/5/22)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Jenny Tinghui Zhang’s FOUR TREASURES OF THE SKY, a propulsive and dazzling debut novel, set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West. Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (1/3/22)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: YOU SOUND LIKE A WHITE GIRL: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa ArceISBN 9781250787019 | on sale 3/22/22 “You sound like a white girl.” These were the words spoken to Julissa by a high […]
Sneak Peek: January 2022 Indie Next List
The January 2022 Indie Next list features 5 Macmillan titles! OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl GonzalezISBN 9781250786173 | on sale 1/4/22 “Warmhearted but tough-minded story of a sister and brother grappling with identity, family, and life goals in gentrifying Brooklyn… Atmospheric, intelligent, and well informed: an impressive debut.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review A FLICKER IN THE […]
Kirkus Best Nonfiction of 2021
Feast your eyes on Kirkus‘ Best Nonfiction of 2021! HOMO IRREALIS: Essays by André AcimanCAREFREE BLACK GIRLS: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba BlayUNBOUND: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana BurkeLETTERS TO CAMONDO by Edmund de WaalENTERTAINING RACE: Performing Blackness in America by […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (11/22/21)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: LAST EXIT by Max GladstoneISBN 9780765335739 | on sale 2/22/22 Ten years ago, Zelda led a band of merry adventurers whose knacks let them travel to alternate realities and battle the black rot that threatened […]
LJ’s Best Debuts Winter 2022
Library Journal thinks these Winter 2022 debuts should be on your radar! OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl Gonzalez“Olga Acevedo is a wedding planner to New York’s rich and powerful, brother Pedro (‘Prieto’) serves their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood as congressman, and all’s well until the activist mother who deserted them crashes back into their lives. Ambitious […]
For Your Consideration: January 2022 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite January titles for the January 2022 LibraryReads list! Votes due December 1! BAD LUCK BRIDESMAID by Alison Rose GreenbergISBN 9781250791597 | on sale 1/11/22Download on Edelweiss or NetGalley “Debut author Greenberg pairs a marriage-averse woman with a man looking for forever in this bittersweet treat… This multilayered, skillfully […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (10/25/21)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: OLGA DIES DREAMING by Xochitl GonzalezISBN 9781250786173 | on sale 1/4/22 It’s 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (10/18/21)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE RUINS by Phoebe WynneISBN 9781250272065 | on sale 7/5/22 Welcome to the Chateau des Sètes, a jewel of the Cote d’Azur. Ruby Ashby adores her parents’ house in France, but this August, everything feels […]
