As the weather gets chillier and chillier, we’re snuggling up inside with some cold-weather themed novels. Embrace the season with these winter reads! AMANDA’S PICK: DEEP FREEZE BY MICHAEL C. GRUMLEY This brilliant near-future thriller is the first installment in a new series. When an Army veteran is in a icy crash that sends his […]
Tag: fairy tales
Maximum Shelf: THE FOX WIFE (11/8/23)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Yangsze Choo‘s THE FOX WIFE, a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depths of maternal love, and ancient folktales that may very well be true. Manchuria, 1908. In the last years of the dying Qing Empire, a courtesan is found frozen in a doorway. Her […]
YA Spotlight (9/18/23)
From a princess fighting for her kingdom after being turned to stone to an imaginative and dark twist on fairy tale favorites, this week’s YA releases are sure to have you totally engrossed! A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE BY LEANNE SCHWARTZ “Well-detailed action sequences, including revenge plots and battles, are sprinkled throughout…Perfectly balanced action, reflection, and […]
Genre Friday: Fantasy (7/21/23)
Today we’re celebrating Friday with fantasy novels full of romance, monsters, gothic settings, fairy tale retellings, and more! STARLING HOUSE BY ALIX E. HARROW Available for download on Edelweiss know more. LibraryReads votes due by September 1st. 2 starred reviews! “Harrow’s prose cuts straight to the heart as she melds a story of family legacy […]
Sneak Peek: August 2023 Indie Next List
The August 2023 Indie Next List includes FOUR Macmillan titles! THORNHEDGE BY T. KINGFISHER9781250244093 | 8/15/23 2 starred reviews! “This marvelously fractured fairy tale takes a well-known and well-loved story and turns it completely around, into a story about love not being enough, duty not being sufficient, and love and joy being found in the unlikeliest of […]
Happy Half Hour (4/24/23)
Today’s Happy Half Hour brings us a supernatural YA thriller that explores mother-daughter bonds, the much-anticipated memoir of Elliot Page’s rise to fame and experience with transitioning, a WWII historical novel about a woman yearning to fly, and a gothic tale of two girls attending a prestigious music academy in 18th-century Venice. WHERE ECHOES DIE […]
2022 Nebula Award Finalists (3/8/23)
We have a whopping TEN titles on the 2022 Nebula Award Finalists list! NOVELS NETTLE & BONE BY T. KINGFISHER 3 starred reviews! “The plot snaps along as quickly as a good joke, and beneath the whimsy, there’s an underlying sympathy and sincerity that enables Kingfisher to handle tricky issues like domestic violence with great […]
2023 Summer Scares Picks (2/15/23)
For five years now, the Horror Writers Association has shared an annual Summer Scares reading list, which includes a selection of titles chosen by authors and librarians. This list is designed to promote Horror as an accessible and enticing genre for readers of all ages and at any time of year. Yesterday’s picks included two […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (7/25/22)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE CRANE HUSBAND by Kelly BarnhillISBN 9781250850973 | on sale 2/28/23 “Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters.” A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances […]
SLJTeen Live! 2022 Welcome Book Buzz
Thank you for stopping by our School Library Journal Teen Live virtual booth! Here’s more information about all the titles we talked about in our booth’s welcome video: ALL OF OUR DEMISE by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman | 9781250789341 | 8/30/22 The epic conclusion to the blockbuster All of Us Villains duology that’s The Hunger Games with magic. […]
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