Today, we’re chatting about the granddaughter of Robin Hood and the annoyingly cheerful girl she’s accidentally kidnapped, a woman who finds herself facing the intense emotional uncertainty of first love, and a genre-bending reimagining of King Lear that revolves around three estranged sisters. NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART by Lex Croucher | 9781250847232 | […]
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Happy Half Hour (8/12/24)
Today, we’re chatting about a group of teens who must solve a murder amidst the glittering world of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, a collection of truly astounding facts based on a hit podcast, and a young girl whose strange obsession with roadkill leads her straight into a crime scene. THE DEBUTANTES by Olivia Worley […]
Happy Half Hour (7/29/24)
Today, we’re discussing two amateur sleuths (one living and one dead) who team up to solve a murder in their apartment building, a teenager returning to her hometown with the intention of bidding it farewell, and a woman who’s transported back in time where she must answer for the crimes committed by her creepy, dystopian […]
Happy Half Hour (6/24/24)
Today, we’re chatting about a group of teens stranded in a monster-infested forest, a secret book mailing operation that leads to a missing person case, and a young woman who rises from social pariah to power in a reimagining of pre-colonial West Africa. WHAT THE WOODS TOOK by Courtney Gould | 9781250340672 | 12/10/24 ROUGH […]
Happy Half Hour (6/10/24)
This Monday, we’re hanging out with a woman who gives serial killer tours of her hometown of San Francisco, a boy trying in vain to escape a vengeful curse, and an adorable couple who love cooking together with their family. THE SERIAL KILLER GUIDE TO SAN FRANCISCO by Michelle Chouinard | 9781250359308 | 9/24/24 ONE […]
Happy Half Hour (5/20/24)
This Monday, we’re chatting about a comforting cottagecore romantasy, a young girl traveling to the Root of the World in order to seal a demon portal, and a seemingly run-of-the-mill trip that turns into a dangerous cross-country journey. THE SPELLSHOP by Sarah Beth Durst | 9781250333971 | 7/9/24 GUARDIANS OF DAWN: AMI by S. Jae-Jones […]
Happy Half Hour (5/13/24)
On this Happy Half Hour, we’re chatting about a reclusive woman who must engage with the community around her when she receives an unwelcome surprise in the mail, a fantasy heist adventure set in a world ruled by dragons, and a YA horror anthology by authors of color who flip traditional horror narratives on their […]
Happy Half Hour (5/6/24)
Today, we are discussing two lifelong friends grappling with high school coming to a close, an unlikely female friendship blossoming out of a happenstance encounter, and a woman who starts receiving letters from a stranger right after the death of her husband. SIX MORE MONTHS OF JUNE by Daisy Garrison | 9781250348678 | 6/11/24 THE […]
Happy Half Hour (4/29/24)
On today’s Happy Half Hour, we’re chatting about an anti-colonial space heist to save an alien civilization, a YA romcom re-imagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and two high school exes who set out to prove each other wrong about love. THE STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei | 9781250875372 | 6/11/24 TWELFTH KNIGHT by Alexene Farol […]
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 […]