Charlotte McConaghy’s WILD DARK SHORE, a bold and haunting family drama, has received three starred reviews! “The reality of climate change serves as the pervasive context for this terrific thriller set on a remote island between Australia and Antarctica . . . Readers won’t want to leave behind the imagined world of pain and beauty […]
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Book Club News (1/28/25)
Looking for a new book club read? Kirkus Reviews and Booklist have some recommendations for your next pick! Kirkus Reviews: 20 Best New Reads for Your Book Club THE JFK CONSPIRACY: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy—and Why It Failed by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch CUSTODIANS OF WONDER: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the […]

Day’s YA: THE RIVAL
THE RIVAL by Emma Lord 9781250904027 1/21/2025 Wednesday Books Ages 12-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Sadie and Seb have been competing against each other their entire lives. Growing up, their parents were neighbors and best friends, so the pair was thrown together constantly. But rather than create a best-friendship of their own, instead […]

Three Stars for MASQUERADE
O.O. Sangoyomi’s MASQUERADE, a breathtaking adult fiction novel that follows a young Yorùbá woman as she rises from social pariah to power in this reimagining of pre-colonial West Africa, has received three starred reviews! “This debut novel is a page-turning blend of historical fiction with a retelling of the story of Hades and Persephone, deftly […]

Three Stars for THE WEST PASSAGE
Jared Pechacek’s THE WEST PASSAGE, a spellbinding dark fantasy debut, has received three starred reviews! “This is a vividly depicted, decidedly peculiar world governed by an inexplicable logic, where the seasons are determined by a vast wheel; people have animal, plant, or even inorganic characteristics; and rising up in the ranks of one’s profession might […]

Three Stars for PARADE
Rachel Cusk’s PARADE, a startling, exhilarating novel that once again expands the notion of what fiction can be and do, has received three starred reviews! “The stories of a half-dozen different artists, each identified solely by the initial G, investigate the nature of art, artists, reality, and family relationships… Simmering underneath all the stories and […]

Three Stars for CRAFT: Stories I Wrote For The Devil
Ananda Lima’s CRAFT: Stories I Wrote For The Devil—a strange, intimate, haunted, hungry, intoxicating, and surreal fiction debut–has received three starred reviews! “Brazil-born Lima explores questions of identity, politics, and creativity through a surrealist lens in these short stories. Who gets to tell certain stories and why? The book’s title evokes both guile and labor, […]

Day’s YA: CASTLE OF THE CURSED
CASTLE OF THE CURSED by Romina Garber 9781250863898 7/30/24 Wednesday Books Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Estela and her parents have been a trio for as long as Estela can remember. Moving from city to city as often as they have, they’ve learned to depend on each other. That all changes on […]

Day’s YA: CANTO CONTIGO
CANTO CONTIGO by Jonny Garza Villa97812508757544/9/2024Wednesday BooksAges 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Rafael Alvarez is on top of the world. He is the lead vocalist for the best high school mariachi group in the nation, they just claimed their eleventh consecutive win at the Mariachi Extravaganza de Nacional, and he made out with […]

Kirkus Says Your Book Club Should Read ABSOLUTION (1/10/24)
Kirkus Reviews has named ABSOLUTION by Alice McDermott a top 20 new book to read with your book club! In the midst of the Vietnam War, two American wives, Charlene and Tricia, form an alliance during their time living in Saigon. Charlene is determined to relieve all of the suffering she sees around her and […]