This Monday, we’re discussing a retired pharmacist who must revisit her past to consider if an old flame can reignite, a teen struggling with the loss of his best friend so much so that he begins imagining things, and a young woman who uses her beauty to infiltrate an enemy palace as a spy. THE […]
Tag: magical realism
Happy Half Hour (6/3/24)
On today’s Happy Half Hour, we’re chatting about a teenager who has special mind-reading powers, reunited history professors who may rekindle a past romance, and a gothic, vampire tale with a dark academia setting. MYSTERIOUS WAYS by Wendy Wunder | 9781250770202 | 8/27/24 GIVEN OUR HISTORY by Kristyn J. Miller | 9781250861900 | 8/27/24 THE […]
Sneak Peek: July Indie Next List
The July 2024 Indie Next List includes SEVEN Macmillan titles! BURY YOUR GAYS BY CHUCK TINGLE 9781250874658 | 7/9/24 3 starred reviews! “Tingle’s effortless narrative flows from an uneasy tone that steadily builds to full-on, existential terror, along the way taking readers on a highly entertaining, fast-paced ride, filled with thought-provoking satire, original monsters, and […]
Day’s YA: MYSTERIOUS WAYS
MYSTERIOUS WAYS by Wendy Wunder 9781250770202 8/27/24 Wednesday Books Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Maya has the weight of the world on her shoulders. At just 17 years old, she has God-like powers (which makes her wonder if she actually is God) where she can read anyone’s thoughts and know their entire […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
For Your Consideration: April 2024 LibraryReads Titles
Download, read, and vote for your favorite April titles for the April 2024 LibraryReads list! Votes due March 1st! THE FAMILIAR BY LEIGH BARDUGO | 9781250884251 | 4/9/24REQUEST ON EDELWEISS 3 starred reviews! “[This] highlights all of the things that make Bardugo so well loved: a romance with maddening chemistry, an artfully built world, side […]
Happy Half Hour (1/29/24)
Join us today to hear about a woman reckoning with a past toxic relationship she thought she’d left behind, a TV reporter racing to solve the murder of someone she just interviewed, and a Muslim teen finding her voice in a post-9/11 America. LIKE HAPPINESS by Ursula Villarreal-Moura | 9781250882837 | 3/26/24OFF THE AIR by […]
Three Stars for THE FAMILIAR
Leigh Bardugo’s THE FAMILIAR, set in a thrilling world of seers and alchemists, holy men, and hucksters, where the lines between magic, science, and fraud are never certain, has received three starred reviews! “THE FAMILIAR highlights all of the things that make Bardugo (HELL BENT, 2023) so well loved: a romance with maddening chemistry, an […]
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