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Welcome to Check Your Shelf! This is your guide to all things book talk worth knowing to help librarians like you up your game when it comes to doing your job (& rocking it).

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All Things Comics

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Book Lists, Book Lists, Book Lists

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Level Up (Library Reads)

Do you take part in LibraryReads, the monthly list of best books selected by librarians only? Whether or not you read and nominate titles, we’ll end every newsletter with a few upcoming titles worth reading and sharing (and nominating for LibraryReads, if you so choose!). Links here will direct to Edelweiss digital review copies. These books hit shelves in August, giving you plenty of time to read and nominate by June 20th.

  • Don’t Send Flowers by Martin Solares. “A twisty, darkly captivating novel about a police detective hired to investigate the disappearance of a rich businessman’s daughter several years after rampant corruption forced him to retire and made him a target of everyone still on the force in cartel-controlled, northern Mexico.”
  • A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua. “A powerful debut novel of motherhood, immigration, and identity, about a Chinese woman who makes her way to California to give her baby U.S. citizenship, and whose harrowing yet heart-warming journey redefines what it means to be an American.”
  • Love Interrupted by Reneilwe Malatji. “A diverse chorus of female voices recount misadventures with love, husbands, and in-laws. A collection of short fiction from South Africa.”

 

Thanks for hanging out! We’ll see you back here in two weeks with another edition of Check Your Shelf.

 

–Katie McLain, @kt_librarylady on Twitter