Month: June 2020

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Book Radar

Hamilton Has An Official Disney+ Trailer & More Book Radar!

Hi book lovers! I, Jamie Canavés, am back one more time to throw at you some bookish things. I also just finished a fantastic fall release that you should very much have on your radar, and I’ll share a few things that made me happy this week–something we can all use.

Bookish News

Hamilton has an official Disney+ trailer

(My Batman will fly again!) Michael Keaton in Talks to Return as Batman for ‘Flash’ Movie

People are microwaving library books and masks to kill COVID-19 — and that’s bad

Research Shows Virus Undetectable on Five Highly Circulated Library Materials After Three Days

The NPR Summer Reader Poll Returns: Tell Us About Your Favorite Kids’ Books

‘Free Comic Book Day’ Becomes Summer-Long Event, Starts July 15

‘Lucifer’ Renewed For Sixth & Final Season At Netflix

The Witcher Season 2 Will Start Filming Again August 17

Karin Slaughter’s 20th book to be marked with SlaughterFest weekend

The Baby-Sitters Club Official Trailer

Foundation Teaser Trailer: First Look At Isaac Asimov Apple TV+ Adaptation

George R.R. Martin Gives Quick Update on Winds of Winter Progress

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Upcoming Book To Be Excited About–And Totally Worth The Prebuy Button/Telling Your Library To Purchase:

Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson: If you’ve yet to discover Jackson’s books you should correct that ASAP. She writes excellent books that are, in some degree in the crime genre, for and about Black girls. She has a twisty thriller (Allegedly), a missing-girl mystery (Monday’s Not Coming), a coming-of-age crime novel that is also a love letter to Brooklyn and the ’90s (Let Me Hear a Rhyme).

Her upcoming suspense novel Grown starts off with Enchanted Jones in a room covered in blood and a dead body–and she has no memory… We’re then taken back into the life of seventeen-year-old Enchanted Jones, who’d love nothing more than to be a famous singer. Which is how she meets the grown ass man Korey, a famous singer… This book made me think of the boiling frog fable where if you put a frog into boiling water it’ll jump out. But if you put it in tepid water and slowly heat it to boiling, it won’t realize the danger it’s in in time. And by that I mean Jackson wrote an exceptionally tense novel from the point of view of a Black teenage girl who wants nothing more than to see her dreams be fulfilled, and how someone can use that to make them their prey. (TW sexual assault and attempted, on page/ partner abuse/ emotional abuse, manipulation)

And I’ll Leave You With Some Things That Made Me Happy This Week (We can all use this, yes?!)

It’s a monster reading t-shirt!

Padma Lakshmi’s new show Taste the Nation dropped on Hulu and it’s fantastic. Along with Love, Victor–a continuation of the Love, Simon/Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda universe.

I am obsessed with this cat’s food hoovering.

This Minions Lego set!

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Today In Books

Don’t Microwave Library Books: Today In Books

Don’t Microwave Library Books

So COVID-19 has people taking precautions, as we all should, but also listen to science and medicine before just randomly trying to be cautious: a Michigan library had to issue a public statement telling people not to microwave their books. “Library books have metal in the security radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, which are located inside of the book. When the metal entered the microwave, a hole was burned into the cover.” The library also reminded patrons that they are quarantining materials for 72 hours when returned.

Macmillan CEO Steps Down-ish

John Sargent, the CEO of Macmillan, will continue leading the publishing house’s global businesses but will take a step back from the US’s day-to-day operations. In his place will be a 13-person committee being described as “a different and more inclusive management team, representing a wider range of experiences.” Here’s hoping we see real change.

My Batman Will Return!

An upcoming film of the Flash, starring Ezra Miller, is looking for their Batman, and it’s being reported that Michael Keaton is in talks to fill the wings. (Do not lecture me about how it’s a cape.) If this deal does go through it would be his return to the role, having played Bruce Wayne in the Tim Burton directed films in the ’80s/’90s. And it’s possible that he “wouldn’t just return for Flash but possibly for several other DC-oriented film projects.”

Did Your Favorite Make It?

Amazon has released their list of the best books of 2020 so far, including a Top 20 list and additional breakdowns by category.

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Audiobooks

Audiobooks – 6/25

Hola Audiophiles! Thank you for joining me for another week in the decade known as 2020. Whether you’re blasting through your TBLs at record speed or saving listens up for later, I’m honored you’re taking time out of your day to read my nerdy descriptions and muppet-arms reviews. I loooove my latest listen and am jazzed for all these new books!

Before I dive in, favor? We’re running a reader survey and would love it if you’d take a few minutes to fill it out. As a thank you, you’ll be entered for the chance to win an ereader!

Ready? Let’s audio.

New Releases – June 23  (publisher descriptions in quotes)

the order of the pure moonThe Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho, read by Nancy Wu (fantasy novella) – I love this description so much: “A bandit walks into a coffeehouse, and it all goes downhill from there.” It gets even better: Displaced nun Guet Imm (badass nuns?? hell yes!) joins an eclectic group of thieves in order to protect a sacred object, and finds she has no idea how complicated a situation she’s gotten herself into. This is a found-story inspired by wuxia—a genre of Chinese fiction chronicling the adventures of Ancient Chinese martial artists—by the author of Sorcerer to the Crown.

Narrator Note: Nancy Wu’s work includes performances of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Warcross by Marie Lu, and Severance by Ling Ma.

Thank You for Voting: The Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth About Voting in America by Erin Geiger Smith, read by Lisa Cordileone (nonfiction) – This kind of book feels so important right now; it’s a history of voting, of the fight for the voting rights of the disenfranchised, and an examination (and explanation) of everything from how the voting system works to voter suppression, trends, and current movements to increase both awareness and access. This books is also available in a version for young readers and I could not love that fact more.

Narrator Note: Lisa Cordileone reads both the adult and young readers editions of this book.

Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory (romance), read by Janina Edwards – Olivia Monroe just moved LA to start her own law firm and has no time for dating. Then she meets a sexy man at a hotel bar and they get their flirt on, and she discovers way too late in the game that this dude Max is a famous junior senator. Olivia has zero interest in dating a politician (relatable), but he wins her over with her charm (and cake!) and they begin dating in secret. When they finally go public, it goes precisely as you might expect it to go if… oh I dunno, a beautiful Black woman with her own career and money dated a white royalty figure and the public lost its ever loving mind. Olivia knows what she has with Max is special, but is special enough to deal with the endless scrutiny?

Narrator Note: Janina Edwards reads the books in Jasmine Guillory’s much beloved Wedding Date series (The Wedding Date, The Proposal, etc). If you loved those performances, you’re in good hands!

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri (nonfiction), read by the author – In this collection of essays blending the personal and the political, Emma Dabiri explores the ins and outs of Black hair culture, including the ways Black hair has been appropriated throughout history, the continued stigmatization of Black hair today, and the cultural movements celebrating black hair. She uses Black hair as a lens to examine racism, pop culture, body politics, and history.

Narrator Note: Emma Dabiri, please write more books so you can narrate them, or just pick up a narrator hustle on the side! Her voice is so pleasant to listen to, I needs more pronto.

Latest Listens

Still working on Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi because a)that book needs to be consumed slowly, and b)Spotify made it available to stream but didn’t add (that I know of??) a way to bookmark where you left off. I keep having to figure out where to jump back in!

the vanishing halfIn the meantime, I tore through Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half. It’s a multi-generational story told from multiple perspectives set in both Louisiana and California from the 60s to the 90s. The Vignes twin sisters were inseparable at birth but went on to lead entirely different lives after running away from their remote hometown of Mallard, LA. One sister eventually goes on to live with her Black daughter in that same town after vowing she’d never return, and the other is passing as a white woman whose white husband has no idea she’s Black. They haven’t spoken in years, but their storylines intersect when their daughters’ paths cross in California.

That summary barely scratches the surface of what Brit Bennett accomplishes in this absolutely stellar follow up to The Mothers. Her characters are so complex and the conversations they engender so nuanced, diving deep into the toxicity of white supremacy and the lengths to which a person is driven in the pursuit of survival and self preservation. There are no easy answers here; every element of this narrative requires thoughtful consideration of the factors that make each moment possible, even inevitable. It’s a call to think critically about race, a condemnation of the “niceness” that upholds white supremacy, and a whole emotional gut punch. If you’ve read it or don’t mind spoilers, check out the latest bonus episode of the Book Riot podcast where I got to rave about this book with Sharifah and Rebecca.

TW: racist language, colorism, and a few flashback references to the murder of the twins’ fathers by white supremacists. Nothing is discussed in detail but YMMV. If it helps, I went into this book thinking I wasn’t going to be able to handle it, but Brit Bennet has a way of writing about painful subject matter with care and a kind of restraint that I find both powerful and readable as an extremely sensitive person.

From the Internets

Libro.fm’s Juneteenth initiative raised just over $67,000 for 42 Black-owned bookstores! Click here for a recap and an action plan for the future. Also check out Libro’s interview with author George M. Johnson.

Anyone else craving romance right now as much as I am? Audiofile recommends these new romance audiobooks to boost your spirits. I just checked out The Bromance Book Club from Libby!

Speaking of romance, check out this Audible playlist of Black voices in romance.

June is Audiobook Month (I won’t blame you if you kinda forgot like I did because… you know, THINGS), and Audiobooks.com has a ton of resources to celebrate: staff picks, upcoming film adaptations, and a few active giveaways (sorry for not altering you all sooner!)

Over at the Riot

Enter to win an 12-book audiobook bundle!

These memoirs are both written and narrated by queer women. You al know how I feel about In the Dream House!

These five audiobooks are by or about Black women who speak up and fight back.

Thanks for hanging with me today! Shoot me an email at vanessa@riotnewmedia.com with your burning book club questions or find me on Twitter and the gram @buenosdiazsd. Sign up for the In the Club newsletter, catch me once a month on the All the Books podcast, and watch me ramble about even more new books every Tuesday on our YouTube channel.

Stay bad & bookish, my friends.
Vanessa

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Unusual Suspects

Best Mysteries & Thrillers Of 2020 So Far

Hi mystery fans! So it’s the halfway mark of this year and I thought I’d roundup the books so far on my Best Of The Year list that have published January through June. Keep in mind this is obviously out of the pool of books I’ve been able to read that have published so far this year. With that in mind I’m planning on doing my best backlist reads this year for next week since of course there are books that would have been on that year’s published Best Of List had I read them then.

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line cover imageDjinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara: This is an excellent adult novel that is mostly told from the point-of-view of children looking into the disappearance of a school friend because they feel the adults and police are not taking it seriously enough. It starts with the feel of a coming-of-age novel and travels deep into noir territory while keeping the focus on victims and those whose voices are silenced. (Review) (TW child, domestic abuse/child deaths)

 

Vera Kelly Is Not A Mystery (Vera Kelly #2) by Rosalie Knecht: This is a series that easily stands out from the rest, taking the spy thriller into character driven territory, with a lesbian lead, and focus on historical moments usually not explored. It also morphs from a CIA spy novel into a PI, with CIA ties, in the sequel. And instead of being a loner PI it’s a young woman seeking her found family.  (Review) (TW alludes to teen predator/ homophobia/ mentions past suicide, no detail)

 

deacon king kongDeacon King Kong by James McBride: An expertly written novel that brings to life the Brooklyn Cause Houses housing project in 1969, we follow along to find out why a church deacon shot a known drug dealer in front of everyone. An action that, as you can imagine, sets off a series of events, including a long buried mystery. Come for the whydunnit and stay for the amazing characters and community–including the Colombian ants. (Review) (TW alcoholism/ slurs/ past child abuse/ suicide)

 

The Silence of Bones by June Hur: This one made it on my list for the main character (a wounded-by-past-life-events, scrappy, sensitive, quick learner) and the unique setting (1800, Joseon Korean dynastic kingdom). Orphaned as a child, Seol is now an indentured servant to the Capital Police Bureau because Confucius’s law doesn’t allow men to touch women they aren’t directly related to, even in death. But a current case of a dead woman puts suspicion on the Inspector she works for… (Review) (TW past suicides mentioned, detail/ mentions public groping/ torture/ past child murder mentioned/ dog killed, skippable)

 

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier: This is a page-turning twisty thriller with an exploration of grief, resentment, and anger at its core. Marin Machado was wealthy, successful, and happily married when her four-year-old son was abducted. A year later the case remains unsolved and Machado has secretly hired a PI who uncovers not what happened to her child but, rather, that Machado’s husband is having an affair. Now Machado has something new to point her grief and anger at… (Review) (TW child kidnapping/ mentions self harm, not detailed/ domestic, child, partner abuse/ attempted past suicide, detail, suicidal thoughts/ suicide)

 

What You Don't See cover imageWhat You Don’t See (Cass Raines, #3) by Tracy Clark: I really enjoy this series about an ex-cop who manages a small apartment building she owns and takes on cases as a PI, usually reluctantly. In this case, super reluctantly as a favor to her old cop partner because the person she’s assigned to protect from a stalker is a captain jerkface who Raines probably wants to murder before protecting. Come for the twisty cases that take you through the streets of Chicago and stay for the found family. (Review) (TW suicide/ past animal cruelty, skippable and not graphic)

 

A Murderous Relation cover imageA Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell #5) by Deanna Raybourn: This is easily one of my favorite historical mystery series. It has a great lead (a smart, mouthy, and adventurous butterfly collector) partnered with a grumpy natural historian. Once again I was treated to laughs, adventure, mystery, secrets, the monarchy, and more will-they-won’t-they tension! Every year this series puts out a book is a year it’s on my Best of List. (TW attempted groping/ mentions past suicide, no detail)

 

The Falcon Thief cover imageThe Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird by Joshua Hammer: This is a great narrative nonfiction (reads like a novel) that is perfect for fans of The Feather Thief, history, adventure, nonviolent true crime, and nature, about a guy whose career was stealing rare bird eggs and the Wildlife Crime Unit detective determined to catch him. (Review) (TW talks of past crime cases that include suicide, detail; rape, no detail; child deaths, no detail/ some animal harm, but I’d say more what you find in animal documentaries)

 

Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing cover imageMrs. Mohr Goes Missing by Maryla Szymiczkowa, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translation): A mystery for fans of Agatha Christie, centering a bored, witty, opinionated housewife who finds herself secretly working on a missing persons case. Come for the Christie style mystery stay for the interesting history. (Review) (TW mentions infertility/ discussions of addiction/ past domestic abuse mentioned)

 

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Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canavés.

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True Story

New Releases: Indoor SCIENCE, Black Hair Culture, and Voting

Are you continuing to drink water, nonfiction reader? I know it’s weirdly hard to do, but it’s important! Read a page, drink some water, read another page, drink some water. I say this while all my dehydrated cells are most likely glaring at me for the sheer hypocrisy on display here, but do as I say, not as I do, etc etc. Now, let’s look at some new books!

The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness by Emily Anthes. Did you know we spend 90% of our time indoors? Well. Probably more now. Science journalist Anthes looks at how our indoor spaces affect our mental and physical well-being and how “the pain-killing power of a well-placed window and examines how the right office layout can expand our social networks.” Super neat and REAL relevant right now.

 

I Tried to Change So You Don’t Have To: True Life Lessons by Loni Love. I was reading parts from this out loud to my fiancée because Loni Love has that special gift of being able to talk about really vulnerable and sometimes painful things, and then zing! Suddenly there’s a hilarious joke. I am always impressed by that skill. Here she talks about growing up in housing projects to Detroit, being a French horn-playing nerd, getting an engineering degree, and going to Hollywood.

 

Thank You for Voting: The Maddening, Enlightening, Inspiring Truth About Voting in America by Erin Geiger Smith. Why do so few people vote? Geiger Smith looks at the past (history!), present (news!), and future (wild speculation!) of voting. What I’m most interested in — although voting history is pretty good to learn about — is how get-out-the-vote movements + activists “innovatively use technology and grassroots techniques to energize first-time voters.” What technology! What techniques! How are they energizing! So interesting.

 

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri. Yissss this book. Dabiri is Irish-Nigerian and an excellent writer. Here she looks at the history of Black hair culture, while sharing stories from her own life. She takes the reader “from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, and into today’s Natural Hair Movement, exploring everything from women’s solidarity and friendship, to the criminalization of dreadlocks, to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian’s braids.” This book is great, get it.

That’s it for new books this week! As always, you can find me on social media @itsalicetime and co-hosting the For Real podcast with Kim here at Book Riot. Until next time, enjoy those facts, fellow nerds.

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Today In Books

Book Bar Named After Tupac Poem: Today In Books

Book Bar Named After Tupac Poem

In the late ’90s, after Tupac Shakur’s murder, his book of poetry was published. The titular poem, The Rose That Grew From Concrete, resonated and stayed with Evita Colon. Now her and her partner, still inspired by the poem, are opening A Concrete Rose Book Bar, in Lancaster, PA. “The business is envisioned as a combination of the duo’s passions, both old and new – bringing together literature by Black authors, a small performance space and wine, created by the duo themselves.” And they’re almost halfway to meeting their GoFundMe goal.

A Digital Green Book

Victor Hugo Green was a Black postal worker who in the 1930s published The Negro Motorist Green Book to help Black people find friendly places to stop at and travel to. While the guides stopped publishing in the late ’60s the need for Black people to find safe spaces never stopped. Now Crystal Egli and Parker McMullen Bushman are looking to create a digital version of the Green Book, highlighting businesses and places that are safe for Black people to visit and be in. And as of writing this they have a little over $5,000 to go to reach their GoFundMe goal: “It’s like Yelp, but for inclusivity.”

We Have An Official Trailer

The Baby-Sitters Club Netflix series, based on Ann M. Martin‘s series, will stream on July 3rd, and we now have an official trailer of Kristy, Mary-Anne, Claudia, Dawn, and Stacey starting their first business while in middle school. So much nostalgia.

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In The Club

In The Club 6/24

Welcome to In The Club, a newsletter of resources to keep your book group well-met, well-read, and well-fed. This week’s club agenda is inspired by a fact that’s always been true but feels especially important to remember as publishers and editorial sites appear newly interested in hiring Black writers: writers from marginalized communities can—and do!—write all of the things. They can write “issue” books and columns, yes. They can also write heart-pounding mysteries, swoon worthy romance, wildly inventive SFF, and more. So today, I have a few genre titles to share with you by authors from one or more marginalized communities and invite you to consider how this same idea of inclusion can and should be applied to all spaces.

Before we dive in, we have favor to ask! We’re running a reader survey and would love it if you’d take a few minutes to fill it out. As a thank you, you’ll be entered for the chance to win an ereader!

Okay, now to the club!!

Nibbles and Sips

I’m bringing back this section in case anyone out there would like a little comfort food recipe. I recently made the decision to shelter in place with family so I’m currently back in San Diego and was reminded of the simple goodness of my sister-in-law’s tacos dorados de papa (hard shell potato tacos).

Ingredients:

  • Potatoes, peeled and sliced into thin rounds or slices (one to two small potatoes per person)
  • Lettuce, chopped
  • Cotija cheese, grated (This is a salty, hard, Mexican cheese that’s a little like feta. Another cheese could work, but the saltiness really makes a difference!)
  • Salsa of choice- I recommend a simple blended salsa versus a chunky one for this recipe
  • Corn tortillas (a thin variety works best here)
  • Oil for frying (avocado, canola, etc)
  • Salt

Peel the potatoes then slice into strips or rounds; they should be on the thinner side, no more than 1/4 inch thick. Fry up the potatoes until they’re just golden brown, then drain/pat dry their excess oil and toss with a little salt. Now begin to assemble your tacos: fold a warmed corn tortilla in half and stuff with some potato slices—the amount is up to you, but I don’t overstuff. Fry the tacos up, just enough for the tortillas to get nice and crispy. This happens quickly, so keep an eye on them! For the perfect taco, add lettuce, some salsa, and a heap of the salty cotija cheese to each shell.

Tip: thread a toothpick through the tortilla to keep it folded while frying. You could also go more traditional and choose to boil and mash the potatoes and use that as the filling instead, and could also roll the tortillas instead of folding them before frying.

Enjoy!

Genre: Awesome

A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell – Oh look, it’s a whole bunch of Black girl magic in one convenient volume. Huzzah! This stellar list of contributors includes Elizabeth Acevedo, Dhonielle Clayton, L.L. McKinney, Ibi Zoboi, and Justina Ireland. Do yourself a favor and check out these gorgeous stories that center Black women and gender nonconforming individuals through tales of fantasy, science fiction, and magic.

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey – Private detective Ivy Gamble is only just getting by when her luck appears to change: the headmaster at The Osthorne Academy of Young Mages hires her to solve a grizzly murder, a job that pays mucho dinero and will finally give her a shot at a homicide case. Buuuut the magically gifted Tabitha teaches at the school, the sister she’s always been a little jealous of and hasn’t spoken to in years. Ivy will have to weed her way through secrets, lies, “chosen one” prophecies, and (eek!) teenagers to determine who split another teacher in half with forbidden magic.

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke coverThe Cutting Season by Attica Locke – This thriller is one hell of a page-turner and also tackles big topics like race and generational trauma. It weaves together two mysteries from two different timelines: a murder on a historic plantation in Louisiana’s Sugar Cane country in present day and another involving a missing slave more than a hundred years earlier. It’s so suspenseful and brilliantly plotted!

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang – Stella has Autism Spectrum Disorder and has always felt more comfortable with math and numbers than people. Applying the age old mantra that practice make perfect, she decides there’s only one way to get over her discomfort with kissing and sexy times, and that’s to hire a male escort. Michael can’t afford to turn her down and agrees to help Stella with her (literal) to-do list. Then their “no-nonsense partnership starts making a strange kind of sense. And the pattern that emerges will convince Stella that love is the best kind of logic.”

Suggestion Section

Oprah’s next book club pick is James McBride’s Deacon King Kong.

Vox’s book club has assembled a pretty sweet panel for its next live discussion of The Princess Bride.

Pardon the paywall, but this piece from The Washington Post is a must-read. It will make a lot of non-Black people feel uncomfortable, and may even seem ironic to include in a newsletter about book clubs that urges you to read anti-racist lit. The message is an important one though: reading the books, discussing them, and patting yourself on the back for doing so is not nearly, not even a little bit enough.

Thanks for hanging with me today! Shoot me an email at vanessa@riotnewmedia.com with your burning book club questions or find me on Twitter and the gram @buenosdiazsd. Sign up for the Audiobooks newsletter, catch me once a month on the All the Books podcast, and watch me ramble about even more new books every Tuesday on our YouTube channel.

Stay bad & bookish, my friends.
Vanessa

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What's Up in YA

This Week’s YA Book News and New YA Releases

Hey YA Fans!

Let’s dive into this week’s YA book news, new releases, and book talk.

YA Book News

This Week’s New YA Books

So many books out this week to get on your TBR, if you haven’t already. A * means I’ve read and recommend the book!

The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena (paperback)

Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey

Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee

Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti

Hunted By The Sky by Tanaz Bhathena (first in a series)

Keep My Heart in San Francisco by Amelia Diane Coombs

My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann

Rebel Spy by Veronica Rossi

Scorpion by Jeff Sweat (series)

Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano

Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross (series)

A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood

*The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus (paperback)

Take Me With You by Tara Altebrando

*There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

The Virtue of Sin by Shannon Schuren (paperback)

What Unbreakable Looks Like by Kate McLaughlin

This Week on Book Riot

Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you on Saturday with a 🛥️ boatload 🛥️ of YA ebook deals.

— Kelly Jensen, @heykellyjensen on Instagram and editor of Body Talk, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy, and Here We Are.

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062320-SummerReadingPackEAC-Giveaways

We’re giving away a Summer Reading Pack courtesy of Harlequin.com. Simply click here to subscribe to the Harlequin.com newsletter to be eligible to win a prize pack which includes the following titles: Sunrise on Half Moon Bay by Robyn Carr, The Sea Glass Cottage by RaeAnne Thayne, The Summer of Sunshine and Margot by Susan Mallery, Heartbreaker by B.J. Daniels, Family for Beginners by Sarah Morgan.

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