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Happy Tuesday, book nerds! I hope you’re having a fantastic start of the week, and that you’re ready for another batch of amazing new releases. I’m still catching up on last week’s new releases (my copy of A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong arrived and it’s gorgeous and so colorful!), but I’ve got Sia Martinez and the Moonlight Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland on my radar, along with Chasing Starlight by Terri Bailey Black!
Here are three new releases that you should check out!
No Offense by Meg Cabot
Molly is nursing a broken heart when she takes a job as children’s librarian in Little Bridge Island, FL. She’s settling into her new life when a baby is abandoned in the library’s bathroom, and she finds herself working with Sheriff John Hartwell, who is intent on “catching” whoever left the baby. Molly takes offense at that perspective, and she decides to change his mind. As the two work together to sort out the case, John finds himself swayed by her arguments, and her smile.
Backlist bump: No Judgements by Meg Cabot is the first book in the Little Bridge Island romance series, and it’s a delight.
Twenty After Midnight by Daniel Galera
This new literary work in translation is about four young people, all friends, who were groundbreaking in the 1990’s digital scene, only to find one of their own murdered 15 years later. The three remaining friends reunite in order to piece together what happened, and who is responsible for the death of their one-time friend–and if they can look to the future now that he’s gone.
The Daughters of Ys by M.T. Anderson and Jo Rioux
This graphic novel draws upon Celtic legend to tell the story of Ys, a city protected by a magical wall from the sea. When the queen dies, her two daughters find themselves drifting apart and at odds, until dark secrets about their beloved Ys are exposed, forcing them to come together in order to save their home.
Happy reading!
Tirzah