Happy Tuesday, shipmates! It’s Alex with a dose of new releases…and then a couple more for good measure because I just cannot make myself choose sometimes, and this is one of those weeks. It’s been a rainy weekend in Colorado, nice and cool, and it’s still my favorite kind of weather. It’s been a great opportunity to sit down with Matt Wallace’s Savage Crowns, and witness a series I’ve loved wrap up. There’s no feeling quite like it, eh? Hope y’all had a great weekend! Stay safe out there, space pirates, and I’ll see you on Friday!
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Bookish Goods
We’re All Just Stories in the End Bracelet by TheTwinklingTalisman
In honor of one of the books this week definitely not being about a mysterious guy called the Doctor under a different name, here’s a pretty bracelet inspired by our favorite Timelord. $24
New Releases
A Crooked Mark by Linda Kao
Matt has spent his young life rootless, moving from town to town with his dad as they hunt for people marked by the Devil himself — and eliminate them. When he meets Rae, the survivor of a car accident that killed her father, he’s at first certain she must be so marked. But as he gets to know her and they become friends (and perhaps more) he begins to question his entire mission…and the existence of the Devil’s mark to begin with.
Citadel by C.M. Alongi
The people of Citadel, the only city on the planet Edalide, have long been told it is their holy mission to exterminate the unholy, vicious demons of the Flooded Forest. Then Olivia, a 19-year-old, nonverbal autistic woman, meets one such “demon” and recognizes that they are not animals nor vicious except in their own desperate defense, but sentient people. She embarks on a hazardous journey into the forest to try to stop this war and prevent anyone else from losing a loved one.
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Riot Recommendations
Hello there, shipmates! As is my wont, I didn’t want to choose between new releases this week, so here’s a couple more I wanted to tell you about!
The Infinite Miles by Hannah Fergesen
Harper Starling is lost in a dead-end job and a fruitless life, grieving for her best friend Peggy, who went missing three years ago. All she has for comfort is her favorite science fiction television show, Infinite Voyage. But then Peggy returns unexpectedly, only to demand to be taken to the Argonaut…the fictional hero of the show. And then the Argonaut himself shows up and whisks Harper away across time, claiming that Peggy used to travel with him but is now being controlled by hostile aliens. And then, as if that’s not already too much for a body to handle, he ditches her in 1971…
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
At a summer attraction that lets fans relive scenes from a classic slasher film, The Curse of Camp Mirror Lake, Charity plays the final girl, and she’s having the time of her life. But the last weekend before the season ends, Charity’s coworkers start disappearing…and she’s almost able to convince herself there’s nothing behind it until one of them turns up dead. Suddenly, the movie they’re recreating is far too real, and if Charity wants to survive the night and keep her best friend alive, they need to unravel mysteries far deeper than they could have imagined.
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