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The Salem witchcraft trials meet Practical Magic and “Hocus Pocus” in this seductive tale about three sisters who return every summer in order to exact their revenge on the town that killed them for witchcraft two centuries ago.
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Middle earth for middle graders! Redwall meets Watership Down in this breakout new fantasy series of good vs. evil starring three young rabbit siblings who prove that anyone—even little rabbits—can achieve great things.
Bookish Curiosities
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.
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–Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars on Twitter and Instagram.
Currently reading Educated by Tara Westover on audio.
Hey YA Fans:
Let’s catch up on the latest in YA news around the web.
“What’s Up in YA?” is sponsored by Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst from Epic Reads.
An action-packed fantasy, perfect for fans of Tamora Pierce and Kristin Cashore.
Asra is a demigod with a dangerous gift: the ability to dictate the future. But her peaceful life is upended when bandits threaten the village of Ina, the girl she loves, and the king does nothing to help.
Asra uses her magic to help, but her spell goes horribly wrong and the village is destroyed.
Unaware that Asra is at fault, Ina swears revenge on the king. To stop her, Asra must become a player in a lethal game of power involving assassins, gods, and the king himself.
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When you’re not reading a book, the next best thing is to read ABOUT books, right? In this collection of links, you can start planning your next movie marathoning sessions, given the amount of news about adaptations there is.
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily XR Pan
When Leigh’s mother commits suicide, Leigh’s life unravels. The unraveling only happens harder and stronger when she sees a bird that she knows is her mother. The story follows as Leigh leaves her home town to meet the grandparents she’s never known before to learn more about her family’s history and the person her mother was.
Pan’s debut is lush, absorbing, and perfect for readers who love the magical realism of authors like Nova Ren Suma or Laura Ruby. Leigh’s Taiwanese heritage plays a large role in the story, as do the challenges her mother and grandparents experienced in their young lives. More, this is a book about mental illness and grief that is refreshing, powerful, and much-needed.
It’s a wealth of great inexpensive reads this week. Check ’em out!
How Dare The Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana is a memoir and tells the story of Uwiringiyimana’s experience growing up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, surviving a massacre, and making it to America. $2.
Brittany Cavallaro’s A Study in Charlotte — the first in a series of mysteries about the teens related to the famous Holmes and Watson — is $2.
The Girl From The Well by Rin Chupeco is $2 and if you like horror, particularly J-Horror, you want to read this one.
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Thanks for hanging out this week and we’ll see you again soon!
Well folks, we definitely have a few things to talk about.
Let’s get to it.
News
The Ripped Bodice released their second annual Diversity in Romance Publishing report. They acknowledge that racial and cultural diversity is not the only kind of diversity we should be looking at, but it is what they chose to focus on. If you’ve seen their report for 2016, you know that their first look at mainstream traditional romance publishing—the Big Five imprints and the big romance-dedicated publishers—was pretty damning.
Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn and Revell Books, a Division of Baker Publishing Group
Leigh Weston thought she’d left a troubled past behind when she moved back home to Carrington, North Carolina. But when dive team investigator Ryan Parker finds a body in the lake near her home, she fears the past hasn’t stayed where it belongs. Can Ryan find a way to protect her, and maybe win her heart in the process?
Award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn grabs readers by the throat and doesn’t let go until the final heart-pounding page.
2017? It got worse. More than half of those polled either stayed the same or published an even smaller percentage of books by authors of color than the previous year. Since they were working in percentages, even if the number published might have gone up, the number published by white authors must have gone up exponentially more.
I’d like to say it was a surprise to me, but considering the number of emails I get highlighting new books from Netgalley and the like, especially from the major imprints, I’m not surprised at all.
Bustle does a pretty good dive into the numbers.
And WOC in Romance has some words as well.
In happier news, Lisa Kleypas acknowledged a big misstep in her most recent novel and is going to work to fix it in future printings.
But. We’ve still got to have a few conversations in romance about exoticizing certain people and ethnic groups. Like this one.
We’ve also got to keep talking about supporting authors writing f/f romance (especially queer women doing so), as either part of or in addition to the conversation about boosting women writing m/m romance over queer men doing the same. (She says in the same breath that she touts Cat Sebastian. I know. But they’re so good. There’s room for both.)
And speaking of women in m/m romance, a Twitter moment came out yesterday that has a bunch of us reeling. An intrepid human pulled together a very damning argument that author Santino Hassell is indeed not a bi white dude. We’ve talked about not being owed anybody’s name or identity, but what we are owed is a person’s honesty and respect. When “Santino” “revealed his face” in a moment of apparent exasperation, I was glad to see it, and proud to see an author say “this is me, mfers.” But when you’re that big name people like to use as a compelling example of what it can be like when men write queer romance, and it turns out you are not male and probably not queer? That’s…I have no words.
But in even happier news, events like this bring me joy. They also make me miss living in a big metropolitan city, but I can still work to make my corner of the desert romance central. (And as a bonus, here’s Alyssa Cole on why her novels are always political.)
Someday.
In the best of news, filming for the adaptation of Beverly Jenkins’ Deadly Sexy is starting! (You might even be able to get into it as an extra!)
Deals
Still in a royals mood after A Princess in Theory? Falling for His Convenient Queen by Therese Beharrie is 3.99.
The adorable It Takes Two To Tumble by Cat Sebastian is 99c.
Tracey Livesay’s Love On My Mind is 1.99 right now. Her other two, Along Came Love and Love Will Always Remember are also on sale!
Over on Book Riot
Annika talked about the Ripped Bodice report.
Book Riot is starting a new feminist book club called Persist! Will you join?
We asked, here’re your answers: Book Riot’s favorite unusual love stories.
Recs
I don’t pick up a lot of romance with guys in cowboy hats, but Lori Wilde is coming to the big book festival where I live. When I realized that her newest book was based on Jane Austen’s Emma, I knew I had to pick it up. Her titles are fun and punny, which you know I love, and I’m always down for a modern adaptation.
How the Cowboy Was Won
Lori Wilde
Ember Alzate is outrageous, or at least that’s what people say. She’s blunt, forthright, and likes to take risks—something that some people in Cupid, Texas don’t find so great. Neither did her ex husband, who really threw her for a loop. Even in her family, she’s the odd one out. The only person who really gets her is Ranger, the absent-minded astrobiologist who has been her best friend since childhood. After a year of research in New Zealand, Ranger is back in Cupid, surprised to discover that Ember has taken her need to control things to the next level: she’s taken to matchmaking. Now, Ember has set her sights on finding him the perfect wife, but he wishes he could help her make her realize what he’s finally discovered: they belong together.
I’ll be the first to say that Emma Woodhouse is my least-favorite Austen heroine. I appreciate the process she goes through to grow as a person and learn about seeing beyond your own nose, though. And while I thoroughly enjoyed this book, Ember’s journey is more about learning to accept yourself, warts and all. Just so you know.
The most interesting thing about this novel is that “cowboy” is a bit of a stretch for Ranger Lockhart. Sure, he lives in Stetsons and boots and grew up on a ranch, but he’s a research scientist with multiple advanced degrees. Cowboy is a bit of a misnomer, but I guess I’ll take it.
And start working my way backward in Lori Wilde’s repertoire, starting with Cowboy, It’s Cold Outside because yeah.
The whole cowboy/not cowboy thing did get me thinking about some of the other novels with barechested men in stetsons who aren’t really cowboys on the covers, and I have two more in my possession that I look forward to investigating soon:
His Secret Son by Brenda Jackson
Laramie Cooper is a Navy SEAL, but the stetson on his head reveals that somewhere in his heart, there is a rancher. Maybe he grew up on a ranch, or inherited one? Maybe by the time the exposition in this book gets moving, he’ll have quit the Navy and bought a ranch? All I know is he fathered a child and then was presumed dead during a military action, so any kind of thing can happen after captivity.
One in Waiting by Holley Trent
The current cover on Amazon and Goodreads might show that this is a menage romance, but I have a different cover on my Kindle. Here, we’ve got the same old barechested half-face with the outline of a stetson, and I imagine said chest, face, and stetson belong to Ren Thompson, the third person mentioned in the description of the book. He’s a baseball player, but the blurb calls him a cowboy. I’m guessing he’s from Texas or the southwest or the mountain west and wears cowboy boots and a rimmed hat. Maybe he even likes horses, I dunno. But Emilie, the heroine, does have a ranch in Texas, so let’s see what happens!
New and Upcoming Releases
Highland Dragon Master by Isabel Cooper (y’all know I LOVE these books, and this one is so good!)
A Secret Desire by Kaia Danielle (this is the second in that Decades series I was excited about; the author fell a little behind but is out now!)
Accidental Tryst by Natasha Boyd (sounds like Kryptonite to me!)
My Royal Temptation by Riley Pine (new Harlequin DARE book)
As You Wish by Jude Deveraux (I haven’t read one of hers in a long while but this one intrigues me!)
Dragon Redeemed by LC Alleyne (March 9) (WOC writing dragons? I’m down. Just gotta read the first one…)
As usual, catch me on Twitter @jessisreading or Instagram @jess_is_reading, or send me an email at jessica@riotnewmedia.com if you’ve got feedback or just want to say hi!
Sponsored by In Search of Us by Ava Dellaira
Florida’s “Marshall” Program May Arm School Librarians
Florida lawmakers have been grappling with how to respond to the horrific Parkland school massacre. Arming teachers is a “solution” presented with some frequency, but Florida lawmakers have decided against it–in favor of instead arming school librarians, counselors, coaches, and other school employees. The $67 million program would “allow school superintendents to work with local sheriffs to train and arm designated personnel on campus.”
Nick Offerman Joins Amazon’s “Good Omens” Cast
A casting announcement that has me suddenly interested in watching Good Omens! Parks and Rec’s Nick Offerman “will play the U.S. Ambassador and father of the child Warlock in the six-part series, which is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.” Michael Sheen, David Tennant, and Jon Hamm are also starring.
Other Previews and Things!
Why yes there is a preview for Season Two of Luke Cage. And for the adaptation of Sweetbitter. Aaannnddd the Christopher Robin movie. And Marry Poppins Returns! Go forth and multimedia. Which is now a verb, apparently.
Hello mystery fans! I’ve listened to so many British audiobooks in a row that the voice in my head now has a new accent–please tell me this also happens to you?
Sponsored by RATTLE by Fiona Cummins
If you see him, it’s already too late.
Fiona Cummins delves into the seam of darkness that runs through us all, the struggle between light and shadow, redemption and revenge, as a detective and a desperate father hunt down a twisted killer with a macabre obsession …
Cozy Mystery with a Few Ghosts:
Killing in C Sharp (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #3) by Alexia Gordon: Gethsemane is an American living in an Irish cottage teaching music, but if she wants to keep her current living arrangement she’s gonna have to play nice with paranormal investigators–or so demands her landlord. The problem is she doesn’t want them actually spotting the ghost that lives there, nor does she want to have to deal with a terrible true crime writer, or a new ghost–but when a man is murdered Gethsemane is going to have to figure out who the murderer is while keeping the world from discovering her ghostly friend. The actual mystery was not at all the direction I would have thought this would take and I quite enjoyed it. A good read for fans of cozy mysteries–especially looking for less violence towards women– and a series I’ll keep picking up.
Great “PI” Pairing set in Australia (TW: child rape/ pedophilia )
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox: Ted Conkaffey was a Sydney detective until he happened to be the last person witnesses saw near a girl who was abducted, raped, and left for dead. He’s always maintained his innocence, and the charges have been dropped, but public opinion hasn’t changed. It’s why he’s relocated to Crimson Lake (which made me think of the Florida Everglades). His lawyer sets him up with a local PI, Amanda Pharrell, who was charged as a teen in the brutal stabbing of another teen and is now the only PI available in the area. Pharrell is quirky, a weird rhymer, troubled, and gifted in deducing things rather quickly. Conkaffey is just trying to survive the cops who are harassing him, and figure out a life outside of prison without his family–oh, and keeping a bunch of geese alive. But they work well together when it comes to solving the mystery of a missing local author whose ring was found inside a crocodile! A page-turning mystery, with great characters, and a vivid setting perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s The Dry. I look forward to more Pharrell and Conkaffey–and Australian wildlife!
Links:
Book Riot is giving away $500 Penguin clothbound books in the giveaway that has made all Rioters jealous they can’t enter!
Walter Mosley interview discussing Down the River Unto the Sea and writing.
Gillian Flynn interview–without the questions–where she talks about her next novel!
Rincey and Katie talk Noir on Read or Dead.
A new podcast discusses the making of Michelle McNamara’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. You can listen to a preview on iTunes here. And if you missed my review of the book here ya go.
Alex Segura and Gregg Hurwitz discuss the allure of cults in their own work.
Watch the trailer for In Ice Cold Blood, hosted by Ice-T, premiering April 1st on Oxygen.
“Du Maurier’s bestselling novel reveals much about the author’s fluid sexuality – her ‘Venetian tendencies’ – and about being a boy stuck in the wrong body, writes Olivia Laing” — Sex, jealousy and gender: Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca 80 years on
Over on Book Riot 7 Short Mystery Stories and 7 Japanese Mystery novels.
Dynamite will have a new Nancy Drew comic in June created by women: “written by Kelly Thompson (Jem and the Holograms, Hawkeye), with art by Jenn St-Onge (Bingo Love, The Misfits), color by Triona Farrell (Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor), and letters by Ariana Maher (Ringside, 8House).”
Suspenseful Mystery That Also Works for Literary Fans (TW: suicide)
If I Die Tonight
by Alison Gaylin: Gaylin successfully explores a lot of issues (without feeling heavy handed) while strumming the chord of suspense and running a mystery throughout. I got sucked in from the opening and ended up reading it in two sittings. At the core is the mystery of who is responsible for a hit-and-run. When all eyes start to turn towards Wade Reed– who’s recently become too thin and withdrawn–his mother immediately comes to his defense. But does she really know the teen he’s become? Or is a washed-up ’80s popstar lying about the night’s events? An interesting look at family, age, social media, vilifying…that will probably leave you thinking. (I don’t know why the summary says “a dose of Stranger Things” but you should not think this is like ST.)
Recent Releases:
The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes #3) by Brittany Cavallaro (I’m gonna have to put on my shelf just for the title!)
Death at the Durbar (Maharajah Mystery #2) by Arjun Raj Gaind (Historical mystery, 1911 India)
Agatha Christie by Laura Thompson (Biography)
They All Fall Down by Tammy Cohen (Good psychological thriller set in mental health facility–written with care.) (TW: suicide/ rape/ cutting/ eating disorder)
Memento Mori (Medicus Investigation #8) by Ruth Downie (Greek mythology mystery)
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy by Nova Jacobs
Plum Tea Crazy (A Tea Shop Mystery #19) by Laura Childs (Currently reading: great opening, tea shop owner sleuth in South Carolina.)
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (Tante Poldi #1) by Mario Giordano, John Brownjohn (Translation) (review)
Phoenix Burning (A Veranda Cruz Mystery #2) by Isabella Maldonado (Currently reading: Mexican American detective, with a whopper of a secret, takes on a Mexican cartel in Phoenix.) (TW: rape)
A Brush with Shadows (Lady Darby Mystery #6) by Anna Lee Huber (Historical mystery, 1831 England)
Kindle Deals:
The Lion’s Mouth (Hanne Wilhelmsen #4) by Anne Holt is 99 cents (Reads as standalone– great political thriller/mystery.) (Read it too long ago to remember trigger warnings but this series is dark so assume at least a few.)
Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. And here’s an Unusual Suspects Pinterest board.
Until next time, keep investigating! And in the meantime come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canaves.
Welcome back to In The Club, a newsletter of resources to keep your book group well-met and well-read. Let’s dive in.
This newsletter is sponsored by Finding Georgina by Colleen Faulkner.
What happens after you get what you’ve always wanted? In Colleen Faulkner’s thought-provoking and emotionally compelling novel, a mother is reunited with the daughter who was abducted as a toddler—only to face unexpected and painful challenges …
The current big story in Book Club World: Barnes & Noble is starting one across their stores! It’ll be run by B&N booksellers and meet in-stores, and they’ll be having special content and promotion around them. The first pick is Meg Wolitzer’s The Female Persuasion, and I’ll be very interested to see what the next pick is like and if they’re sticking with hardcovers (which run counter to my sense of what format most book groups read in).
Almost as big: We’re starting a book club! It lives on Instagram it’s called Persist: A Feminist Book Club, and our first pick is Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud by Anne Helen Petersen. (And it’s a paperback!)
Speaking of Instagram Book Clubs: Reese Witherspoon has picked BR favorite The Widows of Malabar Hill for March!
Want something recent and overlooked? Here are 10 suggestions from writers, editors, and reviewers with books they feel could use more love, for the group that wants to read currently but is tired of bestseller lists.
Continuing in Read Harder suggestions: Genre books in translation! I cosign Invisible Planets, it’s an amazing anthology.
For completists and followers of O’Neal’s Razor: Here are some YA fantasy series that are either already done or will be finished in 2018. Enthusiastic cosign for the Nemesis series, Star-Touched Queen, and Wintersong! I do love a good duology, and there’s tons of world-building and character development to discuss.
For history buffs: Elisa put together a list of 10 books about the Cold War, including fiction and nonfiction. For my imaginary Page To Screen book club, we’d pair one of those with a viewing of the 2015 remake of The Man From UNCLE.
For horror enthusiasts: Horror manga, for the group that is not scared of the dark.
Sometimes, you just want to have feelings, and here are some comics that can help with that. Comics are a great choice if you want something quicker, and books that are heavy on feelings are always great discussion fodder.
Remember: you should enter our Instagram giveaway! We’re giving away $500 worth of gorgeous Penguin Clothbound classics.
And that’s a wrap: Happy discussing! If you’re interested in more science fiction and fantasy talk, you can catch me and my co-host Sharifah on the SFF Yeah! podcast. For many many more book recommendations (including the occasional book club question!) you can find me on the Get Booked podcast with the inimitable Amanda.
Your fellow booknerd,
Jenn
More Resources:
– Our Book Group In A Box guide
– List your group on the Book Group Resources page
Today’s The Stack is sponsored by Dynamite Entertainment.
In the future, when mankind has spread across the stars, the hierarchy of man is dictated by the color of one’s caste. The Golds rule all, but what will happen when one falls for a lowly Red? See how a forbidden love will set the course of events for the future and lead to the formation of the formidable Sons of Ares!
Today’s Riot Rundown is sponsored by Beneath the Surface by Lynn H. Blackburn and Revell Books, a Division of Baker Publishing Group.
Leigh Weston thought she’d left a troubled past behind when she moved back home to Carrington, North Carolina. But when dive team investigator Ryan Parker finds a body in the lake near her home, she fears the past hasn’t stayed where it belongs. Can Ryan find a way to protect her, and maybe win her heart in the process?
Award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn grabs readers by the throat and doesn’t let go until the final heart-pounding page.
It’s the first new book Tuesday of the month – time to topple Mount TBR! Such an amazing selection of incredible books out today. First Tuesday is my favorite Tuesday because WOW what a huge assortment!
I have a few awesome books for you below and you can hear about several more great titles on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Amanda and I talked about a few amazing books we loved, includingChildren of Blood and Bone,Whiskey & Ribbons,Girls Burn Brighter, and more.
Sponsored by The Reluctant Fortune-Teller by Keziah Frost, new from Park Row Books.
At seventy-three years old, Norbert Zelenka’s life on the sidelines has left him broke and alone. But when three strong-willed seniors decide to make him their latest project, he reluctantly agrees to their scheme: establishing himself as the town’s fortune-teller. As Norbert’s lonesome world expands, he finally finds a place where he belongs. But disaster looms on the horizon. When a troubled young woman goes missing after a reading, Norbert must find a strength beyond the cards to bring her home safely. The Reluctant Fortune-Teller is a poignant reminder that we’re never too old to learn new tricks.
(And like with each megalist, I’m putting a 
next to the books that I have read and loved. There are soooo many more on this list that I can’t wait to read!)
Lake Silence by Anne Bishop
This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide by Geneen Roth
Indecent by Corinne Sullivan
Good Guys by Steven Brust
Restore Me (Shatter Me) by Tahereh Mafi
Unmasked: A Memoir by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Bash Bash Revolution by Douglas Lain
Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls by Elizabeth Renzetti
The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blum
The Gospel of Trees: A Memoir by Apricot Irving
Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
The City Where We Once Lived: A Novel by Eric Barnes
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy: A Novel in Clues by Nova Jacobs
Blood of the Four by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon
Trick by Domenico Starnone, Jhumpa Lahiri (Translator)
The Midnights by Sarah Nicole Smetana
Whiskey & Ribbons: A Novel by Leesa Cross-Smith
Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan by Ted Scheinman
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Would You Rather?: A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out by Katie Heaney
Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life by Laura Thompson
Dodging and Burning by John Copenhaver
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Pacifica by Kristen Simmons
Census by Jesse Ball
The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne
the witch doesn’t burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain by Abby Norman
Bring Out the Dog by Will Mackin
That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories by James Kelman
Speak No Evil: A Novel by Uzodinma Iweala
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (An Auntie Poldi Adventure) by Mario Giordano, John Brownjohn (Translator)
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television by Joy Press
Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, and Loss by Stephanie Wittels Wachs
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Raw: My Journey into the Wu-Tang by Lamont “U-God” Hawkins
Gun Love: A Novel by Jennifer Clement
I Found My Tribe: A Memoir by Ruth Fitzmaurice
The Day She Disappeared: A Novel by Christobel Kent
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk
A World Below by Wesley King
Bachelor Girl: A Novel by Kim Van Alkemade
Wonderland: Poems by Matthew Dickman
The Kevin Show: An Olympic Athlete’s Battle with Mental Illness by Mary Pilon
Awayland: Stories by Ramona Ausubel
I’ll Be Your Blue Sky: A Novel by Marisa de los Santos
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
Court of Lions: A Novel by Jane Johnson
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst
Too Afraid To Cry: Memoir of a Stolen Childhood by Ali Cobby Eckermann
The Wonder Down Under: The Insider’s Guide to the Anatomy, Biology, and Reality of the Vagina by Nina Brochmann and Ellen Støkken Dahl
Guardian Angels and Other Monsters by Daniel H. Wilson
Forgotten Women: The Scientists by Zing Tsjeng
Forgotten Women: The Leaders by Zing Tsjeng
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
The Darkling Bride: A Novel by Laura Andersen
The Infernal Library: On Dictators, the Books They Wrote, and Other Catastrophes of Literacy by Daniel Kalder
Close to Home by Cara Hunter
The Evolved Eater: A Quest to Eat Better, Live Better, and Change the World by Nick Taranto
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu
The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes Novel) by Brittany Cavallaro
St. Petersburg: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva by Jonathan Miles
Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj Mishra (paperback)
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (paperback)
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That’s it for me today! If you want to learn more about books new and old (and see lots of pictures of my cats, Millay and Steinbeck), or tell me about books you’re reading, or books you think I should read (I HEART RECOMMENDATIONS!), you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!
Stay rad,
Liberty