What: Salt Houses by Hala Alyan Who: Harper When: May 2 2017 How: Borrowed from library. On the eve of her daughter Alia’s wedding, Salma reads the girl’s future in a cup of coffee dregs. She sees an unsettled life for Alia and her children; she also sees travel, and luck. While she chooses to keep her predictions […]
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What: Blood Orange by Yaffa Who: Meraj Publishing When: November 13 2023 How: Read through Kobo Plus. “Blood Orange” is a highly emotional, important and timely poetry collection by Mx. Yaffa (They/She), a trans Muslim displaced Indigenous Palestinian. Their writings probe the yearning for home, belonging, mental health, queerness, transness, and other dimensions of marginalization […]
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What: Dead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis Who: Harry N. Abrams When: March 26 2024 How: A copy of this novel was provided by Harry N. Abrams for review. A shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at the summer camp that was once her serial killer father’s […]
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What: The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee Who: Zando – Gillian Flynn Books When: August 13th 2024 How: A copy of this novel was provided by Zando for review. From Gillian Flynn Books, a lyrical YA horror by debut author Wen-yi Lee that’s perfect for fans of She Is a Haunting, Stephen King’s IT, […]
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What: Monstersona by Chloe Spencer Who: Tiny Ghost Press When: February 14th 2023 How: A copy of this novel was provided by Tiny Ghost Press for review. After her parents’ divorce, 16 year old Riley Grishin is forced to move from Portland, Oregon all the way to Little Brook, Maine, a small town that serves […]
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