Sorry this is late (but it’s being published before the first Tuesday releases!). I got the news I didn’t get a job I’d basically been working for since March on Tuesday, right before I was planning on putting this together. Ultimately, this got put aside until I could manage to look ahead at books without crying. I’m not sure what my future holds – “It just wasn’t meant to be” still doesn’t help the heartache, but, books can take me to far off places, so that’s what I’m focusing on here. #Escapism
RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2023
Bookshops & Bonedust
by: Travis Baldree
Why am I stoked for this release?
Legends and Lattes is one of my all time favorite cozy fantasy novels. This one is the prequel that follows Viv shortly after she gets wounded during a hunt.
The last one felt like a warm blanket cuddle on a chilly fall night, so I’m expecting great things from this one too.
Sail Me Away Home
by: Ann Clare LeZotte
Why am I stoked for this release?
This novel pairs with Show Me a Sign and Set Me Free – stories follows Mary Lambert, a young Deaf girl from Martha’s Vineyard, a predominately Deaf Island, in the early 19th century.
I enjoyed the other two because talked about a big part of Deaf history and culture a lot of people don’t know about. This one seems like it will be able the education of Deaf children, which is a so layer and deeper than most people think.
A Grandmother Begins the Story
by: Michelle Porter
Why am I stoked for this release?
This story follows five generations of women and bison as they navigate their traumas try to rebuild their futures.
Written by an author who comes from a long line of Métis storytellers, this novel had received beautiful reviews and as I’ve said in previous months, I love a good generational story.
The Beautiful and the Wild
by: Peggy Townsend
Why am I stoked for this release?
So this one is actually set in Alaska. Last month I believe, I thought I had a YA where it was set in Alaska, and it was not. So, this is my Alaskan novel I plan on reading this winter.
It’s supposed to be about survival in the wilds of Alaska and I watch enough hunting and survival shows that I’m ready.
RELEASE DATE: November 14, 2023
Day
by: Michael Cunningham
Why am I stoked for this release?
I mentioned about loving family dynamic novels before. This is one of those that’s supposedly painful, but beautiful at the same time.
I’ve got a few authors I’m thinking of that I’ll be comparing this to, but I won’t know until I read it. And I have a feeling this will stand all on it’s own.
RELEASE DATE: November 28, 2023
We Must Not Think of Ourselves
by: Lauren Grodstein
Why am I stoked for this release?
I used to read a ton of WWII historical fiction. So much so that I kind of forced myself to take a step back from it for a bit. I still read this time, but I limit myself to only a few a year, and not all 120 of my books.
This is inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name Oneg Shabbat, where those trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto began collecting the stories of those living between the walls.
It’s going to probably be a difficult read, but it’s important.
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