I feel like I both went hard and yet, was super stingy on what I picked to showcase this month. Maybe it’s the fact I have well over 300 books sitting in my TBR piles around my house and yet, I still can’t say no to a good ARC when I see one…
Release Date: February 6, 2024
Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
by: Shannon Reed
Why am I stoked for this release?
Well, that seems like a silly question. This is a book review blog/website no?
I know why I read, but I’d like to know why others do as well..
And clearly I love talking about books, so a new book about books is always on my radar ◡̈
Released Date: February 13, 2024
The Framed Women of Ardemore House
by: Brandy Schillace
Why am I stoked for this release?
I’m not one for mysteries. But more romance and mysteries are on my little personal goals list this year.
This one is about an autistic editor who inherits an English estate, but then finds herself at the center of a murder investigation. There’s also a missing family portrait as well.
Anywho, this just sounds like it would be fun and interesting.
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
by: Katherine Arden
Why am I stoked for this release?
Anyone else read The Bear and the Nightingale?
This is Arden’s new book – set in the Great War in 1917, which is not a year or event I usually read about.
I enjoyed Arden’s book I read last year (though I haven’t read the rest of the series). I’m excited to read about this one as it has some magical realism aspects to it.
The Kamogawa Food Detectives
by: Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)
Why am I stoked for this release?
A newly translated Japanese series where a father-daughter duo who run the Kamogawa Diner can recreate dishes from a person’s treasured memories.
A lot of my greatest large family memories growing up was always centered around food. My cousin could make the best cheesy potato casserole and I don’t care who makes it otherwise, it’s not the same. Okay?
The Book of Doors
by: Gareth Brown
Why am I stoked for this release?
Imagine receiving a book that has the ability to open any door to anywhere the possessor wants! And, after running around with your best friend, you discover there are other books with other crazy abilities and so therefor are bad guys who want your book.
What are you going to do??
This just sounds like such a crazy concept, and it’s giving me all kinds of ideas, but I want to read this to see where it goes before making my own decisions about what doors I would want to open…
The Eternal Ones
by: Namina Forna
Why am I stoked for this release?
This is the last book of The Gilded Ones series and oh boy – is it good!
Full of action and the best found family vibes and a magical shaft shifting companion you could ask for in a YA fantasy.
This Day Changes Everything
by: Edward Underhill
Why am I stoked for this release?
This is a Queer YA romance set during one day in New York City around Thanksgiving.
I enjoy books that everything is set in one day. T
This book is 288 pages, there’s bound to be some wild stuff that happen!
Release Date: February 20, 2024
Welcome to Hyunam-Dung Bookshop
by: Hwang Bo-Reum, Shanna Tan (Translator)
Why am I stoked for this release?
You all should know by now I’m a sucker for Japanese literature- especially when it’s about books.
This one is a Korean smash hit about a girl who gets burnt out, leaves her old life behind, and goes to a small neighborhood outside Seoul and opens the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop.
Raise your hand if a dream job of yours would be to open your own little bookshop/cafe/cat sanctuary that you run with your best girl friend.
Island Witch
by: Amanda Jayatissa
Why am I stoked for this release?
Inspired by Sri Lankan folklore (again, something I haven’t read before!). In late 19th century Sri Lanka, the daughter of a traditional demon-priest, tries to solve the mysterious attack that have been happening in her village.
This is horror and though I dipped my toes a little (so little) into horror last year, this seems like it may actually be up my alley.
Release Date: February 27, 2024
Hope Ablaze
by: Sarah Mughal Rana
Why am I stoked for this release?
This is a YA about a Muslim teen finding her voice in a post 9/11 America.
I was only in fourth grade when 9/11 happened, but of course it’s a day I’ll always remember.
I’ve only read a handful of books based around that time period, and I can’t wait to read this one, especially as there is poetry throughout it and I enjoy that.
Snowglobe
by: Soyoung Park, Joungmin Lee Comfort (Translator)
Why am I stoked for this release?
Another newly translated Korean novel where in the not-so-distant future, the world has constant subzero weather. It’s a dream to participate in the reality TV broadcasted by Snowglobe, a community protected in an insulated glass dome.
I hate winter – and we just recently had that crazy cold snap here in KC. I feel like I barely survive it every time, so I’m ready to see how others do so 24/7!
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