I had a bit to deal with over the weekend and Monday so the first Tuesday of the month kind of snuck up on me – ALMOST!!
I really wanted to make sure to get this posted because as a reminder, I’m judging a few awards right now (I’ve got two categories in one Award alone). Because of this, I unfortunately won’t be posting as much because I can’t post my reviews of those books. I am giving myself a 2:1 ratio though. Two award books, one book of my choosing – mostly to mix it up but to also make sure I don’t poorly score a book simply because I want to get it over with to read another one.
So, thanks to those that stick around. Especially those who stuck around and read all of that ◡̈
Without further ado, my April’s Stoked for This!! There’s quite a few that come out this first Tuesday and there’s a ton of new books by some of my favorite authors. April will be a busy month, but I’m excited!!
Release Date: April 2
The Book of Thorns
By: Hester Fox
Why am I stoked for this release?
I’ll be honest with you here to let you know I really love Hester Fox, so I’ll read everything by her. One of my favorite gothic, dark writers.
But, besides that: sisters separated at birth, bound together by a secret language of flowers!!
And it’s set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars?! A new historical time I can check off my list.
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
Why am I stoked for this release?
Oh, just another literary icon that I absolutely love.
This one is about a writer, Alma who creates a graveyard for all of her untold stories. A legit graveyard for the manuscripts and drafts of stories she never finished. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other plans.
As a writer who hasn’t written a fictional stories in years (I know, I know – I have a Fiction Writing Degree and I sure use it huh??), I’ve got A BOX FILLED with unfinished stories – not to mention the unfinished stories on my college external hard drive.
This just gives me hope that maybe one day, I can finish their stories too ◡̈
All We Were Promised
By: Ashton Lattimore
Why am I stoked for this release?
A historical fiction set in Philadelphia, 1837 – another time in history I haven’t read much in.
A housemaid who escaped White Oaks plantation down South conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an enslaved girl escape.
I’ve watched a lot of movies about this time period, but not a lot of books. I’m hoping this one will be interesting and page turning for me.
Lightningborn (Storm Dragons Saga #1)
By: Julie Kagawa
Why am I stoked for this release?
Okay, first off – do you see this adorable dragon on the cover?? Because that’s the first thing that caught my eye. Then the fact it was by Julie Kagawa, I was asking for copy of this quickly.
You know how some girls were horse girlies? I was more of a fairies and dragons type (mostly fairies, but still loved dragons!).
Anywho, in a world where only the rich own dragons, a poor boy finds a wild dragon and becomes the focus of an evil pirate! And, by the looks of the cover, it’ll be sky pirates!!
Release Date: April 9, 2024
The Secret Language of Birds
By: Lynne Kelly
Why am I stoked for this release?
Ah, Song of Whales is a beautiful middle grade story that I love recommending for Middle Grade with a Deaf main character, so when the author’s newest book was announced, I got excited.
This is about a little girl who is obsessed with birds who finds a pair of whooping cranes nesting in the marsh of her summer camp. It’s kind of impossible because all of her resources say they haven’t nested in Texas in over 100 years. But, once wildlife officials are notified, more questions arise about the bird pairing.
Release Date: April 16, 2024
Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
By: Asako Yuzuki, Polly Barton (Translator)
Why am I stoked for this release?
Okay, please just read the title of this! “Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder”! Tell me that doesn’t piqued your interest?!
No?
What about this: There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine.
This is inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer “The Konkatsu Killer”.
Just – I can’t explain in words my excitement for this, okay?
Release Date: April 23, 2024
Bad Habit
By: Alana S. Portero, Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)
Why am I stoked for this release?
This is about a coming-of -age novel about a trans woman growing up in Madrid in the last decades of the twentieth century.
After finally finding community and kinship in downtown Madrid after growing up in a blue collar suburb where she didn’t belong, the unnamed character finds that each step forward she must confront a violence she does not know yet how to counter.
Trans experiences are getting more and more voices nowadays and I’m all for it.
Release Date: April 30, 2024
Not Like Other Girls
By: Meredith Adamo
Why am I stoked for this release?
I don’t want to get too much into this novel, but based on the description of it, it reminds me a bit of Sadie by Courtney Summers.
But this is said to take a hard look at how we treat young women and their trauma as a teen girl tries to find her former best friend after goes missing and all the secrets that come to light.
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