The Book Swap

By: Tessa Bickers

Why am I stoked for this release?

A romance based around a little free library?

Sure, why not?

But I’m mostly stoked because it’s promising to be a love letter to books and reading and those are two of my favorite things so I don’t think I could not be stoked for this!

Blue Sisters

By: Coco Mellors

Why am I stoked for this release?

Three estranged sisters return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death.

This is marketed as being about “grief, identity, and the complexities of family”.

My sisters and I are relatively close – I don’t think I go a few days without talking to them either individually or in our family or sister chat. So, I’m sure I’ll do the comparison about us a lot (though there’s only three of us all together).

Also – I love family dynamics. We’re all messy, but that’s life.

The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

Why am I stoked for this release?

I really enjoyed The Midnight Library when that came out a few years ago, so of course I’m going to pick up to latest novel from Matt Haig.

This one is about a retired math teacher who is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend. When she goes down there, she begins to search for answers about her friend’s life.

If you read Haig’s other novel, than you know there’s gonna be more than meets the eye in the description. So, I’m stoked to find out what that is!

Tig

By: Heather Smith

Why am I stoked for this release?

I actually just read this on my Labor Day Monday (so expect the review later this week!)

This is about Tig and Peter, who are forced to move in with their Uncle Scott and his partner, Manny after living alone for months. There’s a tough transition, but also a goal of outrunning a wheel of cheese down a hill…

I may have shed a tear of two when reading this. It’ll pull on your heartstrings for sure.

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

By: TJ Klune

Why am I stoked for this release?

First off – it’s TJ Klune and I loved anything and everything he writes. You can also bet I will talk about the newest release for the next twelve months (do you hear me still talking about In the Lives of Puppets??)

My boss is amazing and got me an ARC of this so I read it earlier, if you’d like to see my review, you can find it here ◡̈

Something in the Woods Loves You

By: Jarod K. Anderson

Why am I stoked for this release?

Maybe I’m being a little optimistic about wanting to read another nature/animal based nonfiction – but this memoir has gotten a lot of buzz around it that it’s made me curious.

I honestly probably won’t get around to it for quite a while, but it’s also supposed to talk about mental illness and depression, and not just nature and animals. Maybe this one I won’t have to read it chunks like I did with Immense World.

Whenever You’re Ready

By: Rachel Runya Katz

Why am I stoked for this release?

I’ve actually been talking this book up at work a lot because it’s a about two reconnected friends who must decide if love is the ultimate risk worth taking in this emotional sapphic romance.

I’m stoked for this because I really don’t read a lot of sapphic romances, but this one had been reviewed as being adorable and cute, so I’m ready for it.

Greta

By: J.S. Lemon

Why am I stoked for this release?

Okay so this one is Okay so this one is being said to be, “J. S. Lemon’s middle grade debut is an utterly transformative, fiercely original, and surprisingly funny story about consent, friendship, healing, and a beauty that transcends all else.”

It’s also said to be “Reminiscent of Kafka’s Metamorphosis”, which if you don’t know this about me, Kafka is one of the few old dead white guys that I actually enjoy reading, so anytime anyone compares things to him, I have to read it.

I’m sure there’s going to be some heartstrings pulled on this one though.

When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary

By: Alice Hoffman

Why am I stoked for this release?

Since I was a kid, I was already really interested in WWII. First it was Pearl Harbor, then I was obsessed with finding out anything and everything about the Holocaust, which of course, lead me to Anne Frank.

I received an ARC of this book some time ago and you can find my review here.

It is an imagining as to what the days leading up to the Frank’s hiding could have been like for Anne, but it was done with intensive research and published in cooperation with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.

How to Piss Off Men: 106 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego

By: Kyle Prue

Why am I stoked for this release?

This is just going to be a funny book that I will love to read after a stupid day at work.

Some days it’s just fun to upset men and their tiny egos.

Playground

By: Richard Powers

Why am I stoked for this release?

So, I’m going to be honest and tell you I now have three book that Richard Powers has written, but have I have not read any of them yet. Would I enjoy them all? I have no doubt.

This one is supposed to have a cast of characters and about the ocean – one of the few places humans haven’t colonized.

There’s more to this, but I’m not doing a very good job at explaining it!

A Little Less Broke: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole

By: Marian Schembari

Why am I stoked for this release?

As an adult female who probably is most definitely on the autism spectrum, it makes me smile when I see or read about people’s experiences in getting the diagnosis later in life and the validation they then feel.

I’m just going to be happy for the author.

When the World Tips Over

By: Janey Nelson

Why am I stoked for this release?

Did I geek out just slightly when we got an ARC of this at work?

Yes.

Did my coworker make fun of me for it?

Yes.

Am I still stoked for the Fall family to experience a rainbow-haired girl who trips their world over?

Yes.

What We Sacrifice for Magic

By: Andrea Jo DeWerd

Why am I stoked for this release?

It’s a witchy coming-of-age novel about a young witch who just graduated from high school and is set to take over as the indomitable Madga from her grandmother.

But as she begins to ask why her path is so set in stone, she begins to find out family secrets as to how they keep magic in the family.

Just – give me witchy, fall vibe good books, okay?!

The Naming Song

By: Jedediah Berry

Why am I stoked for this release?

This is a book about words and metaphors and how what we use to describe ourselves is what becomes of ourselves.

I feel like this may be a hit or miss for me. I love books about books, but honestly’ don’t know how I feel about books about language. I don’t know why I’m thinking of Babel and how I’m a little nervous to pick that book up or not because it’s so hit of miss with readers.