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Book Buzz is a curated stream of book news that will help you add epic and outstanding novels to your TBR! These are the hottest books you must read!
We want stories that will carry us to other worlds, make us lose sleep, make us cry like we peeled ten onions, then tickle our fancy til we laugh hysterically. And love. We want books that will make us fall in love over and over again. What are the hottest books coming out this month? What stories will resonate with us and blow our minds? Check out Book Buzz to find out the latest in book news and discover the stories trending now!
[ad_1] We are overjoyed to be reprinting “The Angel of Khan el-Khalili” by P. Djèlí Clark, set in the same world as Master of Djinn, out on May 11! The story first appeared in the anthology Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt, edited by Matthew Bright and published by Twopenny Press. If you want … Read more
[ad_1] The enemies-to-lovers trope is my jam. Is there anything more delicious than watching two people dance back and forth over that line between love and hate? That moment of “you annoy me so much oh no suddenly we’re kissing” is one of my favorite things to read—and write. It’s one of the reasons that … Read more
[ad_1] Edie in Between by Laura Sibson is a modern-day Practical Magic about love, loss, and embracing the mystical. It’s been one year since Edie’s mother died—but her ghost has never left. And when her mother’s teenage journal tumbles into her life, her family’s mystical inheritance becomes once and for all too hard to ignore. … Read more
[ad_1] Onward to Ravka, my dear Grisha. We couldn’t be more excited that the TV adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s unforgettable Shadow and Bone trilogy is magicking its way onto Netflix this Friday, April 23rd. It’s finally time to see Alina, Mal, Genya, Zoya, the Darkling, and many others of our favorite Grishaverse characters take their … Read more
[ad_1] In 2021, after the year we’ve all had, living life on a daily basis is all the uncertainty I can handle. When I chose a book to read, I need to know it is going to end with a happily ever after, or as we call it in the romance world, an HEA. Knowing … Read more
[ad_1] With the beginning of spring, warmer weather, and longer days, we’re looking forward to spending more time outside and really focusing on our mental health. These books already helped get us through the long winter, and now we can’t wait to read, journal, and color somewhere other than our couches. If you’re also looking … Read more
[ad_1] 1629–1634: Whipped for lying with a Black woman “My mother is white and I am Black because in 1630 a Virginia colonial court ordered the whipping of Hugh Davis, a white man, as a punishment for sleeping with a Black woman…the whipping of Hugh Davis wrote one important concept of race in America into … Read more
[ad_1] When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez is an unforgettable young adult debut novel-in-verse that redefines what it means to “make it,” touching on themes of mental illness, sexual assault, food insecurity and gentrification, in the Nuyorican literary tradition of Nicholasa Mohr and the work of contemporary writer Elizabeth Acevedo. Scroll down to see … Read more
[ad_1] I’ve never understood the term “nonfiction novel.” For one, stories are either true or they’re not. Readers deserve a clean distinction between fact and fiction. But more than that, the term seems to arise from a misguided assumption that only novels can move and thrill readers, while nonfiction educates and informs them. And only … Read more
[ad_1] Cover reveal time! The Conjuring meets Sadie in The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh when seventeen-year-old podcaster Dare takes an internship in a haunted house and finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit. Scroll down to see the cover and read an excerpt of this chilling read! Jacket design: Kristin Boyle Photographer: Marko Nadj … Read more