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- Apr 27
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs for April 27, 2021, featuring Garvin, O'Neal, and Sutanto
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Jesse Q. Sutanto's Dial A for Aunties Description from Publisher: "When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently shipped in a cak
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- Apr 20
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for April 20, 2021 featuring Zauner, Quindlen, and Nyamayaro
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Michelle Zauner's Crying in H Mart Description from Publisher: "From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. "In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and
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- Apr 13
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for April 13, 2021, featuring Jalaluddin, Stoeve, and Thorne
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read (plus two more that I've already read!) Uzma Jalaluddin's Hana Khan Carries On Description from Publisher: "Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighbourhood. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio. If she can just outshine her fellow intern at the city radio
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- Apr 6
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs for April 6, 2021 featuring Bowman, French, and Kemp
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Erin French's Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story Remaking a Life from Scratch Description from Publisher: "Long before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination with every seating filled the day the reservation book opens each spring, Erin French was a girl roaming barefoot on a 25-acre farm, a teenager falling in love with food while working the line at her dad’s diner an
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- Mar 30
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs for March 30, 2021, featuring Bryce, Greenidge, and Guerrero
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Denny S. Bryce's Wild Women and the Blues Description from Publisher: "In a stirring and impeccably researched novel of Jazz-age Chicago in all its vibrant life, two stories intertwine nearly a hundred years apart, as a chorus girl and a film student deal with loss, forgiveness, and love... in all its joy, sadness, and imperfections. “'Why would I talk to you abo
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- Mar 23
- 3 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for March 23, 2021, featuring Boteju, Engle, and Thomas
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Tanya Boteju's Bruised Description from Publisher: "To Daya Wijesinghe, a bruise is a mixture of comfort and control. Since her parents died in an accident she survived, bruises have become a way to keep her pain on the surface of her skin so she doesn’t need to deal with the ache deep in her heart. "So when chance and circumstances bring her to a roller derby bout, Daya is hooked
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- Mar 16
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for March 16, 2021, featuring Bouley, Desia, and Manning, Nguyen, Ung, & Nguyen
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Sara Desai's The Dating Plan Description from Publisher: "Even with a step-by-step plan, these fake fiancés might accidentally fall for each other in this hilarious, heartfelt romantic comedy from the author of The Marriage Game. "Daisy Patel is a software engineer who understands lists and logic better than bosses and boyfriends. With her life all planned out, and no interest i
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- Mar 9
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for March 9, 2021, featuring Khan, Hibbert, and Mans
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) This is a great pub day including a couple of favorite authors! Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read. Hena Khan's Amina's Song Description from Publisher: "In the companion novel to the beloved and award-winning Amina’s Voice, Amina once again uses her voice to bridge the places, people, and communities she loves—this time across continents. "It’s the last few days of her vacation in Pakistan, and Am
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- Mar 2
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for March 2, 2021, featuring Choi, Hashimi, and Ishiguro
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) I had a tough time today choosing only three books to highlight—it's an AMAZING release day. So, here are just three of the many, many books coming out today that I'm excited to read (plus a couple of mentions at the bottom of the page). Mary H. K. Choi's Yolk Description from Publisher: "From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters switching places and committing insurance
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- Feb 23
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for February 23, 2021, featuring Brina, de Rosnay, and Ryan
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Tatiana de Rosnay's Flowers of Darkness Description from Publisher: "From the internationally bestselling author of Sarah’s Key comes Tatiana de Rosnay’s Flowers of Darkness, a riveting and emotionally intense novel, set in a near future Paris, where a woman confronts past betrayal and present mystery. "Author Clarissa Katsef is struggling to write her next book. She’s just snag
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- Feb 16
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! February 16, 2021, featuring Schumacher, Rai, and Lalli
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read (plus a bonus picture book!)! Ashley Schumacher's Amelia Unabridged Description from Publisher: "Sparks fly between two teens as they grapple with grief, love, and the future in this unforgettable debut novel sure to entice fans of Jandy Nelson and Jennifer E. Smith. "Eighteen-year-old Amelia Griffin is obsessed with the famous Orman Chronicles, written by the you
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- Feb 9
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs for February 9, 2021, featuring Leitich Smith, Johnson, and Shusterman
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Two are from Unabridged favorites, and one book is by a new-to-me author. Editor Cynthia Leitich Smith's Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids Description from Publisher: "Edited by award-winning and bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of intersecting stories by both new and veteran Native writers bursts with hope, joy, resilience, the strength of c
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- Feb 2
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for February 2, 2021, featuring Harper, McGarrahan, and Watson
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Renee Watson's Love Is a Revolution "When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani’s birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He’s perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new
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- Jan 26
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for January 26, 2021 featuring Giles, Quotah, and Patel
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Chrystal D. Giles's Take Back the Block Description from Publisher: "Brand-new kicks, ripped denim shorts, Supreme tee— "Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That—and hanging out with his crew (his best friends since little-kid days) and playing video games—is what he wants to be thinking about at the start of the school year, not the protests his par
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- Jan 19
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for January 19, 2021, featuring Cashore, Hall, Lo, and Okorafor
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are four books coming out today that I'm excited to read (I couldn't resist one more than our usual three!). Kristin Cashore's Winterkeep Description from Publisher: "For the past five years, Bitterblue has reigned as Queen of Monsea, heroically rebuilding her nation after her father's horrific rule. After learning about the land of Torla in the east, she sends envoys to the closest nation there: Winterkeep—a place where telepathic foxes
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- Jan 12
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for January 12, 2021 featuring Pink, Richardson, and Thomas
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Randi Pink's Angel of Greenwood Description from Publisher: "Randi Pink’s The Angel of Greenwood is a historical YA novel that takes place during the Greenwood Massacre of 1921, in an area of Tulsa, OK, known as the 'Black Wall Street.' "Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Wilson is, on the surface, a town troublemaker, but is hiding that he is an avid reader and secret poet, never leavin
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- Jan 5
- 4 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for January 5, 2021, featuring Bruchac, Harris, and Bryant
by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@teachingtheapocalypse) Here are three books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Joseph Bruchac's Peacemaker Description from Publisher: "A twelve-year-old Iroquois boy rethinks his calling after witnessing the arrival of a mystical figure with a message of peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy. "Twelve-year-old Okwaho's life has suddenly changed. While out hunting with his best friend, his friend is
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- Dec 29, 2020
- 5 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! for December 29, featuring de León, Benedict, Sullivan, and Wielberg
by Jen Moyers (@jen.loves.books) Here are four books coming out today that I'm excited to read! Aya de León's A Spy in the Struggle Description from Publisher: "Since childhood, Yolanda Vance has forged her desire to escape poverty into a laser-like focus that took her through prep school and Harvard Law. So when her prestigious New York law firm is raided by the FBI, Yolanda turns in her corrupt bosses to save her career—and goes to work for the Bureau. Soon she's sent under
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- Dec 22, 2020
- 5 min
Pub Day Shout-Outs! December 22, 2020 Special Edition
by Sara Voigt (@meaningfulmadness) As we move toward the holidays and the end of the year, there are not many books coming out this week. I wanted to use this as an opportunity to highlight a few of my most anticipated reads that have appeared in our pub day shout-outs! Barack Obama's A Promised Land Description from Publisher: "In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man s
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