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Welcome back to Tuesday, readers. It’s time for new books! At the top of my list of today’s titles that I want to read are This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling and Stray: A Memoir by Stephanie Danler. And for all you Hunger Games fans, the wait is over: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is out today!
You can hear about some of the amazing new books coming out that I did get to read on this week’s episode of the All the Books! Tirzah and I discussed Latitudes of Longing, Beach Read, Real Men Knit, and more!
As always, I am wishing the best for all of you in whatever situation you find yourself in now. Please stay safe and reach out to your friends and family if you’re having a hard time – talking on the computer or phone is a great way to communicate right now! I wish you all wonderful reading during this hard time.
And now, it’s time for everyone’s favorite gameshow: AHHHHHH MY TBR! Here are today’s contestants:
Boys of Alabama: A Novel by Genevieve Hudson
This is an incendiary debut novel about a teen grappling with his sexuality and superpowers who moves to the South, where he quickly falls in with the other boys, drinking beer and learning how to fire a gun. But when Max meets Pan, a self-proclaimed “witch,” he feels seen for the first time. Their relationship grows stronger and darker as the boys share their secrets, culminating in an explosive ending.
Backlist bump: Pretend We Live Here: Short Stories by Genevieve Hudson
Drifts: A Novel by Kate Zambreno
This is another very Liberty pick, with unusual writing style and story structure. I am a huge fan of Zambreno’s nonfiction and her debut novel, O Fallen Angel. I am also in love with this story of an unnamed writer going through a personal crisis. She spends her days working on her writing while obsessing over other writers she loves, photographing her neighbors on her walks, and contemplating just what does it all mean.
Backlist bump: O Fallen Angel by Kate Zambreno
Weird but Normal: Essays by Mia Mercado
I have not yet had a chance to read this book, but it’s at the top of my TBR. There was a time when I would not pick up a book about functions of the body, as I am weirdly squeamish about that stuff. But reading Samantha Irby (who also blurbed this book) has helped me get over some of that, because she is the Queen of Oversharing and also the funniest person ever. So I am looking forward to Mercado’s collection about “what it means to be a professional, absurdly beautiful, horny, cute, gross human.”
Backlist bump: We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays by Samantha Irby
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