Happy Tuesday, book fans! Once again, there are so many great books making their way out into the world today. I have a few awesome books for you below and you can hear about several more great titles on this week’s episode of the All the Books! We celebrated our third anniversary by having all the hosts (ALL THE HOSTS!) on this episode. We answered listener questions and talked about a few amazing books we loved, including Anger is a Gift, MEM, and more.
Sponsored by Hush, My Inner Sleuth by M.E. Meegs
This serpentine saga opens in the year 1947 at a New England women’s college, where the ever-playful Betty escapes a meddlesome narrator by slipping her friend Willie a mickey and assuming her identity. Undaunted, the plucky storyteller adopts Willie as her new protagonist and travels with her to L.A.
Soon after their arrival, the pulp-inflected ghost of Skip Ryker—a recently atomized Hollywood detective—hijacks the head of the literarily precocious Willie in hopes of solving his murder. What follows is a comic saga of intrusive narrators, metafictional backstabbing, and one very peculiar psyche.
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From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
Menon’s delightfully charming new novel is told by Twinkle, an aspiring filmmaker, through a series of letters to her favorite female directors. She explains how she has the opportunity to make an entry for an upcoming film festival, which means working with her #1 crush – but how she has found herself falling instead for his twin brother. Menon has scripted (get it?) another perfect tale of unexpected adventure and love.
Backlist bump: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother by Danielle Teller
Everyone knows the story of Cinderella and her missing shoe, but hold on to your pumpkin, because this is the origin story of her wicked stepmother, Agnes. Born into a poor family and forced into servitude, Agnes endures a life of grueling work and misfortune before she finally makes her way into the home of Cinderella’s father. After the early life of hardships she suffers, it’s no wonder she turned out to be so mean. Perfect for fans of Gregory Maguire!
Backlist bump: The Woodcutter by Kate Danely
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson
Claudia doesn’t see her bestie, Monday Charles, on the first day of school, yet only she seems to notice or even care that Monday is missing. As the days turn into weeks, and still no Monday, Claudia must dig deeper into Monday’s disappearance to learn the truth about her missing best friend. A thought-provoking, heart-stomper of a book about race and abuse.
Backlist bump: Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
That’s it for me today – time to get back to reading! If you want to learn more about books new and old (and see lots of pictures of my cats, Millay and Steinbeck), or tell me about books you’re reading, or books you think I should read (I HEART RECOMMENDATIONS!), you can find me on Twitter at MissLiberty, on Instagram at FranzenComesAlive, or Litsy under ‘Liberty’!
Stay rad,
Liberty