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Got Essays?

Post author By Kendra Winchester
Post date April 11, 2024

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With spring in the air, I keep finding myself reaching for pop science books, personal essays, and memoirs. As I’m sure y’all know by now, I’m a sucker for personal narratives. I love prose with a strong voice and perspective that makes me think deeply about a topic. So today, we’re looking at two different nonfiction titles that are each written by writers with lots of personality to go around. But first, bookish goods!

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Bookish Goods

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Buy Me Books Valentine’s Candy Heart by YGGThreads

I love cute, quirky bookmarks. This magnetic candy heart is right in my wheelhouse. $5

New Releases

I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art by Emily C. Bloom

Emily C. Bloom shares her experience going through the process of decision making that seemed to start as soon as she and her partner found out she was pregnant. After Bloom’s daughter was born, they found out that she had disabilities, and that their caregiving would be vital to her success.

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End by Alua Arthur

Alua Arthur is a death doula, a person who helps a terminally ill person and their families prepare for life’s inevitable end. In Briefly Perfectly Human, Arthur shares her personal experience helping others prepare for death’s embrace and better understand their place in the world.

Looking for more new releases? Check out our New Books newsletter!

Riot Recommendations

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

If you love books about cults and how the mind works, Cultish is right in your wheelhouse. This book delves into the details around the language of cults and how everyday exposure to this language influences how people view the world. Through her narrative storytelling and incredible research skills, Montell takes us deep into the influence of cults and the words that help build them.

Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business by Roxane Gay

I first read Roxane Gay after her essay collection Bad Feminist hit shelves. Since then, Gay has written essays, celebrity profiles, and advice columns. Opinions includes the best of Gay’s writing, giving readers little snapshots of Gay’s life over the course of the last decade. There’s a profile of Janelle Monae describing how Afrofuturism influenced their album Dirty Computer. Gay writes about #MeToo from her perspective as a survivor of sexual assault, and pushes it further, discussing what it’s like to be well-known for being a survivor of sexual violence. In other, less serious pieces, Gay includes her delightful sense of humor and a practical take on what’s going on in the world.

You can find me over on my substack Winchester Ave, over on Instagram @kdwinchester, on TikTok @kendrawinchester, or on my podcast Read Appalachia. As always, feel free to drop me a line at kendra.d.winchester@gmail.com. For even MORE bookish content, you can find my articles over on Book Riot.

Happy reading, Friends!

~ Kendra

Unusual Suspects

Mystery Writers for Both the Series and Standalone Readers

Post author By Jamie Canaves
Post date April 11, 2024

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Hello, mystery fans! If you’re looking for a funny show with a big heart, the second season of Loot, starring Maya Rudolph, has started on Apple TV+. It follows a woman who ends up a billionaire through a divorce and tries her best to give the money away while being totally out of touch with regular society.

Bookish Goods

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New Releases

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The Devil’s Flute Murders (Detective Kosuke Kindaichi #8) by Seishi Yokomizo, Jim Rion (Translator)

Audiobook release (narrated by Akira Matsumoto)! For fans of classic detective stories, this is a great series!

Flautist Hidesuke was missing for months before being found dead, the death believed to be a suicide. His daughter and mother, however, invite PI Kosuke Kindaichi to a divination session, because they believe the body found does not belong to Hidesuke. But Kindaichi ends up with two cases: the one he came for, and the murder that happens during the divination!

You can read these in any order you’d like, but if you’d like to start with the first, pick up The Honjin Murders.

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An Enchanting Case of Spirits by Melissa Holtz

For fans of ghosts, multiple POVs (including a detective), romance, and a murder mystery!

Alyssa Mann was in a car accident that killed her husband and isn’t really in the party mood for her 40th birthday, but she humors her two best friends and ends up getting a tarot card reading. It’s all fun and games until you wake up the next morning seeing a ghost! Once Alyssa accepts what is now happening, she ends up on missions for the ghosts and finds herself ultimately having to solve a murder mystery with her two best friends and the single detective who lives next door…

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Riot Recommendations

Who wants to play another round of 2024 Read Harder? A very popular trope in all genres is books about books (#20 Read a book about books), so I added an extra layer and these two books also go into the world of publishing.

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

For fans of literary suspense/thrillers and “theft”!

Athena Liu has a good career as an author when she chokes on food and dies, leaving behind an unknown unfinished manuscript. June Hayward is an author who has yet to find success and decides to steal Athena’s manuscript and pass it off as her own. But as her author status rises for writing a great book about Chinese workers in the British army, it leads to questions, starting with why June Hayward published under June Song…She wanted attention, but with the secret of stealing someone else’s work, can she handle the spotlight?

Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

For fans of slow-burn suspense and crime novels!

Florence Darrow is fired, with cause, from her publishing job, which leads her to actually get a dream job: a famously anonymous author is in need of an assistant. But after being situated in her new life, Florence starts to wonder: if no one knows who the author is, wouldn’t it be easy to just step into her life?

News and Roundups

The 24 most famous fictional detectives

Double Duty: Mystery Writers for Both the Series and Standalone Readers

Ethan Hawke To Exec Produce Happiness Falls Series Based On Angie Kim’s Bestseller With Eye To Star

Carrie Turns 50 Today, And Even Stephen King Can’t Believe It

Jordan Harper’s UK published novel will publish in the US! “My novel THE LAST KING OF CALIFORNIA, a dark and dare I say literary pulp novel set in the aftermath of the Edgar-Award winning SHE RIDES SHOTGUN, will come out in the US this fall. I think it’s my best prose to date and I’m awful proud of it.”

What I Would Do If I Were Starting Book Riot Today

Should AI Companies Buy Publishers for Access to Their Data?

Liberty and Vanessa talk new books, including The Gathering by CJ Tudor and Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda.

Browse the books recommended in Unusual Suspects’ previous newsletters on this shelf. See upcoming 2024 releases and mysteries from 2023. Check out this Unusual Suspects Pinterest board and get Tailored Book Recommendations!

Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Litsy — you can find me under Jamie Canavés.

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Giveaways

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Post author By Vivek Patel
Post date April 11, 2024

We’re teaming up with Dragons & Spaceships to give away AirPods Pro to one lucky winner!

Enter here for a chance to win, or click the image below!

Here’s a bit more from our sponsor: Dungeons & Spaceships – For the Fans, By the Fans. We keep a close eye on the horizon of fantasy and scifi books, ensuring you’re the first to know about shifts in the genre, upcoming releases, and author interviews. Step into a realm where magic meets machinery, where dragons soar amongst the stars, and where every week is a new journey. Join the adventure!

Read This Book

Read This Book…

Post author By Patricia Elzie
Post date April 11, 2024

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Welcome to Read This Book, a newsletter where I recommend one book that should absolutely be put at the top of your TBR pile. Recommended books will vary across genre and age category and include shiny new books, older books you may have missed, and some classics I suggest finally getting around to. Make space for another pile of books on your floor, because here we go!

Today’s pick is a regency era second-chance romance featuring straight Black characters to fit that Bridgerton-shaped hole in your heart.

Aphrodite and the Duke by J. J. McAvoy

Aphrodite Du Bell feels incredibly burdened by her name: it’s a lot to live up to. Though she is incredibly beautiful and talented, she feels pressure to constantly be the most beautiful, the most talented, and the most everything. Being named after the goddess of love and beauty is a lot to ask of someone. She loves to walk about the gardens, and her mother thinks she loves to read a bit too much. Aphrodite is part of a big family of five siblings, and they are all very loving and close to each other.

Aphrodite is 22 and unmarried. She had every intention of marrying her childhood friend, Evander Eagleman, the Duke of Everely. As far as she knew, he had every intention of marrying her as well. During the season of her coming out (four years prior to the start of this book), she turned down every offer from every suitor, as she expected Evander to show up and ask for her hand. She waited and waited and he never showed. In fact, the next she heard was that he had gotten married to someone else. It is now the next eldest daughter’s turn for her coming out, and the family has insisted that Aphrodite go to London for the season with everyone to show support for her sister Hathor, who is just a giant ball of anxiety. Coincidentally, Evander has a younger sister, Verity, who is also coming out this season, and on top of that, Evander’s wife just passed away. The likelihood of Aphrodite and Evander crossing paths is incredibly high. The family is torn on this whole situation. Aphrodite’s mother, who is also Evander’s godmother, is depending on them running into each other and making up and getting married. Damon, Aphrodite’s older brother, is very much against it and does not want his sister to get hurt yet again.

While Evander is the Duke of an estate, he and Verity have had multiple traumatic experiences growing up due to their careless, abusive, and now deceased father and the father’s second wife, who was his mistress and not from their circles. This book went to some places that I did not expect it to go, and it’s told from multiple viewpoints. There is definitely sex on the page, which is both steamy and charming. While there is some trauma talked about in the book, it isn’t racism-based trauma, and racism is hardly a theme in this book, if at all. Content warnings for physical and verbal abuse, including child abuse, discussion of suicide, and violence.

That’s it for now, book-lovers!

Patricia

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Swords and Spaceships

SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN

Post author By Alex Acks
Post date April 11, 2024

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Happy Friday, shipmates! It’s Alex, and it’s time for two more new releases and two more short fiction collections! I’m pleased to say my week has been much less exciting than my weekend (the modern convenience of electricity!), but the reading has continued apace. I hope you have a relaxing weekend waiting for you, and many good books to read! Stay safe out there, space pirates, and I’ll see you on Tuesday!

Let’s make the world a better place, together. Here are two places to start: Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, which provides medical and humanitarian relief to children in the Middle East regardless of nationality, religion, or political affiliation; and Ernesto’s Sanctuary, a cat sanctuary and animal rescue in Syria that is near and dear to my heart.

Bookish Goods

Wallfacer T-shirt by Rografika

This is the first time I’ve seen a T-shirt designed for the Wallfacer project (it’s a Three-Body Problem reference) and I think it’s pretty cool! Comes in several different colors. $27

New Releases

The Jinn Daughter by Rania Hanna

The jinn Nadine has an outwardly simple job: every morning, she collects the pomegranate seeds that have fallen during the night, eats them one by one, and tells the story of each soul represented by each seed, thus allowing the soul to fully pass into death. When one morning, no seeds have fallen, Nadine seeks answers from death herself, Kamuna. But what Kamuna wants is for Nadine’s daughter, Layala, to replace her as death — and this is an ask no mother would be willing to grant.

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

Shesheshen is a shapeshifter who normally resides at the bottom of a ruined manor as an amorphous lump of flesh. But when hunters come for her, she’s chased off a cliff and badly injured. A human named Homily, mistaking her for another human, nurses her back to health…and Shesheshen falls in love. She’s contemplating laying her eggs in Homily until she realizes that things work rather differently for humans. And more to the point, Homily reveals that she’s here hunting for a shapeshifting monster that she believes cursed her family, which Shesheshen definitely did not do. Shesheshen must untangle this difficulty while figuring out how to be with this woman who is undoubtedly the love of her life in a way they can both live with.

For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our New Books newsletter.

Riot Recommendations

Short Fiction Week part two is a go! Here are two more recently published short fiction collections, from authors you will no doubt recognize.

Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie

This complete collection of Ann Leckie’s short fiction brings us more from the universe of the Imperial Radch and news of the Old Gods of the Raven Tower…and also a brand new novelette, from which the collection takes its title.

A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu

This collection covers 30 years of Cixin Liu’s work, both short fiction and nonfiction such as essays and interviews.

See you, space pirates. If you’d like to know more about my secret plans to dominate the seas and skies, you can catch me over at my personal site.

Kissing Books

Foodie Romances

Post author By P.N. Hinton
Post date April 10, 2024

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Welcome, or welcome back, to the Kissing Books newsletter. I’m PN Hinton, your guide to all things romance-related. Thanks for taking the time from your day to give this a read! I hope that this newsletter helps to brighten up your day just a little bit more.

Last weekend, I attended a discussion between Kelis Rowe and Farrah Rochon at a local bookstore where they talked about Farrah’s latest YA release, Fates Be Changed. This new Twisted Tale presents a world where Brave‘s Merida took the cake intended for her mother and the drastic changes this seemingly small change caused. I had a great time listening to these two wonderfully talented authors discuss their love of Disney, the writing process, and everything in between. In addition to Farrah’s book, I picked up Kelis’s YA debut Finding Jupiter. All in all, it was a good bookish weekend for me!

Bookish Goods

Book Lover Decal by SoPeachyDecals

Recently, I got a much-needed car wash. So, to reward myself, I finally put some decals that I got last Christmas on the back of my car. If you want a decal for a car, laptop, or anything else, this one is perfect to showcase your love of reading. The prices for this start at $6.50 and increase depending on the desired size.

New Releases

Jump Ball by Kasha Thompson

When Sariah is bequeathed the Las Vegas Ramblers following her father’s death, she has no clue how to be a basketball team owner. As such, she turns to Coach Justus for help, assistance that he is all too happy to give. When the pair work together to get the team to the championship, they also have to deal with an unexpected, if not completely unwelcomed, attraction.

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Aubrey McFadden is Never Getting Married by Georgia Beers

Aubrey has five weddings to attend this year and is not looking forward to that particular gauntlet. One of the reasons for this is the knowledge that Monica, the woman who convinced Aubrey’s fiancé to call off their engagement, will also be in attendance. Still, she is determined to share in her five friends’ special days. So, she resolves to ignore Monica, and the heart flutters that she gives Aubrey, until the last wedding is done.

For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our New Books newsletter.

Riot Recommendations

Tomorrow is Grilled Cheese Day! Believe it or not, growing up, I didn’t eat a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches. As an adult, I have a newfound appreciation for them, especially the “fancy” ones. I recently ate a green apple and Muenster sandwich that was beyond amazing.

That said, there aren’t a lot of romances dedicated to the awesomeness of grilled cheese. The only one I can think of offhand is The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich, which was also the first book that Trisha and Jess picked this year for the When in Romance book club. However, regular readers know how much I love my foodie romances, which is what I decided to focus on for today’s recommendations. Bon appétit!!

A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos

Lumi is a chef who also has the power of knowing how a person feels by tasting their cooking. After her fusion restaurant fails, she takes the sous chef position at one of Julien’s establishments. The celebrity chef, known for his charismatic smile that houses a vicious tongue, ends up being Lumi’s complete foil in the kitchen. However, when Lumi samples one of Julien’s dishes, she is hit with a wave of emotions she hadn’t expected. This causes her to look at Julien with new eyes and open herself up to the possibility of love.

Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander

Luna is a trans woman who has just lost her job. Jean-Pierre is a trans man who needs a fake girlfriend to inherit his family’s culinary business. When Jean-Pierre agrees to pay Luna to take on that role and help him cook their way through a gauntlet of family recipes, she happily accepts his offer. What neither expected was to have real feelings develop during their fake relationship.

Take this quiz to find out your dating persona.

Check out some of these baseball romances.

And that is all I have for y’all today! I’ll be back in your inboxes on Monday with a fresh newsletter. In the meantime you can always check out my adventures in books over on Instagram under @pns_bookish_world. Until then, happy reading, and stay hydrated!

What's Up in YA

Heists and Magical Tea-Brewing Competitions: YA Book Talk and News, April 11, 2024

Post author By Erica Ezeifedi
Post date April 10, 2024

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Hi, YA Readers!

I’m standing in for Kelly while she’s taking some time off. I’ve written this newsletter in Kelly’s stead before, and it’s always been a good time. And today, I’ve got a fab bookmark, a couple deliciously extra paperbacks, and a few news stories for you.

Bookish Goods

Reading is fundamental Bookmark by DeMussiDesigns

Because reading is what? FUNDAMENTAL! $4 for this essential bookmark.

New Releases

The theme of today’s paperback releases is “Lipsync for Your Life!”

I mean, the protagonists below aren’t literally lipsyncing for their lives, but they are fighting for their lives in competitions that are about as extra (and fun!) as Drag Race.

Also, I’m just in a Drag Race kinda mood today.

*A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

This has such a unique magic system that goes so well with its bloody competition. In it, Ning is still gripped by guilt surrounding her mother’s death, and now, the same poison tea that killed her mother may also take her sister, Shu. The only way Ning can think to save her sister’s life is to enter the kingdom’s magical tea-brewing competition; but to win, she’ll have to contend with backstabbers, messy court politics, and handsome strangers.

Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

This has a lot going on…in the way that we like, of course. Here, 17-year-old Ross Quest is a master thief prodigy, descended from a long line of thieves. Thing is, she just wants to live a normal teen life, free of the odd trappings of her heisting family. But then her mother’s life is threatened, and the only way for her to save her that she can see is to enter the Thieves’ Gambit, a dangerous international heisting competition. The plot thickens, of course, once we learn that among her competitors is a smooth-talking cutie…

Here’s the much larger roundup of paperback releases for spring.

For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our New Books newsletter.

YA Book News

There hasn’t been too much going on, news-wise, in the world of YA. That is, except for censorship, of course.

Cover Reveal: Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot
There’s a new gothic romantasy on its way
Apparently, Meta was discussing buying Simon & Schuster in order to train AI. heavy sigh
I know I already linked to our censorship newsletter, but I also wanted to shine a light on this list of the most targeted books that the ALA compiled. Shocker, but many of them are YA and queer.

Thanks for reading, and of course, we’ll be back this weekend with some YA deals!

-Erica

The Stack

That Warm and Fuzzy Feeling

Post author By Eileen Gonzalez
Post date April 10, 2024

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The weather is getting warmer where I am, and this week, so are the comics I’m recommending! But first…

Bookish Goods

Soot Sprite Embroidered Sweatshirt by DannyBoyStudioUSA

Can’t get much warmer and fuzzier than a Ghibli film (Grave of the Fireflies excepted), and that goes double when their characters appear on a comfy sweatshirt. Pick from multiple colors and sizes! $48

New Releases

Crazy Like a Fox by Christi Furnas

Schizophrenia is little understood and much maligned by the general public. In this touching pseudo-memoir, Furnas uses humor and cute cartoon animals to tackle that difficult subject. The story follows the struggles of Fox Foxerson, who doesn’t quite fit into the rhythms of a normal life — and doesn’t really want to, either.

Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 2 by Haruki Murakami and PMGL, Adapted by Jean-Cristophe Deveney

If you enjoyed Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 1 (or are a fan of Murakami’s generally), you’re bound to appreciate these new adaptations. Featuring three classic tales from the revered writer, this collection is a riveting new way to experience and appreciate Murakami’s work.

For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our New Books newsletter!

Riot Recommendations

Today’s Riot Rec theme is: cozy fantasy! If you need a comforting, low-stakes break from the modern world, these books are perfect for you.

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The Sprite and the Gardener by Rii Abrego and Joe Whitt

When humans started to grow plants on their own, sprites — those magical creatures who were once the architects behind every garden — were pushed to the margins. Then a curious sprite named Wisteria decides to dig up the past, unaware of the trouble she might cause in doing so.

Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee

Upset by the thought of becoming as miserably busy as the adults in her life, Lora befriends a young ghost, Alexa, in the hopes that she, too, can remain the carefree child she always has been. But time doesn’t stop for anyone, and sooner or later, Lora will have to decide how — not if — she wants to grow up.

Until next week, nerd friends, may you stay young at heart and continue finding joy in all of the comics you read!

~Eileen

Book Radar

Amy Adams Stars in NIGHTBITCH This December and More Book Radar!

Post author By Emily Martin
Post date April 10, 2024

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Hi, Booky Friends!

How are we doing on this fine Thursday? I’ve been home taking care of my husband a lot over the past several weeks, and you’d think I’d use this time to do more reading. And I have a little bit. But I’ve also been watching every season of The Traitors. I watched all the US ones, and now I’m on the UK show, and I’m moving on to Australia next. Anyone else into this show? Please reach out! But in the meantime, let’s talk books.

Book Deals and Reveals

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Hogarth Books has shared the “delectably spooky” cover of Mariana Enriquez’s upcoming short story collection, A Sunny Place for Shady People. It’s out on September 17!

Nightbitch is coming to theaters on December 6! This film adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s novel stars Amy Adams and was written for the screen and directed by Marielle Heller.

Angie Kim’s Happiness Falls is being made into a TV series! Ethan Hawke and his wife, producer Ryan Shawhughes, will executive produce the project.

Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, and Emma Thompson are returning for Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. Director Michael Morris is also returning for the project, and Chiwetel Ejiofor and Leo Woodall will also star.

Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner has signed with Verve for film and TV representation. “I’m thrilled to be working with Verve. I am so impressed by the energy and passion of the team, and excited about the possibilities of sharing my stories with audiences around the world,” Weiner said in a statement.

Read an exclusive excerpt from Daniel Aleman’s I Might Be in Trouble. This is Aleman’s first adult novel. It’s out this December.

Rupi Kaur is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of her bestselling poetry collection milk and honey with a new collector’s edition and a new cover! The new edition of the collection will include an additional chapter of poetry and illustrations, as well as a fresh introduction by Kaur. It’s out on October 1.

The ALA has released its report of the most-challenged books of 2023. Time to read all of them!

And now that we’re a quarter of the way through 2024 (WHAAAAT?), here are the best and buzziest nonfiction books of the year, so far.

Book Riot Recommends

Hi, welcome to everyone’s favorite segment of Book Radar called Book Riot Recommends. This is where I’ll talk to you about all the books I’m reading, the books I’m loving, and the books I can’t wait to read and love in the near future. I think you’re going to love them too!

Can’t Wait for This One!

The City in Glass by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom, October 1)

If you haven’t picked up a Nghi Vo novel yet, here’s what you can expect: inventive and thought-provoking speculative fiction. Beautiful writing. Stories that redefine genre expectations. You think you know what you’re getting into, but you will be surprised. And that’s why I can’t wait for Nghi Vo’s latest, The City in Glass, coming out this fall.

Set in the fantasy city of Azril, The City in Glass is the story of an immortal demon named Vitrine. After the city is burned to the ground, Vitrine is left to mourn everything lost, with nothing but a book containing the names of those now gone and an angel that is now bound to her. Together, angel and demon will discover the secrets of Azril and rebuild the city together. But when war threatens to destroy everything they’ve built, Vitrine and her angel must work together to protect the city they’ve grown to love so much.

This is a story of rage, love, grief, and redemption. I have complete faith in Nghi Vo’s ability to build a compelling fantasy world in only 224 pages (we love a short fantasy novel — what a breath of fresh air). And I can’t wait to read this one!

Words of Literary Wisdom

“Man mistakes his own experiences as the canvas on which all truths are drawn.”

— The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

And Here’s A Cat Picture!

You always have to share when two cats are chilling out together. Remy has such little brother energy, though. It’s very clear Murray was sitting here first and then Remy decided to sidle up next to him. Just look at who is relaxed here and who is a little unsettled, waiting for approval.

And that’s all for today, friends! See you Monday! Happy reading this weekend!

Emily

Giveaways

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Post author By Vivek Patel
Post date April 10, 2024

We’re giving away three copies of Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky to three lucky Riot readers!

Enter here for a chance to win, or click the image below!

Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service.

When a domesticated robot gets a nasty little idea downloaded into its core programming, they murder their owner. The robot discovers they can also do something else they’ve never done before: They can run away.

Fleeing the household they enter a wider world they never knew existed, where the age-old hierarchy of humans at the top is disintegrating into ruins and an entire robot ecosystem devoted to human wellbeing is having to find a new purpose.