Books for Kids
The Cookie Vote – A new book in the Mr. TIffin’s Classroom series. (The Dinosaur Expert is my favorite of the books I’ve read.) Mr. Tiffin’s class is going to the state capital, and the kids want to learn about how a bill becomes a law by making their own bill to choose a “state cookie.”
What Is the Bible? – A picture book about the Bible from Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner.
Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults
Tear This Down – A new book from Barbara Dee. When a student discovers her town’s namesake had some problematic beliefs about women, she decides the man’s statue in town should be replaced with one of a local suffragette.
Books for Adults
Big Name Fan (Hardcover, LGBTQ+) – First in the TV Detectives series. Two actresses who played TV detectives get the chance to solve a real-life murder. This sounds terrific!
Book Boyfriend (Trade Paperback) – A woman spends her time at a con for her favorite series with her work nemesis who thinks he can find love if he takes some tips from her favorite book boyfriends from the series.
Famous Last Words (Hardcover) – A literary agent at the end of her maternity leave, about to return to work, wakes up to a nightmare when she gets news that her husband has become a terrorist, a gunman holding people hostage.
Greenteeth (Trade Paperback) – A lake monster and a witch team up against forces of evil in this new cozy fantasy novel.
Not Quite by the Book (March 1 release) – Something new from Julie Anne Lindsey. A young woman, disappointed with her life’s trajectory, tries life as a recluse, renting a house away from her family and her life where she can be alone.
Something Like Fate (Trade Paperback, March 1) – A woman from a family of women who have the power to have visions of “The One” finally has her vision, but reality – and her feelings for her best friend – might get in the way of her HEA.
Star Wars: Reign of the Empire – The Mask of Fear (Hardcover) – First in a new Star Wars series. These are the stories of the three architects of the Rebellion – Mon Mothma, Saw Gerrera, and Bail Organa – in the earliest days of the Empire.
Swordheart (Hardcover re-release of a previously-published story) – A woman who inherits her uncle’s estate finds an enchanted sword – and the warrior attached to it who is bound to protect whoever wields it. This sounds delightful! Another cozy fantasy on today’s list.
Three Bags Full (Trade Paperback) – First in a new Sheep Detective series. A flock of sheep become amateur detectives when they try to discover who killed their shepherd.
Unlikely Story (Trade Paperback, March 1) – A therapist who is also secretly an advice columnist has fallen in love with someone she’s never met.