There are several books releasing this week that are at the top of my May wish list. Take a look at what is releasing this week:
Books for Kids
Two Dogs on a Trike – A counting book with 10 dogs and one calculating cat.
Through the Wardrobe: How C. S. Lewis Created Narnia – Picture book biography of C. S. Lewis, specifically about him writing the Narnia books.
What About Worms!? (Early Reader) – Part of the Elephant & Piggie Like Reading series. This book, by the author of Mother Bruce (♥♥♥♥♥) and We Don’t Eat Our Classmates (♥♥♥♥♥), is about a tiger afraid of worms.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Zeus the Mighty: The Maze of the Menacing Minotaur – Book 2 in the Zeus the Mighty series about Zeus the hamster and his gang of gods. This time they are tackling the labyrinth.
Who Was Harvey Milk? (LGBTQ+) – A biography of teacher, activist, and politician Harvey Milk.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – The highly anticipated – and sometimes derided – prequel to The Hunger Games. This book focuses on a young Cornelius Snow as he mentors the tribute from District 12 in the 10th Annual Hunger Games.
Bookish Boyfriends: Talk Nerdy to Me – Book 3 in one of my all time favorite YA book series, Bookish Boyfriends. The books at the center of this story are Frankenstein and Anne of Green Gables. I can not wait to see what the English teacher, Ms Gregoire, has in store for her students next! I pre-ordered this weeks ago. I might even have time to sneak in a re-read of the first two before it gets here.
Just a Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe – A new YA romance from one of the authors of the Upside Down Magic books, Sarah Mlynowski. A teen returns as a counselor to the camp of her worst summer nightmares when her boyfriend ditches her for the summer. She’s certain her summer will be a disaster, until she meets the camp sailing instructor.
Books for Adults
Beach Read (Trade Paperback) – Two very different writers sharing side-by-side beach houses and struggling with writer’s block set up a challenge to help them get out of their writing ruts. The literary writer who usually kills off his entire cast will try to write something happy. And the romance writer will try to write the Great American Novel. This week is FULL of AMAZING books for adults and this is near the top of my list for this week!
Chaos Reigning (Trade Paperback) – It’s. Finally. Here. This is book 3 in the Consortium Rebellion series. Book 1, Polaris Rising, was my favorite book of 2019. I have been waiting for this book since the minute I finished book 2, Aurora Blazing (♥♥♥♥½). I am going to try to work in a re-read of this series, too, before my pre-order arrives. This book focuses on the youngest member of the von Hasenberg family who goes undercover to a rival house’s summer retreat. This week is like my perfect release Tuesday. If only book stores were open so I could fully enjoy the day. Shout out to my indie bookstores – Kids Ink for Talk Nerdy to Me and Second Flight Books for Chaos Reigning.
The Plus One Pact (e-book May 21) – When her dating app tells a woman there are no more eligible men in her area, and she is facing a summer of plus-one activities like weddings, she connects with a guy in a similar boat and they decide to be each other’s plus one to get through the summer together. Kindle Unlimited subscribers can read this one for free at the time of this writing.
Real Men Knit (Trade Paperback) – Four brothers struggle to keep their adoptive mother’s knitting shop open. Jesse is the brother pushing the hardest to keep the store going, but he knows next to nothing about knitting. Thankfully, a shop employee is willing to help out. The crush she has on Jesse probably has nothing to do with why she volunteers. This is also at the top of my reading list for this week. I’m going to be busy! Good thing we have a long weekend coming up.
A Royal Kiss & Tell (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 2 in the Royal Wedding series after The Princess Plan. When popular Lady Caroline is snubbed by a prince, she gets even by secretly planting stories about him in the ladies’ gossip papers. When the rumors start to ruin his reputation, he seeks out help to fix his image – from Lady Caroline.
Stranger Ranger (e-book) – Book 2 in the Smart Ranger series from Smartypants Romance. A reclusive loner runs into a hot shot park ranger who thinks he is up to trouble on park land.
The Enneagram of Belonging (Trade Paperback) – One of my early Enneagram resources was The Sacred Enneagram from Chris Heuertz (♥♥♥♥). The author is now releasing a second book with an emphasis on self-acceptance for all the parts of our personalities. There is also a workbook to go with this one. I’m eager to see this in person and see how it stacks up to other resources that are available. [EDIT: Sadly, some new about the author came out after this post. Readers can decide for themselves how this will impact them. You can read the article here. ]