Here are some of the books releasing this week!
Books for Kids
The Case of the Missing Chalk Drawings – From the author of the awesome This Book Just Ate My Dog! comes a mystery about missing drawings. I can’t wait to read this one!
Super Turbo Gets Caught – In book 8 in the series, Super Turbo falls victim to a mousetrap in the school cafeteria.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Bad Hare Day – Book 2 in the Mutant Bunny Island series. Perry is invited back to Bunny Island for Carrot Con. That sentence alone would get me to pick this one up and check it out. Carrot Con!
It Wasn’t Me – Another middle grade book compared to The Breakfast Club (like The Reckless Club). This time, five students suspected of vandalism join the victim on a Saturday to get to the bottom of what happened. I will be on the look out for this one!
Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot – Book 3 in the Unicorn Rescue Society. I have book 1 on my TBR shelves.
Twilight of the Elves – Book 2 in the Adventurers Guild series about a group of kids called on to right wrongs in a fantasy world.
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow – Book 2 in the Nevermoor series about a cursed girl destined to die who is swept away to a secret city. I have book one on my reading list.
Crimes of Grindelwald Screenplay (November 16) – The screenplay for the latest movie in the Harry Potter universe.
How She Died How I Lived – This book for teens focuses on a group of girls who were targeted by a killer. One of them paid the ultimate price. On the eve of the killer’s sentencing, the five survivors try to cope with their questions and survivor’s guilt. This sounds fascinating.
The Lying Woods – A teen finds out his father funded their lavish life with stolen funds. Now he has skipped town and left the young man and his mother to deal with the fall out. which includes threats against them for revenge. Yep, I would absolutely read that!
The Resolutions – Four Latinx teens make New Year’s resolutions – for one another – in an effort to stay connected during their senior year of high school. Sign me up for this one, too.
The Storyteller – Book 3 in the Sea of Ink and Gold series after The Reader and The Speaker. In an illiterate society, a girl whose father was murdered and whose aunt was kidnapped finds a book. I’ve had book 1 on my list for ages.
Your Own Worst Enemy – Three students vie for Student Council President in this satirical story of the electoral process. I have already requested this one from the library!
Books for Adults
Dead Sea Rising (Hardcover) – Jerry Jenkins launches a new series about an archaeologist whose discovery could change everything we think we know about history – and those who will do everything they can to stop her revelations.
Death and Daisies (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Magic Garden series by Amanda Flower. I’ll be reviewing this one later this month.
In Peppermint Peril (Hardcover) – First in a new series starring a young woman in town for Christmas and to help her great-aunt with her tea shop. I’ll be reviewing this one later this month, too.
Long Road to Mercy (Hardcover) – David Baldacci launches a new series this week, too. Atlee Pine is an FBI agent who 30 years ago was a six-year-old at the mercy of a kidnapper – a kidnapper who chose her twin sister, Mercy, instead thanks to an twisted game of eeny- meeny. Now, she is still haunted by that night even as she works through her latest case of a missing Grand Canyon tourist whose donkey is found stabbed to death at the bottom of the Canyon. This sounds amazing. I know my husband and I will both be digging into this one!
A Scandal in Scarlet (Hardcover) – Book 4 in the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery about a woman who manages a Sherlock Holmes bookstore. In this book, a local museum is damaged by fire and the locals put together an auction to raise funds for restoration. Before the auction can kick off, though, someone has kicked the bucket. I have this series on my reading list!
‘Twas the Knife Before Christmas (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Christmas Tree Farm Mystery series, which I LOVE! This book was excellent! I’ll be reviewing it later this week. You should check it out!
Becoming (Hardcover) – Michelle Obama releases a memoir this week. I am looking forward to reading this one.
It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered (Hardcover) – The latest book by Lysa TerKeurst is already on my Christmas list. This is at the top of my list for this week!