Week 4 in October is a bit smaller than previous weeks, but there are still some great books to watch for.
Books for Kids
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story – A celebration of the modern Native American family centered around this yummy cultural staple.
Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to the Galaxy Pop-up – One of the most expensive “kids books” I have probably ever posted. This is listed here because it is a pop-up Book, but at a $60-85 price tag, it’s one you want to keep away from the kiddos. An elaborate celebration of all 11 movies.
The Missing Tooth Fairy – Book 15 in the darling Sophie Mouse early chapter book series. When the tooth fairy doesn’t come to collect Sophie’s first lost tooth, she wonders what she did wrong – or if the Tooth Fairy is missing!
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Cats vs. Robots: Now with Fleas – Book 2 in the series. Cats and Robots are on the verge of war – and they’ll fight it out on Earth if the Wengrod family can’t save the day.
The Dragon Thief – Book 2 in the Dragons in a Bag series. When Jaxon goes to return the three baby dragons to the realm of magic he discovers his best friend’s sister has taken one of them for her very own.
The Message of Destiny – Book 2 in the Knights Club “Comic Book You Can Play” series. You can see my review of book one here.
The Quest for the Golden Fleas – Book one in the new Zeus the Mighty series. A pet store owner gives all the pets names from the Greek gods and goddesses, but Zeus’ name may have gone to his head.
Restricted Access – Book 3 in the Tom Swift Inventor’s Academy series. Tom and his friends are locked in quarantine when a lock-in turns into a lock down.
Revenge of the Red Club (Older Middle Grade) – The Red Club is a group of girls who support each other through their monthly periods. When the school shuts the club down, the girls protest and a tween reporter uses her writing to push for change.
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Graphic Novel – While you can get these in a hardcover volume for each trilogy, you can also just get them movie by movie. I adore the artwork by Alessandro Ferrari for these.
A Storm of Wishes – Book 2 in the Collector’s series. After discovering that wishes can come true – and almost dying twice for it, Van and his mom move to a quiet community to get a break, but their new community is home to a powerful Wish Eater whose wishes can cause major disaster.
Tales from a Not-So-Best-Friend-Forever – Book 14 in the Dork Diaries series. Nikki gets stuck with her nemesis as her roommate on her band’s summer tour.
Track series box set (Older Middle Grade) – Collects Ghost, Patina, Sunny and Lu by Jason Reynolds in one collection
The Escape of Light – A teen scarred by burns and dealing with the loss of his father gets a fresh start at a new school. But he’s holding a secret and a plan to fix his disfigurement, and they may cost him more than he can imagine.
I Hope You Get This Message – A distant planet is sending messages to Earth, and if we are interpreting them correctly, they say our planet will be destroyed in 7 days. Three teens respond to that news in different ways, including two who wonder if they have enough time to reconcile events from their pasts.
Light It Up – A follow up to How It Went Down. A black teen, tall for her age, hurrying home bundled in her hooded, winter coat and shielded from the outside world with headphones in her ears is gunned down by police, and a community unravels.
Books for Adults
DC Women of Action (Hardcover) – A celebration of the women of DC.
Deadly Ride (Trade Paperback) – Book 3 in the Britton Bay mystery series. Molly investigates a death at a classic car show.
Frugal Lissa Digs Up a Body (e-book – October 26) – Book 2 in the Frugal Lissa series. A murder at a community fundraising event draws Lissa into sleuthing again. I have book 1 on my Kindle. I can’t wait to get caught up on this series.
Glass Slippers, Ever After and Me (Trade Paperback) – A woman trying to make a writing career with re-imagined fairy tales watches her crush and her dreams slipping away. So she shifts gears and writes about women living authentically. But when her book is picked up, the publisher wants to carefully curate her life to help with sales, and it might cost her everything she tried to salvage by changing her writing.
Meant to Be Yours (Mass Market Paperback) – A man and a woman determined that they are too broken or too uninterested in a real relationship to ever marry engage in a “fling” that could change their views on marriage and forever. By Susan Mallery.
Not Sparking Joy (Paperback comic collection) – The latest collection of Zits cartoons.
Pooches, Pumpkins, And Poison (e-book) – First in the Pooch Party Cozy Mystery series. The local animal shelter’s adoption manager figures it would be great for the dogs to be part of the Halloween celebration in town. And the celebration would have been great – if she hadn’t stumbled over a dead body. Available for free for Kindle Unlimited subscribers.
Secrets of the Chocolate House (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Found Things series after The Little Shop of Found Things. While shopping for items for her antique shop, Xanthe hears the song of a copper chocolate pot and has a disturbing vision of the man she left in the past who is now in great danger.
Twice in a Blue Moon (Trade Paperback) – A rising star, Tate Jones steps onto the set of her new, big project and comes face to face with her first love – the man who betrayed her years ago. I’ll be reviewing this one later this week.
The Wholesome Yum Easy Keto Cookbook: 100 Simple Low-Carb Recipes with 10 Ingredients or Less (Hardcover) – If you have tried following a Keto or low-carb or no grain diet, you are probably familiar with the website The Wholesome Yum. This is the author’s first book. I have this one on my wish list for this week.
Yes We Did: Photos and Behind-the-Scenes Stories Celebrating Our First African-American President (Hardcover) – A celebration of the Obama years in the White House.