This week I am celebrating the 8th anniversary of the launch of this website! It’s hard to believe. Thank you for being here and enjoying a lot of book love with me! Here are some of the books releasing this week:
Books for Kids
The Owlympic Games – Book 20 in the sweet Owl Diaries series from Scholastic Branches. The pressure of the Owlympic Games starts to get to Eva when she worries about letting her team down.
Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults
Banned Books, Crop Tops, and Other Bad Influences – A “good girl” teams up with a new girl who likes to push boundaries to make a banned book club.
May the Best Player Win – A chess player faces a lot of pressure when some media attention makes her “friends” question if she’s really as good as everyone says.
Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better – Quagmire ends up having to live with an uncle he doesn’t know when his mom’s mental health struggles leave him without a place to land. While sad, I love stories like this where kids find the support they need when they thought they were all alone to carry grown up troubles.
The Lies We Conjure – A standalone story from the author of The Princess Will Save You. Two sisters agree to pretend to be an elderly woman’s long-lost grandchildren but find themselves locked in a mansion with a group of witches, trying to solve a murder while keeping their ruse a secret.
Books for Adults
All Signs Point to Malibu (Trade Paperback) – A woman who gets glimpses of the future sees that her ex and his fiancée are headed toward an unhappy ending. But her efforts to help catch the attention of her nemesis, the best man. This sounds fun!
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Trade Paperback) – A fake engagement could lead to love. Yes, please!
Karaoke Queen (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – Rex tries to help his ex save his karaoke bar by showing up as his drag alter ego – but he feels like he can never let anyone know it’s him.
My Vampire Plus-One (Trade Paperback) – A sequel to My Roommate Is a Vampire. A young woman needs a fake boyfriend to get her family off her case about her dating life, but she has no idea Reggie is a vampire.
Rewitched (Trade Paperback) – A stressed and burned out witch may lose her powers on her 30th birthday if she can’t prove her “worthiness.”
We Solve Murders (Hardcover) – First in a new series. A woman working private security for a famous author reaches out to her retired father-in-law for help when she gets in over her head. This could be fun!
An American Story (Hardcover) – An autobiography from actor Wilmer Valderrama.