Tag: February New Releases

Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Kids

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I Am Sally Ride – The latest picture book biography in the Ordinary People Change the World series.
Where Did TJ Go? – Writer and speaker Annie F. Downs brings kids and families this book on grief and loss, specifically infant loss. While the full description of the book will bring tears to your eyes, this could be a valuable resource for families experiencing loss.
The Woofmore On Thin Ice – Book 3 in the Woofmore early chapter book series. The Woofmore is counting on a positive review from a famous figure skater to bring more business to the hotel.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults

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Racing the Clouds (Older Middle Grade, 10-14 year olds) – Sage hopes a summer vacation spent with the grandparents she’s never met will help mend the rifts between her and her dad after what happened last year.
Truth Cursed – An orphaned young woman is trained by a rebel spy ring and sent to infiltrate the royal court.

Books for Adults

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A Geek Girl’s Guide to Murder (e-book reissue) – This completed series from Julie Anne Lindsey is being REISSUED, and I am here for it. I loved the whole series! Book 1 is out this week.
Never Planned on You (Trade Paperback) – Ali encounters the man she once drunkenly got tattoos with in England, but now he’s the groom in the wedding she’s supposed to be planning.
An Overdue Match (Trade Paperback) – Book one in the new Checking Out Love series. The new librarian in town teams up with a tattoo artist to matchmake her patrons.
To Sicily with Love (Trade Paperback) – Book 4 in the Meet Me in Italy series. A woman who recently lost her parents discovers through a DNA test that she has family in Sicily and travels there to see if she can find herself once again.
Wooing the Witch Queen (Trade Paperback) – Book 1 in the Queens of Villainy series by Stephanie Burgis. A sorceress queen takes on an assistant to help her organize her magical library so she can concentrate on protecting her kingdom, not realizing that he is hiding things about himself. I’m looking forward to this one!
You Between the Lines (Trade Paperback) – A woman in an MFA program struggling with imposter syndrome encounters her high school nemesis in the program.

Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults

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Bat and the Business of Ferrets – Book 4 in the Bat series. As Bat tries to adjust to the changes that come with a new grade, new classroom, and new teacher, he hopes to convince his teacher – and a classmate – that a class Ferret would be a good idea.
HiLo: The Great Space Iguana (Graphic Novel) – HiLo and his friends try to help a giant space iguana get home.
Montgomery Bonbon: Death at the Lighthouse AND Murder at the Museum – A young sleuth pretending to be a famous detective solves mysteries including a murder at a museum (Book 1) and one at a lighthouse (Book 2).
Unicorn Book Club (Graphic Novel) – Book 21 in the delightful Phoebe and her Unicorn series. Marigold and Phoebe create a book club. Yes, please!
Wicked Darlings – An aspiring journalist investigates her sister’s death

Books for Adults

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Celebrity Crush (Trade Paperback) – An author suggests a fake dating scheme to the actor staring in the adaptation of her book to give them both some important positive PR.
Change of Heart (Trade Paperback) – A cynical lawyer is transported to a Hallmark channel-esque small town where she has to complete three tasks in order to get back to her real life.
Death at the Shipshape Bookshop (Trade Paperback) – An Alaskan bookstore owner becomes a part time sleuth after her bookshop is ransacked and someone is murdered in her back room.
Get Lost With You (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Rock Bottom Love series. A single mom takes a second chance at love.
A Girl Like Us (Hardcover) – A party girl turned heiress investigates the family she married into looking for answers to questions that have already left someone dead.
The Last Hamilton (Trade Paperback) – When the last heir of Alexander Hamilton dies, her best friend and her husband team up to find out what happened. This sounds excellent!
The Launch Date (Trade Paperback) – Two rivals must team up to create first date scenarios as they compete for the same job at their dating app company.
The Perfect Rom-Com (Trade Paperback) – An aspiring writer becomes a ghostwriter in a trade off as she tries to sell her own novel. Yes, please!
Queens of Crime (Hardcover) – The five greatest women crime writers team up to solve a real life murder in 1930. This sounds so amazing.
A Victim at Valentine’s (ebook) – Book 5 in the Secret Bookcase Mystery series from Ellie Alexander. A bookshop owner tries to help local law enforcement solve a murder connected her her shop.
You Are Fatally Invited (Hardcover) – Mila is an aspiring writer hired by thriller master J.R. Alastor to help him host a thriller writer’s retreat which gives her an opportunity to plan a murder of her own. But then someone else is murdered and she’s drawn into solving the case. Another fantastic sounding story!
The Fearless Christian University (Trade Paperback, February 13) – A form professor and administrator in Christian Higher Ed explores the state of Christian Higher Ed and strategies to survive into the future.

Happy February! Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Kids

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Cranky Chicken: The Cranky-verse – Three new stories starring Cranky Chicken and Speedy.

Books for Older Kids/ Teens/Young Adults

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The Secret of Moonrise Manor – Raven and her friends investigate a mummy found in a haunted hotel to see if it can answer her questions about her late mother’s death.
What Is the Story of Cinderella? – Explore the history of the story of Cinderella.
All Better Now – A new YA novel from the author of Scythe. A world-wide virus leaves survivors living with unprecedented contentment – and there are those who see their careers and livelihood at risk if they can’t capitalize on the old ways of anger and jealousy. I can’t wait to check this out!
The Liar’s Club – First in a new YA series about taking on the “king of campus.”

Books for Adults

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The Bones Beneath My Skin (Hardcover) – A standalone novel from the author of the Cerulean Chronicles and the Green Creek series. A man who has lost everything heads to his family’s summer cabin to reassess his life and finds people living there. And one is a very special little girl – and someone’s out to find her.
Deep End (Trade Paperback) – A new standalone novel from the author of Bride. A diver and a champion swimmer who should have nothing in common but the water start a fling that threatens to upend their lives.
Dream Girl Drama (Trade Paperback) – A hockey player falls for a woman after an unexpected encounter, but then he discovers she’s his soon-to-be step-sister.
Eleven Numbers (e-book short story, February 1) – From the author of the Jack Reacher series. A math professor is summoned to the White House to help with cryptic Russian equations.

It’s the last release week of February – here are some of the books releasing.

Books for Kids

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Sleepy Sheepy and the Sheepover – Sleepy Sheepy is back, and this time he’s going on his first sleepover to his grandparents’ house.
The Wrong Book – The narrator of a book keeps getting things wrong while a bookmark tries to fix things.
Pete the Kitty and the Three Bears – Pete the Kitty visits the Three Bears.
The Case of the Poached Painting (Graphic Novel) – Book 2 in the Pigeon Private Detectives series.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

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Coyote Lost and Found – Sequel to The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. Coyote feels like she might finally be ready to scatter her mom’s ashes, but she accidentally sold the book that said where her mother wanted her ashes spread. Coyote and her dad hit the road again as she tries to  find the book by tracing their earlier journey. I’m looking forward to this!
Hilo: Rise of the Cat (Graphic Novel) – Book 10 of the fantastic Hilo series! Polly the cat has been sent to a magical boarding school where she finds mysterious things afoot. I adore this series – can’t wait to read this.
The Partition Project – Something new from Saadia Faruqi. When a girl’s Pakistani grandmother comes to live with them in America, she finds out about her grandmother’s experience of the Partition of India and Pakistan. And that story makes an excellent subject for a documentary assignment she has for school. This sounds FASCINATING!
Unicorn Legacy: Tangled Magic – First in a new series set in the world of The Unicorn Quest. A girl at a magical school discovering her magic for the first time tries to figure out why the unicorns are disappearing.
Unstuck – A new book from Barbara Dee. A young writer experiencing writer’s block goes to her sister for help and discovers the struggles her sister is experiencing. I have already pre-ordered this one.
Snowglobe – A book translated from the original Korean. A young woman lives in a frozen wasteland where the least live and work to provide heat to those who live in the Snowglobe. In exchange for their heated home, the residents of the Snowglobe agree to be filmed round the clock. The young woman gets the chance to move into the Snowglobe to replace one of her favorite “stars,” but she finds the life she expected is very different from reality. This sounds AMAZING!
Tender Beasts – A teen charged by her late mother to take care of her youngest brother finds herself having to defend him against charges of murder. This sounds stunning!
Till Human Voices Wake Us – First in a new trilogy. A young woman who could do without other people’s secrets starts digging into some when a friend is found dead.

Books for Adults

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A Fate Inked in Blood (Hardcover) – Betrayed by her husband, Freya discovers she has magic when the man sent to kill her can’t. Instead, he becomes her keeper because his father thinks she guarantees him a throne. Spending time together, though, puts them at risk of the chemistry between then derailing everything.
The Other Valley (Hardcover) – A girl living in a town that sits between two identical towns – one that exists 20 years in the past and one that exists 20 years in the future – sees something that reveals the future. What a fascinating set up!
The Partner Plot (Trade Paperback) – High school sweethearts bump into each other in Vegas and wake up married.
Right on Cue (Trade Paperback) – A screenwriter dusts off her acting chops for a role only to find herself playing against the last man on earth she wants to see.
Star Trek Picard: Firewall (Hardcover) – A prequel story covering Seven’s journey into the Fenris Rangers.
Lost World of the Prophets (Trade Paperback) – This new addition to the Lost World series by John H. Walton is AMAZING! I’ll be posting a full review later this week.
Star Trek Picard: The Art and Making of the Series (Hardcover)
Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling (Trade Paperback) – Something new from Dr. Nijay Gupta. This book looks at the first Christians in their context in the Roman Empire. I’m looking forward to reading this one!

I hope wherever you are that February is treating you well! Here are some of the new books out this week.

Books for Kids

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Wombats! Go to Wizards Wharf – Book 2 in the Wombat series. Pickles and Albert head to an amusement park – something Pickles loves and Albert doesn’t.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

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The Myth of Monsters: Medusa – First in a new series.  After an incident, Ava and her brother are sent to a boarding school in Venice for the children of mythological monsters like Medusa.
The Someday Daughter – Even though she is eager to escape her estranged relationship with her mother, Audrey agrees to go on an anniversary book tour for the book that made her mother famous.

Books for Adults

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The Bezzle (Hardcover) – A forensic accountant discovers the uber-rich are using the residents of the California Department of Corrections as their entertainment.
End of Story (Hardcover) – A dying mystery writer invites a writer to live with his family and help write his life story. But the mystery writer has lived through some real life mysteries – and a new dead body complicates things further.
Murder in Masquerade (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Lady of Letters Mystery series after Murder in Postscript. A Victorian Countess who secretly writes an advice column gets drawn into a friend’s family drama when she’s asked to dissuade a young woman from eloping.
Once Upon a Murder (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Lady Librarian Mystery series after A Novel Disguise. Tiffany stumbles across a dead body and finds herself the top suspect in the murder.
Only Hard Problems (e-book) – Book 3 in the Galactic Bonds series by Jennifer Estep. I am looking forward to digging into this scifi/fantasy series!
Remedial Magic (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – First in a new Course in Magic series. A librarian and a witch discover a connection, both romantic and magical. This looks so fantastic!
To Cage a God (Hardcover) – First in a new series. Sisters and living weapons join the rebellion to take down corrupt royals. Fascinating!
Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter’s Soul (Hardcover) – The story of Twitter.
Liturgies for Wholeness: 60 Prayers to Encounter the Depth, Creativity, and Friendship of God in Ordinary Moments (Hardcover) – Contemporary liturgies.

For those who celebrate, Happy Valentine’s Day this week – or Happy Black Wednesday. Whichever you prefer. Here are a few of the new books releasing this week.

Books for Kids

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Pearl – Part of the Gossie & Friends series. A little duckling who LOVES to sing loses her voice.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

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Averil Offline (Older Middle Grade) – Something new from Amy Noelle Parks. Two kids find a way to ditch their intrusive parents in order to find the creator of the app their parents use to monitor everything in their lives. I’m fascinated by this idea!
Eowulf: Of Monsters and Middle School (MG Graphic Novel) – Spin off from the Nico Bravo series. After enjoying an adventure with Nico Bravo, Eowulf returns home to a humdrum existence. Until a villain shows up and she has to team up with the last person she’d choose. I have GOT to catch up with this series.
The Princess Protection Program (Middle Grade) – A princess flees her story and finds herself at the Home Educational Academy and the Princess Protection Program. Yes, please!
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear (YA) – A typical teen experiencing typical things (friendship issues, romantic rejection) finds herself in a situation anything BUT typical when one of the Guardians of the magical fault lines in her town is murdered and all manner of magical creature begins to escape.

Books for Adults

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At First Spite (Trade Paperback) – From Olivia Dade. After a break up, Athena has to move into the “Spite House” smack in the middle of her ex and the brother who talked him into breaking off their engagement. If she’s going to live in the Spite House, she might as well live up to the name. I already have this one preordered!
The Briar Book of the Dead (Trade Paperback) – When a non-witch steps into her witchy family’s “business” protecting their town boarders, she discovers the ability to speak to the dead which exposes her to old secrets and schemes and leaves her wondering who she can actually trust.
The Catch (Trade Paperback) – Book 3 in the Influencer series. An influencer is mistaken for a grumpy Canadian’s fiancée when he is injured, so she agrees to a one week fake engagement for his family’s sake in exchange for his help with her social media.
Fangirl Down (Trade Paperback) – A down-on-his-luck golfer hires his one fangirl to be his caddy and help him get his game back and win the big tournament.
Fatal First Edition (Hardcover) – Book 14 in the Library Lover’s Mystery series. Lindsey and Sully are murder suspects when a priceless first edition is stolen, the conference director who had it is murdered, and the murderer leaves the missing book in their train compartment.
Fish Out of Water (Trade Paperback) – When her sister goes missing on a hike, Dahlia convinces the grumpy local survivalist to help her trek into the mountains to find her.
The Frame-Up (Trade Paperback) – Something new from Gwenda Bond. Dani needs to convince her mother and her mother’s magical art heist crew to help her on one job even though she was the one who turned her mother in to the FBI 10 years ago.
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (Hardcover, LGBBTQ+) – Book 2 in the Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series. Mossa and Pleiti team up again on a case when 17 people go missing and no one seems to notice. I have the first book on my TBR – I’m excited to check this series out.
Ready or Not (Trade Paperback) – An unexpected pregnancy upends everything in a young woman’s “steady, no surprises” life.
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Dog of War (Graphic Novel) – An Earth Corgi comes to DS9 in one of Quark’s infamous deals. But the dog comes with a surprise. I am looking forward to this one!
The Summer Book Club (Hardcover) – Three women in a book club are looking for inspiration to make their own lives more fulfilling while reading books that are an escape from their real lives.
Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It (Hardcover Nonfiction) – Jeannie Allen bring scientific information and biblical insight to the subject of emotions.

It’s the final release week of February – let’s take a look at some of the books releasing his week.

Books for Kids

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The Recess Genius – A book-loving girl becomes the playground fixer, but it doesn’t leave her much time for reading. This is from the author of the delightful Help Wanted: Must Love Books, so I will definitely be picking this one up!

Books for Older Kids

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Finally Seen – A girl left behind in China with her grandmother while her parents and younger sister moved to the US is finally reunited with them after five years. But her transition is much harder than she imagined. And her hurt feelings compound things. So when a book at school that makes her feel seen comes under attack, she will have to decide if she is willing to fight for herself in this new land where she feels like such an outsider. This is on my list, too!
Hilo: Gina and the Last City on Earth (Graphic Novel) – Book 9 in the fantastic Hilo series. Gina and her friends are back to try to save the world! This is going to be fantastic!
The House Swap – Two girls find common ground when their families do a house swap. This looks awesome!
A First Time for Everything (Upper Middle Grade – nonfiction graphic novel) – Coming of age memoir from Dan Santat.

Books for Adults

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The Neighbor Favor (Trade Paperback) – A woman looking to exert some control of her life, starting with securing a date for her sister’s wedding, reaches out to her sexy new neighbor for help.  But she has no idea he’s the reclusive author she was emailing for months, growing closer, until he ghosted her. I am all in on this one!

Here are some of the new books out this week!

Books for Older Kids

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Lasagna Means I Love You – A girl new to foster care finds a handmade cookbook with family stories so she starts to collect other recipes and stories, hoping to find some family stories for herself. I am so excited to read this one!

Books for Adults

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Best Served Hot – When the online battle between two restaurant critics starts to get attention, they agree to do some joint events for additional publicity.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The High Country – The crew of the Enterprise are scattered on a strange world after a mysterious shuttle malfunction.

Happy Valentine’s Week! Here are some new books you might love!

Books for Kids

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Super Pancake (Chapter Book Graphic Novel) – A struggling young pancake develops superpowers and wants to use them to help her town.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

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On Air with Zoe Washington – A sequel to From the Desk of Zoe Washington. Now that her birth father is out of prison, Zoe wants to help him achieve his dream of opening a restaurant.
When You Wish Upon a Lantern – Liya has to team up with her former best friend to help save her family’s wishing-lantern store.

Books for Adults

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End of Story – Susie’s unhappy to discover that the contractor for the house she inherited is her ex’s best friend. But even more surprising is the divorce certificate he finds in the house – dated 10 years in the future and with THEIR names on it.
The Last Orphan – Book 8 in the Orphan X series. Evan’s been able to stay one step ahead of the US government for years, but that advantage is now gone, and the President offers him a deal – if he eliminates someone she says is too dangerous to live, she will leave Evan alone. I’ll be reviewing this one soon.
Ruby Spencer’s Whisky Year – A writer living in Scotland for a year to write a cookbook starts to see reasons to make her stay more permanent.
The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days – Faith-based blessings for the lives we actually live. I have this on my wishlist.