Tag: July New Releases

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Fowl Play – Chloe believes her favorite uncle might have been murdered, and she decides to do some investigating. This is described as Knives Out meets Finding Orion, and that was all I needed to know!
The Night Librarian (Graphic Novel) – Twins take on a secret mission to find their dad’s missing edition of Dracula and uncover a world where literary characters have broken free from their stories.
The Grandest Game – First in the new Grandest Game series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, a companion series to the Inheritance Games series. Avery and the Hawthorne Brothers have created an annual game to win fame and fortune, and seven participants with secrets to hide show up hoping to win. I will absolutely be reading this!
Such Charming Liars – The latest thriller from Karen M. McManus. Mother-and-daughter grifters run into  unexpected guests at their last score before going straight. These are always top notch!

Books for Adults

Between Friends & Lovers (Trade Paperback) – An Instagram celebrity is struggling over the areas of her life that don’t live up to her image including her unrequited crush who shows up at an event with her childhood bully. So instead, she takes up with a writer who has found fast and unexpected fame. I’m really curious about this one!
The Bookshop Sisterhood (Trade Paperback) – Four women about to achieve their dream of opening a bookshop together each get news that puts their dream in jeopardy.
The Fiancé Dilemma (Trade Paperback) – Josie creates a fake engagement to help her with some bad PR. This sounds cute!
Name Your Price (Trade Paperback) – Two exes get drawn into a reality TV show where they have to spend a month locked together in a house. This sounds cute, too!
Cross Stitch in the Forest (Nonfiction) – A cross stitch collection from Max Pigeon/Pigeon Coop. I LOVE this designer, and I pre-ordered this ages ago. Can’t wait to see it in person!
Star Trek: Illustrated Oral History (Hardcover – nonfiction) – The story of Star Trek told by the cast of the Original Series.
Take Care of Your Friends: An Enneagram Guide to Interpersonal Relationships (Hardcover – nonfiction) – I’ll be reviewing this one soon.

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

When Beavers Flew: An Incredible True Story of Rescue and Relocation – The story of a Fish and Wildlife Game Warden who relocated beavers with parachutes in Idaho to save both a new town and the wetlands.

Books for Teens/Young Adults

The Ghostkeeper (LGBTQ+, Graphic Novel) – The story of a man who can see ghosts trying to help them move on when the key to the Doors of Death goes missing and the ghosts are trapped here with humans who want to destroy them.

Books for Adults

Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop (Trade Paperback) – First in a new Halloween Bookshop Mystery series by Emmaline Duncan. The new manager of Lazy Bones Books finds herself a murder suspect when someone dies at the start of the Lit Festival she’s hosting.
A Cup of Flour, a Pinch of Death (Trade Paperback) – Book 3 in the Baker Street Mystery series. Maddy is suspected of murder when her rival comes to town and their argument goes viral before the woman is killed.
Do Me a Favor (Trade Paperback) – A blocked cookbook ghostwriter finds inspiration in the handyman who is her new next door neighbor. There are some fun details of this second chance romance – such as a career as a cookbook ghostwriter – that make me want to pick this one up!
Jewel Me Twice (Trade Paperback) – Former lovers reunite for one last heist while trying to ignore the chemistry between them.
Ne’er Duke Well (Trade Paperback) – A new duke trying to become “respectable” hires someone to help him.  Over time, she starts to think that she could be the perfect wife for him… if it weren’t for the secret erotic library she runs.
The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love (Trade Paperback) – First in a new series by India Holton. Rival ornithologists are drawn into a competition to be named the Birder of the Year. If I didn’t already love Holton’s Dangerous Damsels series, I might not give this a try. But I AM a fan of that quirky series, so I will absolutely be checking this one out!
Star Trek: The Original Series: Lost to Eternity (Trade Paperback) – A follow-up story to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (The One with the Whales). Yes, please!
A Very Woodsy Murder (Hardcover) – First in the new Golden Motel Mystery series. A sitcom writer and her first ex-husband decide to renovate a remote motel. Among the many things they aren’t prepared for is a murder.

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

Little Ghost Makes a Friend – Little Ghost gets a new neighbor, and he wants to figure out how to make a friend. This looks DARLING!
The Quacken – Hector breaks the campground’s rule about feeding the ducks and releases the Quacken. The sample pictures of this crack me up!
Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School – First in a new chapter book series by Jarrett Lerner. A young ghost feels nervous about heading to Scare School for the first time.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Gamerville (Graphic Novel) – A gamer is sent to Camp Reset for the summer where electronics aren’t allowed.
Wicked Marigold – Princess Marigold is 11 when her perfect and beloved older sister escapes her captivity and returns home, leaving Marigold wondering if that means she is supposed to become a wicked princess. Yes, please!
Dashed – Margaret Dashwood is looking forward to a vacation with her sensible older sister Elinor before she heads to college, but instead, their trip is crashed by Marianne, lamenting yet another broken heart. YES! I am here for this contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility.

Books for Adults

Au Pair Affair (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Big Shots series. A divorced hockey player hires an au pair for his tween who just wants to see her parents get back together, despite the obvious chemistry between the hockey player and the au pair.
The Bang-Bang Sisters (Hardcover) – Full time rock stars and part-time vigilantes find themselves in a mobster’s crosshairs where he pits them against one another where only one can survive. Yikes!
The Body in the Backyard (Trade Paperback) – Book 4 in my new FAVORITE series! Riley’s ex comes to Santiago Investigations when he thinks someone is trying to kill him.
The Ex Vows (Trade Paperback) – Two exes team up to help their mutual friend salvage his wedding when the venue is destroyed in a fire.
It Had to Be You (Hardcover) – Two strangers hook up on a train, never expecting to see each other again. But they run into each other again when they discover they are both contract killers – and she’s been hired to kill him.
The Lost Story (Hardcover) – Two boys who went missing for 6 months are now adults and must return to the place where they disappeared to in order to find another missing person.
What Happens in Idaho (Trade Paperback) – A grieving doctor gets stuck in a small Idaho town when her car loses it’s battle with a cow.
This Is Going to Hurt : Following Jesus in a Divided America (Trade Paperback – nonfiction) – The author looks at 6 hot-button issues including Covid and abortion and how Christians have developed an us vs them mindset about the issues of today.

Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

Spider-Man: Cosmic Chaos – Book 3 in the Mighty Marvel Team-Up series. Spider-Man teams up with the Guardians of the Galaxy on a new mission. I already pre-ordered this one. I love this series!

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Illinois, Indiana & Ohio: 50 Hikes with Kids – Hikes and nature scavenger hunts you can do with kids in the Midwest.
The Darkness Within Us – A companion novel to the fantastic The Shadows Between Us. Chrysantha’s schemes are starting to pay off when someone tries to steal her inheritance. She can’t have that now, can she? I cannot wait to read this!!
Hearts Overboard – After a very public and humiliating breakup, Savannah tries to change her reputation – and her nemesis says he’ll help. This looks cute!
Heir, Apparently – Sequel to The Prince & the Apocalypse. Wren and her accidental prince-husband and his family and retainers are stranded on a tropical island after a plane crash. I am hoping to read book 1 this summer so I can catch up on this fun-sounding series.
The Umbrella Academy: Young Blood – A prequel book to the Netflix series. When things at home get stressful, Klaus suggests his siblings kick back at a party like normal teens.
The Enneagram for Teens – A book about the Enneagram targeted to teens.

Books for Adults

The Blind Devotion of Imogene (ebook) – Book 1 in a new series. Imogene Taylor is an elderly parolee trying to help her neighbor’s daughter deal with a dead body. This is a quirky sounding story – I can’t wait to check it out!
It’s Elementary (Trade Paperback) – An overwhelmed mom gets coerced into heading up a new diversity and inclusion committee for her daughter’s school. But her increased involvement at the school means she sees the PTA president acting strangely at the same time the principal who ticked the woman off goes missing. This is going to be fantastic!
The Next Best Fling (Trade Paperback) – First in a new Librarians in Love series. She’s in love with his brother who is engaged to someone else – and he’s in love with the fiancée. So they agree to pretend to be a couple and keep their true feelings to themselves. Until new feelings start to develop – for one another.
The Sky on Fire (Hardcover) – A new fantasy novel taking place in a world with dragons!
Sounds Like a Plan (Trade Paperback) – Rival PIs team up when they are set up to take the fall for murder.
Spellshop (Hardcover) – A new book by Sarah Beth Durst. A magic library’s librarian flees to her cozy home town after her library is destroyed – and she starts to build a new life. This sounds precisely like my kind of cozy fantasy novel!
Until Next Summer (Trade Paperback) – A new summer novel from Ali Brady. When she hears the camp where she works will be sold, Jessie decides to have one last hurrah – an adults-only camp where former campers are invited to return. Sounds like another great summer vacation read!

Happy July! Here are some of the new books out this week:

Books for Kids

I Am Jesse Owens (Ordinary People Change the World) –  A picture book biography of Jesse Owens
Stan Lee (Little People, Big Dreams) – A picture book biography of Stan Lee.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Faker – A new book from Gordon Korman. The son of a con artist starts to question the life he’s always known – lying, no real friends, and quick departures.
Rise – The youngest of three Valkyrie sisters is the first to sense the coming of Ragnarök.

Books for Adults

Breaking the Dark (Hardcover) – First in a new Marvel Crime series of original stories of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Daredevil. Jessica Jones is reluctantly pulled into a new case when a mother comes to her for help after her twins return from visiting their father with significant personality changes.
Dog Day Afternoon (Hardcover) – Book 29 in the Andy Carpenter series. Andy helps a young man Marcus has been mentoring who got a dog from the Tara Foundation. I’m super excited to read this one!
Just Playing House (Trade Paperback) – Marley reconnects with the prom date who ghosted her after they slept together when he hires her to be his stylist for a huge new movie. And he’s determined to work with her, even volunteering to stay with her and help her as she recovers from a double mastectomy.
The Love of My Afterlife (Trade Paperback) – Delphie meets the man of her dreams in the afterlife right before he is sent back to Earth. She’s given the impossible second chance of returning to Earth to find him.
The Summer of Yes (Trade Paperback) – A young writer who second-guesses her talents meets the queen of New York businesswomen in a hospital where they both decide to work together to address their regrets. This sounds like a great vacation read!
The Undermining of Twyla and Frank (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Hart and Mercy series. Twyla and Frank are best friends who are spending mid-life serving with the Tanrian Marshalls. They stumble across a mystery with a dead body – and a baby dragon.

It’s the final release week of July – here are some of the new books available this week.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Adventures of Batgirl and Supergirl: Alien Bloom of Doom  AND Citywide Scream Scheme AND Luthor’s Deep-Sea Danger AND Two Face and the Fusion Confusion (July 31) – A new collection of Batgirl/Supergirl stories!
Ghosted – A grieving girl agrees to team up with a new student at her (allegedly) haunted school to see if they can prove the school’s reputation about ghosts. This sound fantastic!
One of Us Is Back – Book 3 in the One of Us Is Lying series by the amazing Karen McManus.
Their Vicious Games – One moment of lost control has left Adina blacklisted from her top choice Ivy League college. She has one chance to get her future back – win the mysterious game called The Finish. I have this one on hold at the library.

Books for Adults

Mischief Nights Are Murder (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 8 in the Poppy McAllister Mystery series. Participating the local Haunted Dinners Tour is one thing, but hosting a murderer during Halloween is something else entirely.
Murder at a London Finishing School (Hardcover) – Book 7 in the Beryl and Edwina mystery series. Beryl and Edwina go back to their finishing school – reluctantly – to help investigate allegations of sabotage and along the way find murder.
Someone Just Like You (Trade Paperback) – Childhood rivals are forced to work together to plan a joint anniversary party for their parents.
The Witch Hitch (Trade Paperback) – A young woman trying to plan her wedding discovers her birth mother is an actual witch while also conjuring a man from 1929 into the mix. I have this one on hold too.

Hope your summer – and your summer reading – is going well! Here are some of the new books out this week.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Buzzing (Graphic Novel) – While his new friends and their role playing game seem to be helping Isaac cope with his OCD, his helicopter mother and his therapist don’t think he should keep playing.
Charming – Prince Charming is really a con man and three of his recent victims have just met each other – and they’re ready for revenge. Yes!!!

Books for Adults

Only Good Enemies (ebook) – Book 2 in the Galactic Bonds series by Jennifer Estep. Vesper and Kyrion must team up again as they both try to take down Techwave before someone takes them out – permanently. I seriously need to dive into book 1 so I am ready for this one.
Star Trek: Godshock (Hardcover Graphic Novel) – Ben Sisko is back, and he has some new powers after his years with the Prophets. But his powers are fading just when there’s a new threat on the horizon. I’m intrigued by the teasers of who will be joining Sisko on this adventure! This includes the prequel story and issues 1-6.
Star Wars: Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade (Hardcover) – The story of a Jedi padawan who eventually turns to the Dark Side. This looks amazing.
Take the Honey and Run (Hardcover) – First in a new Bee Keeping Mystery series.  A mystery writer comes home to help her grandmother after a fall, but then her grandmother becomes the prime suspect in a murder. I love the clever set up of this one. I hope to review it soon.
The Intentional Year Journal – A guided journal companion to The Intentional Year book/philosophy.

Here are some of the books releasing this week.

Books for Kids

Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow – Bruce’s friends try to get him excited about Halloween but their scary story takes a spooky turn.
I Am Wonder Woman – The latest from the Stories Change the World series.

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Dear Rosie (Graphic Novel) – Four middle schoolers struggle to adjust after the death of one of their best friends.
The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle – Grady and his dad inherit a tapestry scrap that is rumored to be a map to lost treasure. This looks fun!
Sky Ropes (Older Middle Grade) – A girl at camp hopes to avoid the high ropes because of her fear of heights and memories of her father’s abuse.
What Do We Know About Alien Abduction? – A new nonfiction book from Who HQ in their cryptid/unexplained phenomena line, What Do We Know About.
Give Me a Sign – A girl with hearing loss who never feels hearing or deaf “enough,” finds community at a camp for hearing and visually impaired kids.
The Prince and the Apocalypse – A girl having the worst vacation in London rescues a runaway prince and they decide to keep helping each other out, especially as a comet seems determined to destroy the planet in 8 days. Yes, please!
Stars Hide Your Fires – A thief sneaks into the Emperor’s Ball on a space station only to become a suspect when the Emperor is found dead. A sci-fi mystery?! Again, yes, please!

Books for Adults

A Cryptic Clue (Hardcover) – First in the Hunter and Clewe Mystery series. A retired university librarian and a collector team up to catalog his collection of rare books and artifacts – and to solve a mystery. This sounds delightful!
Hello Stranger (Hardcover) – From the author of The Bodyguard, one of my favorite reads of 2022. When a portrait artist develops face-blindness, it’s only one of many things that throw her life into turmoil. I’ll be attending an event with the author this month – I’m super excited for it!
It Happened One Fight (Trade Paperback) – Just when Joan is ready to take charge of her film career and get away from Dash,  she discovers that one of his many pranks actually means they are legally married! She has to do one last project with him – and she’s had it moved to Reno so they can establish residency to get a divorce. But the time with Dash starts to change her opinion of him. This sounds amazing!
A Lady’s Guide to Scandal (Trade Paperback) – A widow prepared to enjoy her wealth and her freedom is drawn back into contact with the man who broke her heart. I hope to review this one soon!
Macarons Can Be Murder (Hardcover) – First in a new Paris Kentucky Bakery Mystery series. A woman with a French bakery in the South gets pulled into an investigation because her one chance to save her business has been arrested for murder.
The Only Purple House in Town (Trade Paperback) – An app designer encounters his high school crush and before he knows it he’s taken a room at her quirky boarding house. I hope to review this soon, too.
Thief Liar Lady (Hardcover) – Cinderella sets the record straight on what she and her “evil” stepsisters were really up to that night at the ball – and how all of their plans have unraveled. Top of my list for this week!
You with a View (Trade Paperback) – Grieving over the loss of her grandmother, Noelle discovers she had a secret love – but the road to learning more is tainted by her high school nemesis  who is along for the ride. This is another I hope to review soon,.

Happy Independence Day (week) and welcome to the first release week of July. Here are some of the new books out this week!

Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults

Pure of Heart (Disney Mirrorverse) – First in the new Mirrorverse line from Disney Press. A Mirrorverse Snow White, with new powers, faces evil versions of her friends created by Dark Magic. In order to defeat the Evil Queen, Sorcerer Mickey, the ruler of the Mirrorverse, assigns some special Guardians to help Snow White in her quest. This sounds quirky and clever, and I can’t wait to check it out!

Books for Adults

A Body in 3B (ebook – July 7) – First in the new Murder at Morrisey Mystery series. A woman and her ghost friend try to help the police solve a murder.
Business or Pleasure (Trade Paperback) – When a ghostwriter meets the next personality she is working with, it turns out to be they guy from that disappointing one night stand. So in addition to helping him with his book, she offers to help him in the bedroom, too.
Dane of My Existence (Trade Paperback) – From the author of For the Love of the Bard. A lawyer in Bard’s Rest on sabbatical runs into a developer who wants to take out the town’s outdoor theatre. I have book one on my TBR – I need to catch up on this series!
Excavations (Hardcover) – Four women at an archaeological dig have to team up to dig into a mystery surrounding an artifact they have discovered. I am intrigued by this one!
Flop Dead Gorgeous (Hardcover) – Book 27 in the delightful Andy Carpenter series.  Andy’s high school girlfriend – now a famous actress – is accused of murdering her co-star. Of course, Andy takes the case. I’ll be reviewing this one soon!
Marvel Wastelanders: Star-Lord (Trade Paperback) – Novelization of a scripted podcast. Star-Lord and Rocket are on Earth – in Doctor Doom’s Wastelands – at the behest of the Collector, looking for an ancient relic.
Don’t Let Them Bury My Story (Hardcover) – The oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre shares her story.
Raised to Stay: Persevering in Ministry When You Have a Million Reasons to Walk Away (Trade Paperback) – How to say yes to Jesus while saying no to church politics and burnout.