As soon as I heard the premise for THE SIMPLE ART OF FLYING (published in other regions as CALL ME ALASTAIR) I couldn’t wait to feature it. It’s a lovely story that explores loneliness as well as finding family and true friends. Sometimes flying means keeping your feet on the ground… Born in a […]
I met award-winning author Elana K. Arnold at one of the final author events I went to pre-quarantine. She writes some of the most visceral prose I’ve read, and Red Hood is her newest YA novel: Since her grandmother became her caretaker when she was four years old, Bisou Martel has lived a quiet life […]
I am delighted to announce that Dallas Woodburn’s book, THE BEST WEEK THAT NEVER HAPPENED, which I featured here, is now out in the world! After her parents’ bitter divorce, family vacations to the Big Island in Hawaii ceased. But across the miles, eighteen-year-old Tegan Rossi remains connected to local Kai Kapule, her best friend […]
Gail Carriger is one of my favorite authors to read, as well as interview. If you haven’t yet subscribed to her newsletter, you should absolutely do so here: http://gailcarriger.com/chirrup. I also featured her here and here. SPY Dimity Plumleigh-Teignmott, code name Honey Bee, is the War Office’s best and most decorative fixer. She’s sweet […]
I met Suzanne Park at YallWest last year, and she was absolutely delightful. She has two books coming out this year; her #ownvoices YA rom-com THE PERFECT ESCAPE, which debuted yesterday, and her adult romance, LOATHE AT FIRST SIGHT due out in August. Have a look: Nate Jae-Woo Kim wants to be rich. When one […]
I interviewed Emily Skrutskie a few weeks back about BONDS OF BRASS, which made its debut today. Have a look: A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend–the man he trusts most and might even love–only to learn that he’s secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire. Ettian Nassun’s life was shattered […]
I was honored to interview Liz Lawson here, and I’m thrilled to announce that THE LUCKY ONES is finally out in the world! May is a survivor. But she doesn’t feel like one. She feels angry. And lost. And alone. Eleven months after the school shooting that killed her twin brother, May still doesn’t know […]
Nikki Shannon Smith has written a lot of children’s nonfiction, and THE AMAZING LIFE OF AZALEAH LANE is her first chapter book. It’s the kind of own-voices story I was craving back when I was a children’s book selector, and I look forward to more books in this series. Have a look: Azaleah can’t wait […]
I’ve been honored to interview Emily Skrutskie here and here. When I first heard about BONDS OF BRASS, which comes out on April 7, I couldn’t wait to spread word about it: A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend–the man he trusts most and might even love–only to learn that he’s secretly […]
This book sold me on the title alone. I mean, who wouldn’t want to read a book entitled THE LADY ALCHEMIST? And while we unfortunately have to wait until the book debuts on May 26, I’ve included buy/pre-order links at the bottom of this interview. In a land torn between magic and alchemy, Sepha is […]