Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

e-Audio, 10:36:24Narrated by: Julie Lumsden, Katie Anvil Rich, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, & Jordan Waunch Release Date: June 4, 2024Published by: HeartdrumRead from: June 3-4, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Libro FM (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher’s via an audio app in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning:…

Everything We Never Said by Sloan Harlow

e-Audio, 09:14:50Narrated by: Steven Molony, Ferdelle Capistrano, & Brittany PressleyRelease Date: May 28, 2024Published by: Books on TapeRead from: May 23-25, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH App (I received a copy of this e-audio from the publisher and their audio app in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning: Domestic…

This Book Won’t Burn by Samira Ahmed

Hardcover, 384 pagesRelease Date: May 7, 2024Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersRead from: April 22- May 8, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Texas Library Association ConferenceContent Warning: Homophobia, Racism, Grief, Racial Slurs, Bullying, Toxic RelationshipFor Readers Interested In: Reading Freely, DEIA, Social Justice, Racial/Ethnic Diversity, Family Diversity, YA       From the New York Times bestselling…

Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle

e-Audio, 02:15:56Narrated by: Zac Aleman, Andre Bellido, & Alejandra ReynosoRelease Date: April 23, 2024Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: May 1, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Libro FM App (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher and the app in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)Content Warning:…

Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen

e-Audio, 08:46:08Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal & Maya Van Wagenen Release Date: March 26, 2024Published by: Books on TapeRead from: March 26-27, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Ableism, Chronic illness, Medical content, Bullying,…

Ariel Crashes a Train by Olivia A. Cole

e-Audio, 07:29:31Narrated by: Olivia A. ColeRelease Date: March 12, 2024Published by: Books on Tape (Labyrinth Road)Read from: March 25-26, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Intrusive thought spirals, Neurodiversity, Ableism, Body shaming,…

Free Period by Ali Terese

e-Audio, 07:05:19Narrated by: Josephine Huang & Cassandra MorrisRelease Date: March 5, 2024Published by: Scholastic, Inc. Read from: March 21-24, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Library’s LibbyTW: For Readers Interested In: Realistic Fiction, Social Justice, Feminist Reads, MG       This middle-grade Moxie centering period equity is Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret for the next generation! Helen and Gracie…

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

e-Audio, 16:40:56Narrated by: Sophie AmossRelease Date: April 2, 2024Published by: Delacorte PressRead from: March 21-23, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Infertility, Rape, BloodFor…

The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso

e-Audio, 09:55:45Narrated by: Amy McFaddenRelease Date: March 5, 2024Published by: Tantor Media, Inc. (Sourcebooks Fire)Read from: March 20-21, 2024Stand-aloneSource: Netgalley (I received a copy of this e-audiobook and the physical from the publisher and/or Netgalley in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Adult/minor relationship,…

Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari

e-Audio, 09:33:42Narrated by: Nikki Massoud & Elena Rey Release Date: March 12, 2024Published by: Dial BooksRead from: March 11-13, 2024Stand-aloneSource: PRH Audio App (I received a copy of this e-audiobook from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: Addiction (not from the main character), Relapse (Not…

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