The Pick-Up by Miranda Kenneally

e-Audio, 05:57:45Narrated by: Nick Walther & Sandra MichelleRelease Date: October 12, 2021Published by: Recorded Books, Inc. Read from: December 4-5, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Library’s OverdriveTW: Mentions of a Mosh pit and injuries from the Mosh Pit, Child abuse, Parent with depressionFor Readers Interested In: Contemporary Romance, Music, YA, Realistic Fiction, Dual POV WHAT SHE ORDERED? A RIDESHARE. WHAT…

WoW: Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

This bookish meme tells the blogosphere what we’re waiting patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) for! It’s hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine! This is what they deserve. They wanted me to be a monster. I will be the worst monster they ever created. Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will—she is…

You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

e-Audio, 09:39:37Narrated by: Soneela NankaniRelease Date: November 9, 2021Published by: Macmillan AudioRead from: November 21- December 2, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Library’s OverdriveTW: Car Accident with later result of deathFor Readers Interested In: Magical Realism, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Tear Jerkers, Own Voices, YA  Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her…

So, This is Christmas by Tracy Andreen

e-Audio, 09:22:16Narrated by: Helen LaserRelease Date: October 12, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: November 28-29, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Library’s OverdriveTW: For Readers Interested In: Contemp Romance, Holidaze (Christmas), Realistic Fiction, YA     Sarah Dessen meets Let It Snow in this new YA Christmas romance!     When Finley Brown returned to her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma,…

When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez

Hardcover, 375 pagesRelease Date: September 21, 2021Published by: Dial BooksRead from: November 11-12, 2021Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: sexual assault, abuse, mental illness, drug usage, miscarriage, and pregnancy.For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Verse, Representation of Mental Illness or Disabilities, Realistic Fiction, Diverse Authors, Diverse MC, Own Voices, YA   An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse…

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

Hardcover, 500 pagesRelease Date: November 2, 2021Published by: Feiwel & FriendsRead from: October 31- November 11, 2021Gilded, #1Source: BoughtTW: StabbingFor Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Romance, Re-tellings, Fae, Magic, YA      Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding…

The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo

e-Audio, 07:46:37Narrated by: Leiana BertrandRelease Date: October 5, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: October 22-26, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Library’s OverdriveTW: N/AFor Readers Interested In: Books set during a Holiday (Christmas), Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Bookish Characters, Characters of Color, YA       A paperback original romance about a bookish Filipino-American girl who…

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

Hardcover, 324 pagesRelease Date: October 19, 2021Published by: Wednesday BooksRead from: October 21-29, 2021Stand-aloneSource: BoughtTW: DismembermentFor Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Romance, Retellings, Horror, Gothic, YA0   What the heart desires, the house destroys…     Andromeda is a debtera—an exorcist hired to cleanse households of the Evil Eye. When a handsome young heir named Magnus Rochester…

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (illustrated by Lisa Sterle)

Paperback, 224 pagesRelease Date: October 5, 2021Published by: Greenwillow BooksRead from: October 18-19, 2021Stand-aloneSource: BoughtTW: Gore, Death, Violence Attempted Sexual Assault For Readers Interested In: Paranormal, Romance, Werewolves, Graphic Novels, LGBTQ+ Characters (Lesbian), YA    Pretty Little Liars meets Teen Wolf in this fast-paced, sharply funny, and patriarchy-smashing graphic novel from author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and artist…

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

e-Audio, 12:06:24Narrated by: Caitlin DaviesRelease Date: October 5, 2021Published by: Simon & Schuster AudioRead from: October 11-14, 2021Vespertine, #1Source: Library’s OverdriveTW: PossessionFor Readers Interested In: Paranormal, Fantasy, YA. Series Starter, physical disability (scars from a past possession)       The dead of Loraille do not rest.     Artemisia is training to be a Gray…

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