Hello Readers,
There are so many great books coming out in May and I have been lucky enough to read early and I can’t wait to share my reviews with you on publication day. For each book I have mentioned I am including the number of pages, the blurb, and a link to goodreads in case you want to the add the book to your TBR. I have no rights to the cover images below (Fair use under the copyright act sections 29 and 30 under use for a review).
This book won’t burn by Samira Ahmed (Gifted)
After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation. But things aren’t so simple. At school, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labelled “obscene” or “pornographic” and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors. Noor can’t sit back and do nothing, because that goes against everything she believes in, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics—and small-town love be her downfall?
Pages: 384 Goodreads Publication Day: May 2nd 2024
There are so many great books coming out in May and I have been lucky enough to read early and I can’t wait to share my reviews with you on publication day. For each book I have mentioned I am including the number of pages, the blurb, and a link to goodreads in case you want to the add the book to your TBR. I have no rights to the cover images below (Fair use under the copyright act sections 29 and 30 under use for a review).
After her dad abruptly abandons her family and her mom moves them a million miles from their Chicago home, Noor Khan is forced to start the last quarter of her senior year at a new school, away from everything and everyone she knows and loves. Reeling from being uprooted and deserted, Noor is certain the key to survival is to keep her head down and make it to graduation. But things aren’t so simple. At school, Noor discovers hundreds of books have been labelled “obscene” or “pornographic” and are being removed from the library in accordance with a new school board policy. Even worse, virtually all the banned books are by queer and BIPOC authors. Noor can’t sit back and do nothing, because that goes against everything she believes in, but challenging the status quo just might put a target on her back. Can she effect change by speaking up? Or will small-town politics—and small-town love be her downfall?
Pages: 384 Goodreads Publication Day: May 2nd 2024
I guess you're probably wondering about the next girl. Because there's always another girl, right? A girl waiting to be taken. To be swept away. I'll tell you about her. It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun lost her sister, and she's been searching ever since: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. Happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.
Until one day, local teenager Ellie Black is found in Washington State woods. Two years after her disappearance, she's an echo of herself, but alive. But something's not right about this girl. Where has she been, and who is she protecting? Chelsey has to find out. For herself, for her sister, and before the next girl is taken.
Pages: 368 Goodreads Publication Day: May 9th 2024
Together in a Broken World by Paul Michael Winters (Gifted)
Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Now, a year later, civilization lies in ruins, and Zach is the town’s sole survivor. Desperately lonely, he longs to return to his family in Seattle, but his fears hold him captive.
Seventeen-year-old Zach was visiting his uncle in a small Montana town when a mysterious illness ripped through the world. Most died, but those who survived the Infection became mindless killers, spreading the disease with a single scratch. Now, a year later, civilization lies in ruins, and Zach is the town’s sole survivor. Desperately lonely, he longs to return to his family in Seattle, but his fears hold him captive.
Eighteen-year-old Aiden is on a critical mission for the covert Scientific Collective, delivering vials whose contents could cure the Infection. Tortured by his boyfriend’s death, he welcomes the risks of the perilous journey. When a militia attacks Aiden, he flees to Zach’s town.
The boys escape together and soon form a bond as they comfort each other in
this desolate and broken world. The farther they travel, the more their
affection grows, as do the forces pulling them apart. But their greatest
threats are the secrets they keep. Zach hides details of his uncle’s death, and
Aiden conceals the vials’ sinister origins. In order to survive, they’ll have
to confront the truths that could tear their love apart.
Pages: 382 Goodreads Publication Day: May 21st 2024
Pages: 382 Goodreads Publication Day: May 21st 2024
The highly anticipated sequel to the queer genre-bending dystopian romance All That's Left in the World.
Against the backdrop of a ravaged world, Andrew and Jamie have settled in a new community, more in love than ever. Finally, they've reached safety and have each taken on roles and responsibilities in this new life. But it's soon clear they want different things.
Jamie is ready to move on and take to the road, just the two of them. Andrew wants to remain in the safety of numbers. With a storm brewing up the coast they have no choice to head back into the wilderness where old enemies roam and they don't know who to trust. Can they find their way back to safety and each other?
Pages: 416 Goodreads Publication Day: May 28th 2024
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