Title: Her Body And Other Parties Author: Carmen Maria Machado Genre: Horror, Fiction, Short Stories Publisher: Graywolf Press Format: Paperback ISBN: 1734422718 Summary: In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women’s lives and the violence visited upon their bodies. A wife refuses her husband’s …
Fall into this October with festive loose leafs thoughtfully created by Plum Deluxe. Never before has Autumn tasted this sweet, and I cannot wait to share this month’s delivery with you.
Title: The DevourersAuthor: Indra DasGenre: Horror, Fantasy, LGBTPublisher: Del Rey BooksFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781101967515 Summary: On a cool evening in Kolkata, India, beneath a full moon, as the whirling rhythms of traveling musicians fill the night, college professor Alok encounters a mysterious stranger with a bizarre confession and an extraordinary story. Tantalized by the man’s unfinished …
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Steep. Savor. Make Moments Matter. — Plum Deluxe Two weeks ago, I was on the hunt. I wanted to break free from traditional flavors, to find an adventure in my cup, to savor a moment with myself as I embrace each new day. Most of all, I craved the soothing promise of tea. So I …
Title: Final GirlsAuthor: Riley SagerGenre: Thriller, Slasher HorrorPublisher: DuttonFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781101985366 Summary: Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of …
Title: Six Of CrowsAuthor: Leigh BardugoGenre: FantasyPublisher: Henry Holt & CoFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781627792127 Summary: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond …
Title: Lord of ShadowsSeries: The Dark Artifices #2Author: Cassandra ClareGenre: Urban fantasyPublisher: McElderry BooksFormat: HardbackISBN: 9781442468405 Summary: A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, …
Title: We Are Okay Author: Nina LaCour Genre: YA Fiction Length: 234 pages My rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Blurb: You go through life thinking there’s so much you need… Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother. Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the …
Title: Ozone JournalAuthor: Peter BalakianGenres: Poetry, #Ownvoices Publisher: University of Chicago PressFormat: HardcoverISBN: 9780226207032 Summary: The title poem of Peter Balakian’s Ozone Journal is a sequence of fifty-four short sections, each a poem in itself, recounting the speaker’s memory of excavating the bones of Armenian genocide victims in the Syrian desert with a crew of television journalists …
