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  Holy Toledo am I excited for these new releases (sorry I couldn't think of anything September related) The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopia, Feminism Release Date: September 10 Now, not a lot has been released about this sequel, but if you can't tell by the cover it's a sequel for the acclaimed book The Handmaid's Tale. For the maybe 10 people that haven't read it, this is set in a dystopian world where women, handmaids, are essentially used as incubators. Now The Testaments follows Offred 15 years after the ending of The Handmaid's Tale. The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr by Susan Holloway Scott Genre: Historical Fiction Release Date: September 24 Following the massive Broadway show Hamilton, he all know Burr as the SOB that shot Hamilton, but before that, there were claims that Burr was a man who was unafraid of claiming whatever he believed should be his. Mary Emmons was sold into slavery as a child in India and...

  It's back to school, which means more time to read unless you're a student in which case: sucks to suck. Don't worry these books will be staring at you while you're being forced to read Walden. The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre Genre: Thriller, Mystery Release Date: August 8   Marlena Altizer Durst is controlled by her powerful husband. He tells her what to wear, what to eat, and who she can be friends with and of course, there are consequences if she obeys. While the world believes she lives a fairy-tale life, no one would believe her truth. She might be able to escape, like his first and second wives via death. That is unless she flips the switch... and gets away with murder. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa Genre: Japanese Literature, Science Fiction, Dystopia Release Date: August 15  To the people on the island, things disappear and when they do they no longer have meaning. You can burn them, throw them in the river, or hand them over...

    If you want a book that is an LGBTQIA+ book that isn't just L, G, or B then do I have the book for you. The main character, as well as the author, are non-binary, and the book is about Ben De Becker and their life after coming out to their parents as non-binary. Within the first chapter, their parents kick them out and so they call their sister who they haven't talked to since she left and they stay with her and her husband during their last semester of high school. At the new school, Ben decides not to come out at their new school in fear of what they will face.   Honestly, in terms of a synopsis, I don't want to give much more because I highly recommend people read this. I, like probably many other people, had never read a book by a non-binary person and I think this book felt... real. It didn't feel like Ben's entire personality revolved around them being non-binary. I also love the strained relationship between Ben and their sister, I feel like most nov...

*Insert catchy opener, fireworks, something, blah blah blah* Wilder Girls by Rory Power Genre: YA, LGBT, Horror, Mystery Release Date: July 9th It's been 18 months since the Tox hit and put the Raxter School for Girls under quarantine. First, the teachers were dying off one by one and then it started to infect the students, mutating their bodies strange and foreign. Fearing the woods that surround the school, they stay in the school, waiting for the cure until Byatt goes missing. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager Genre: Thriller, Mystery Release Date: July 2nd Jules Larsen's new job as an apartment sitter at the Bartholomew, Manhattan's most high-profile and mysterious buildings, seems rather simple with only three rules: no visitors, no nights spent away from the apartment, and no disturbing the other residents. Jules finds herself drawn to another apartment sitter Ingrid, who disturbingly reminds her of her sister she lost eight years ago. When...

  It's my birthday month which means it's time to throw more money at more books Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Genre: Fantasy, Mystery Thriller Release Date: June 4th   Ivy Gamble is happy with her career as a private investigator and wants nothing to do with magic unlike her sister Tabitha, a magically gifted professor. But when a faculty member at Tabitha's private academy is murdered and Ivy is hired to investigate, she starts to lose herself in the life she could have had. Wicked Fox by Kat Cho Genre: YA, Fantasy Release Date: June 25th   Gu Miyoung is a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive, and since there are so many terrible men that no one will miss, she lives in Seoul to hide and hunt. She ends up crossing paths with Jihoon, a human boy, who was being attacked by a goblin and, against her better judgment, she saves him and loses her fox bead, her gumiho soul. However, Jihoon knows about...

   So, if any of you guys read my January new releases, you know how excited I was for this book and it didn't disappoint, well not really. So in the world of Kichona, there are warriors called Taigas who are blessed with powers by the Gods to protect the kingdom and since the Blood Rift Rebellion, the kingdom has been prosperous and peaceful. This book has duel perspectives between Sora and Daemon, two apprentice warriors on the cusp of graduating. Sora is top of the class and excels at using her Taiga magic, while her gemina, Daemon, is much more proficient at hand to hand combat. When they are assigned to a simple scouting mission, they come across an odd camp of mysterious soldiers and they decide to infiltrate the camp in order to prove themselves. Once they infiltrate they learn that peace may soon end for their kingdom and that they Gods blessed powers are no match for their potential opponents.    So let's get into what I loved and didn't love an...

 I'm slowly running out of things to say for these intros.                                                   Again but Better by Christine Riccio Genre: YA, Romance Release Date: 5/7 If for some reason you haven't heard about this book yet, it's about Shane who is in her final year of college and for her it's been fairly mundane and so she decides to sign up for a semester abroad in London to get the opportunity to relive her college experience.                                                  The Bride Test by Helen Hoang Genre: Romance Release Date: 5/7  So this book is set in the same world as The Kiss Quotient but follows Khai Diep, who will get irritated when people move his stuff around but doesn't feel importa...