kimlockhartga, 10 months ago

Notable New Book Releases in the US for August 29-30, 2023. My subjective star ratings only on ones I've read.

Happiness Falls, Angie Kim. 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮. ⭐⭐⭐½ (Don't let the rating dissuade you; all my reader friends loved it.)

Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto. 𝙁𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Funny Things: A Comic Biography of Charles M. Schulz, Luca Debus, Francesco Matteuzzi. (Graphic novel) 𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙮, 𝙖 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙚. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Hills of Estrella Roja, Ashley Robin Franklin. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙮 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙔𝘼 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡

Anno Domini 1000, Thomas Gilbert. (graphic novel) 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨. (𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩). ⭐⭐⭐½

Carole: What We Leave Behind, Clément C. Fabre. (graphic novel) 𝙏𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Infinity Particle, Wendy Xu. (graphic novel) 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨; 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙢/𝘼𝙄.

I Feed Her to the Beast, and the Beast is Me, Jamison Shea. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙: 𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.

Holler, Child: Stories, LaToya Watkins. 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩-𝙩𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙨.

Where Peace is Lost, Valerie Valdes. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝙋𝙏𝙎𝘿 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙤𝙤. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚.

Terrace Story, Hilary Leichter. 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡, 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛.

The Old Place, Bobby Finger. 𝙎𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧.

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