@bookstodon It's time for notable new book releases in the U.S. for October 10, 2023:
A Stroke of The Pen, Terry Pratchett. [Unpublished stories recently unearthed and brought to light for our enjoyment ]
A Light Most Hateful, Hailey Piper. [Friends say that this is THE book: strange, eerie, twisty, mind-bending. What lengths would you go to, in order to protect the people you love from a slippery, evil, controlling force that threatens everything you know?]
Blackouts, Justin Torres. [Everybody says that this is a gorgeous, philosophical book about the life we inherit, what we do with it, and what we leave behind.]
Wrath Becomes Her, Aden Polydoros. [About the ethics and responsibilities of great power wielded as vengeance.]
Hatchet Girls, Diana Rodriguez Wallach. [Are axe murders cyclical? The author combines several horror genres, while linking a modern day fictional crime to the past, and back to Lizzie Borden.]
The Blood Years, Elana K. Arnold. [We rarely see stories about the Romani Holocaust. Based on the real-life experiences of the author's grandmother.]
Songs of Irie, Asha Ashanti Bromfield. [The restlessness of coming of age, in a time of unrest in Jamaica.]
Bittersweet in the Hollow, Kate Pearsall. [Solid writer pens dark YA fantasy thriller about four sisters with unique powers who team up to find out what evil is causing local disappearances.]
Charming Young Man, Eliot Schrefer. [New Adult Bildungsroman/Queer Historical Fantasy about a gifted pianist who explores his place in the world, as well as his identity.]
The Leftover Woman, Jean Kwok. [Two very different (culturally, economically) women's lives fall into deep crisis, which causes them to collide each other. Both are forced to examine their identity as mothers. My most trusted reader friends say that this is evocative storytelling at its finest.]
Run and Hide, Don Brown. [Nonfiction graphic work depicting the ways in which Jewish children evaded the Nazis.]
Queen Hereafter, Isabelle Schuler. [Historical fiction centered on Lady Macbeth. I'm specifically including this, because the response/reviews/ratings have been all over the place, and I'm curious to see where you all land.]
Wearing my Mother's Heart, Sophia Thakur. [Poetry which explores women's identity and voice.]
The Pale House Devil, Richard Kadrey. [What if you need to banish a supernatural trespasser from your family estate? You may as well hire a living investigator as well as a ghost detective. Cover all your bases, and hope that they don't uncover too much of the truth.]
Stars in Your Eyes, Kacen Callender. [Author of Felix Ever After returns with a tender, fierce novel about coping with past trauma and allowing someone to lead you to healing.]
Brainwyrms, Alison Rumfit. [ From the title alone, you know if you're up to this. Think TERFs as the purveyors of horror, and you'll know what to expect. This author does not hold back in shocking the reader in every way, but also has a lot to say through a transgressive horror lens. I'm getting real Gretchen Felker-Martin vibes, just with more body horror, if that helps.]
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