Shelf Seeking is a series of weekly posts highlighting the best books releasing that week. Psychological horror, historical whodunit, a collection of stories, feminist history, and a thrilling romantic fantasy! This blog post may contain affiliate links. To know more about them, please read my disclaimer. The Nightingale Affair, Tim Mason – 1867, A historical whodunit…
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Shelf Seeking is a series of weekly posts highlighting the best books releasing that week. Gothic horror, daughters in fiction, fantastical rifts, romantic scripts & more! This blog post may contain affiliate links. To know more about them, please read my disclaimer. Small Animals Caught in Traps by C.B. Bernard: A washed-up boxer making ends meet…
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Mango, Marriage, Menu — 10 South Asian Books Out In April 2023
April is here—is earth rotating a little too fast?—and it brings with it some interesting South Asian releases. There are quite a few series instalments, from middle-grade adventures to dark fantasy sagas. The domestic backdrop of suspense stories is calling and romances are playing out on cruises and takeaway notes. For the first time, such…
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Yellowface: R.F. Kuang Writes a Meta, Mighty, and Merciless Dark Satire
Helen Keller’s memoir is unforgettable for many reasons, but is surprising for her admission of having retold a fable (Birdie and His Friends by Margaret T. Canby) as en eleven-year-old when submitting a short story (The Frost King) for her school magazine. Though, more surprising than this acceptance was Mark Twain’s letter to Keller, where…
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International Women’s Day — 40 SFF Books By Women Of Color To Read This Year
Women’s Day brings a great opportunity to celebrate books by women, especially when one remembers how historic women authors had to use male pseudonyms to protect themselves from censorship, prejudice, and the common misconception of having written something less important than the male authors. Women of color had to deal with additional judgements or an…
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Murder Mystery, Love Triangle, and 1970s Paris — 10 South Asian Books Out In March 2023
March is looking excellent for all the South Asian books releasing this month. There seems to be something for everyone, from fun romance to murder mystery. Rajani LaRocca’s follow up to the Newbery Honor Book, Red, White, and Whole is exciting as it brings twin sisters and music and prose and poetry together. Balli Kaur…
Read More“Writing about grief is supposed to be difficult, but…it was ready to be told. All the love I have for my dad and watching his struggle with cancer, it wanted to be on the page.”
The Tune of Grief: Karen S. Chow, author of Miracle, on writing a young character who loses her beloved father and her ability to play the violin —his favourite instrument.
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Shelf Seeking — Piano, Prophecy, Police: Eight Books Out This Week
2023 is here with exciting books! And for the very first week of the year, there are some everyone must check out. Whether it’s a translated fiction about music or a thriller set in Mumbai, there’s something for everyone: a rival romance, a gripping historical fiction, exciting debut fantasy novels, and more! Don’t forget to…
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