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A tour of the solar system in prose, poetry, and prosody (from Kirkus Reviews (03/01/2024)) - A Planet Is a Poem by Amanda West Lewis

Play Stopper - Showboat: The Life of Kobe Bryant by Roland Lazenby

Gone, but not forgotten - Exiles by Jane Harper

Darlin’ who doesn’t want inspiration? - Friends of Dorothy: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Icons by Anthony Uzarowski

“Because I know the day you come here to tell me that she’s dead will be the worst day of my life.” - Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen (Writer), Jonathan Case (Illustrator)

Annie, Are You Okay? - Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

What If Anything Could Just Disappear? - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

Jane Austen fan fiction with murder! - The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

“It is always awkward to be face-to-face with people who have what you want.” - Wrong Way by Joanne McNeil

The Heart Trumps the Head - Never Wager with a Wallflower by Virginia Heath

The Mad Genius - Armed With Madness: The Surreal Leonora Carrington by Mary M. Talbot

So, there used to be this thing called men…. - Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal

And you thought your job was soul sucking - Hunger's Bite by Taylor Robin

Beautiful reads - Seeker of the Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor by Srividhya Venkat; A Song For August: The Inspiring Life of Playwright August Wilson by Sally Denmead; Love of the Half-Eaten Peach by Lee Wind

From Lima, Peru for Sunny City, California - Vampirita and the Angry Mob (Book 1): A Charming Tale of a Young Vampire's Adventure in California by Mariana Llanos

It’s one of those new-fangled velocipedes! - The Running Machine: The Invention of the Very First Bicycle by Keith Negley; Birth of the Bicycle: A Bumpy History of the Bicycle in America 1819–1900 by Sarah Nelson

What You Need in a Mountain Hike Guide - Day Hiking in the North Georgia Mountains by Jim Parham

Bring Back My Color - The Gray City by Torben Kuhlmann

Celebration of storytelling - The Girl and the Robot Heart by Neal Hoskins

The might stand a ghost of a chance - All the Lovely Bad Ones Graphic Novel: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn

Couple of City Slickers in a John Wayne town - This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

Mom and Me… - I Wish I Could Say "Thank You" by Yukari Takinami

Agatha Christie, in the parlor, with poison - A Mind of Her Own: The Story of Mystery Writer Agatha Christie by Robyn McGrath

Nobody asked Cinderella if she felt lucky - The Lucky Poor by Mazie Lovie

Shaping the structures of the world - Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei by Julie Leung

Twofer Her - Dogtown by Mercedes Lambert; Soultown by Mercedes Lambert

Or, The Cheeto-Driven Life of Crows - Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

Just when you think you know everything… - The Girl From Guernica by Karen Robards

Delightful! - Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookship by Hwang Bo-Reum

An Unsettlingly Realistic Satire - Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

After a lifetime of throwing away love and affection, maybe he had a surplus, and Caleb was welcome to it. - Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian; Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian; Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots by Cat Sebastian

Rage Against the Machine - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Faerie Lore, Dangerous Quests, and Romance - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett; Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

A strange little fantasy. I expected nothing less from this author. - City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

“We are but fevered stars. Here a little while, bright with promise, before we burn away.” - Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

Why is saying no my Kryptonite? Why is saying yes just as hard? - After the Shut Up Ring by Cate C. Wells

Queer awakenings aren’t just for teens - Cash Delgado is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Satisfying conclusion to the Last Binding Trilogy - A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

The Color Black and Erased Memory - The Ancient Magus Bride Wizard's Blue vol. 8 by Makoto Sanda, Isuo Tsukumo, Kore Yamazaki

A timely reminder for outdoor cooking - Grilling Vegan Style by John Schlimm

Navigating grief and mermaids in the Caribbean - A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow

Getting Back in the Habit - Unnatural Causes by P.D. James

Murder She Wanted to Write - How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

I have to sing about the book I read - The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

I’m Starting To Realize I Love Sentient Houses and Fictional Footnotes - Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Taking Umbridge - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

Another way to view nature - Birds of the West by Molly Hashimoto

Matters of Inheritance and Love on the Brink of Waterloo - Deserted by Mary Lancaster; Beloved by Mary Lancaster

Yummy yummy yum, in my tummy tummy tum…with a side order of history - Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott

“I looked and listened:” Two Photojournalism Books - World Press Photo 2021 by World Press Photo Foundation; Below the Line: Living Poor in America by Eugene Richards

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