“Then perhaps we should carve a world one day where the strength lies in who you are, rather than in what they expect you to be.” When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother, Fox, from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she’s…
Tag: 2017 Release
Waiting for Spring by Anashin
Mitsuki is a shy girl who’s about to enter high school, and vows to open herself up to new friendships. Of course, the four stars of the boys’ basketball team weren’t exactly the friends she had in mind! Yet, when they drop by the café where she works, the five quickly hit it off. Soon…
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
“How much of ME is my own and how much is stamped into my blood and bone, predestined?” Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s and…
The Accusation by Bandi
“Surely you know that whatever the play, the curtain always falls at the end.” Stolen from Goodreads: The Accusation is a deeply moving and eye-opening work of fiction that paints a powerful portrait of life under the North Korean regime. Set during the period of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il’s leadership, the seven stories that…
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
“Sometimes you risk everything for a life worth living, even if you’re not the one that’ll be alive to see it.” Stolen from Goodreads: In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dreamlessness has led to widespread madness. The only people still able to dream are…
The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang
“Violence is the fault of the one enacting it. Always.” Sanao Mokoya has abandoned the life that once bound her after the death of her daughter. She is now a fallen prophet. Once her visions shaped the lives of citizens across the land, but no matter what tragedy Mokoya foresaw, she could never reshape the…
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
“Some adventures require nothing more than a willing heart and the ability to trip over the cracks in the world.” Twin sisters Jack and Jill were seventeen when they found their way home and were packed off to Eleanor West’s home for Wayward Children. However, this is the story of what happened first. This is…
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
“I felt like I was shining, and this time I thought maybe it wasn’t just the moon. Maybe the light was in me.” Aven Green loves to make up stories about how she lost her arms. Some days she lost them wrestling alligators or in a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is that she…
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
“You may have noticed that when I do manage to care, I’m a pessimist.” Murderbot is a SecUnit in charge of protecting a team of scientists as they carry out a mission on a undeveloped planet. After a series of technology failures and a neighboring mission goes dark, SecUnit and his band of humans want…
Jade City by Fonda Lee
“Expectations are a funny thing,” Wen said. “When you’re born with them, you resent them, fight against them. When you’ve never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life.” The Kauls are one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It is the only place on earth that…
The Great Book Wyrm 