Title: The Invincible Summer of Juniper JonesAuthor: Daven McQueen Genre: Young Adult, Historical FictionPublished On: June 16, 2020Publisher: Wattpad BooksSource: ebookPages: 312 Synopsis: It’s the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he’s sent to spend the summer with his …
Title: Ordinary GirlsAuthor: Jaquira Díaz Genre: MemoirPublished On: October 29, 2019 (Paperback on June 16, 2020)Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: ebookPages: 336 Synopsis: One of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to O: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Electric Literature * Publishers Weekly * The Millions * The Week * Good Housekeeping “There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than …
Title: Again AgainAuthor: E. LockhartGenre: Young AdultPublished On: June 2, 2020Publisher: Delacorte PressSource: digital copyPages: 304 Synopsis: In this novel full of surprises from the New York Timesbestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud, E. Lockhart ups the ante with an inventive and romantic story about human connection, forgiveness, self-discovery, and possibility. If you could live your …
Title: Hollywood ParkAuthor: Mikel JollettGenre: MemoirPublished On: May 26, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physical copyPages: 384 Synopsis: “Hollywood Park is a triumph.” ~O, The Oprah Magazine Hollywood Park is a remarkable memoir of a tumultuous life. Mikel Jollett was born into one of the country’s most infamous cults, and subjected to a childhood filled with poverty, addiction, and …
Title: Beach ReadAuthor: Emily HenryGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 19, 2020Publisher: BerkleySource: physical copyPages: 384 Synopsis: A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author …
Title: The Tourist Attraction (Moose Springs, Alaska, #1)Author: Sarah MorgenthalerGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 5, 2020Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaSource: digital copyPages: 352 Synopsis: When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he’s stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless string of resort visitors who couldn’t interest him less. …
Title: Big SummerAuthor: Jennifer WeinerGenre: Women’s Lit, Contemporary RomancePublished On: May 5, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digital copyPages: 368 Synopsis: The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the “nothing short of brilliant” (People) Mrs. Everything returns with an unforgettable novel about friendship and forgiveness set during a disastrous wedding on picturesque Cape Cod. Six years after the fight that …
Title: Good Boy: My Life in Seven DogsAuthor: Jennifer Finney BoylanGenre: Non-fiction, MemoirPublished On: April 21, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: Physical CopyPages: 272 Synopsis: From bestselling author of She’s Not There, New York Times opinion columnist, and human rights activist Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs, a memoir of the transformative power of loving …
Title: What You Wish ForAuthor: Katherine CenterGenre: Contemporary RomancePublished On: July 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 320 Synopsis: Samantha Casey loves everything about her job as an elementary school librarian on the sunny, historic island of Galveston, Texas—the goofy kids, the stately Victorian building, the butterfly garden. But when the school suddenly …
Title: The Honey-Don’t ListAuthor: Christina LaurenGenre: RomancePublished On: March 24, 2020Publisher: Gallery BooksSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 308 Synopsis: Carey Douglas has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and—more than anyone would suspect—has helped …
