I hope wherever you are that February is treating you well! Here are some of the new books out this week.
Books for Kids
Wombats! Go to Wizards Wharf – Book 2 in the Wombat series. Pickles and Albert head to an amusement park – something Pickles loves and Albert doesn’t.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
The Myth of Monsters: Medusa – First in a new series. After an incident, Ava and her brother are sent to a boarding school in Venice for the children of mythological monsters like Medusa.
The Someday Daughter – Even though she is eager to escape her estranged relationship with her mother, Audrey agrees to go on an anniversary book tour for the book that made her mother famous.
Books for Adults
The Bezzle (Hardcover) – A forensic accountant discovers the uber-rich are using the residents of the California Department of Corrections as their entertainment.
End of Story (Hardcover) – A dying mystery writer invites a writer to live with his family and help write his life story. But the mystery writer has lived through some real life mysteries – and a new dead body complicates things further.
Murder in Masquerade (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Lady of Letters Mystery series after Murder in Postscript. A Victorian Countess who secretly writes an advice column gets drawn into a friend’s family drama when she’s asked to dissuade a young woman from eloping.
Once Upon a Murder (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Lady Librarian Mystery series after A Novel Disguise. Tiffany stumbles across a dead body and finds herself the top suspect in the murder.
Only Hard Problems (e-book) – Book 3 in the Galactic Bonds series by Jennifer Estep. I am looking forward to digging into this scifi/fantasy series!
Remedial Magic (Trade Paperback, LGBTQ+) – First in a new Course in Magic series. A librarian and a witch discover a connection, both romantic and magical. This looks so fantastic!
To Cage a God (Hardcover) – First in a new series. Sisters and living weapons join the rebellion to take down corrupt royals. Fascinating!
Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter’s Soul (Hardcover) – The story of Twitter.
Liturgies for Wholeness: 60 Prayers to Encounter the Depth, Creativity, and Friendship of God in Ordinary Moments (Hardcover) – Contemporary liturgies.