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This sounds so good! #ewgc

So many good books coming out in May. Here are just a few: THE PILLAGERS’ GUIDE TO ARCTIC PIANOS by Kendra Langford Shaw, THE TAPESTRY OF FATE by Shannon Chakraborty, THE LAST MANDARIN by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung, and TAKE ME WITH YOU by Steven Rowley. #ewgc

I’m intrigued by BABYLON, SOUTH DAKOTA by Tom Lin, Carnegie Medal winner for his previous novel, THE THOUSAND CRIMES OF MING TSU. A Chinese American couple try to settle on a 160 acre farm as a mysterious military secret reshapes their lives. #ewgc @hachettelibrary.bsky.social

Also in my TBR this month is Tim Sullivan’s latest mystery, THE TEACHER. When an 80 year old man is found dead, the police can find no motive until DS Cross starts looking into his past. Thoroughly enjoying this British mystery series. #ewgc @groveatlantic.bsky.social

Loved LOVE BY THE BOOK! Jessica George is fast becoming a favorite. #ewgc

Vanessa Hua is one of my favorite authors so I look forward to her latest, COYOTELAND, about a Chinese American family moving to an affluent Bay area suburb and setting off a series of scandals. #ewgc @macmillanlib.bsky.social

Hurray for a new Elizabeth Strout — THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY. A beloved teacher is hit with the sudden, powerful realization that he feels isolated from his life and is forced to focus on the relationships he holds most dear. #ewgc @prhlibrary.bsky.social

I am so looking forward to VILLAIN by Natalie Zina Walschots. I loved her debut, HENCH, and can’t wait to return to her imaginative world of heroes and supervillains — and spreadsheets! #ewgc @librarylovefest.bsky.social

THE MOUNTAINS WE CALL HOME by Kim Michele Richardson continues the story of “blue” Cussy Lovett from the time she is sent to prison for miscegenation in the 1930s through the 1950s. Wherever she is, she continues to spread literacy and a love and reading. 💕 #ewgc @sbkslibrary.bsky.social

T.J. Klune’s WE BURNED SO BRIGHT was so gorgeous—beautifully written and deeply moving. As a black hole approaches earth, an older gay couple race across the country to take care of some unfinished business before the end. This one will be on my “best of 2026” list. @macmillanlib.bsky.social #ewgc

It is soooooo good! #ewgc

REDBELLY CROSSING by Candice Fox is a pulse-pounding mystery/thriller from down under. When a young female journalist is killed in a small Australian town, two brother cops come in to investigate. This is a dark one, but so good. @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social #ewgc

Good to see you, Tracy! #ewgc

Currently reading and loving ENORMOUS WINGS by Laurie Frankel. Life gets turned upside down when a seventy-seven year old women in a retirement community in Texas discovers she is pregnant. Humorous and touching exploration of love, sex, family, and bodily autonomy. @macmillanlib.bsky.social #ewgc

Bluesky seems super slow to me. Hope it’s not like two months ago… #ewgc

Have fun! My mother and sister were really into rummage sales but I never got the hang of pricing, etc. #ewgc

I was just going to ask the same question. #ewgc

I’ve got the next DS Cross mystery by Tim Sullivan, THE MONK, cued up on my Kindle. I am so enjoying this series and will be bereft when they are no longer coming out every month. #ewgc

I thoroughly enjoyed Jessica George’s 2023 MAAME, so I’m looking forward to her upcoming LOVE BY THE BOOK, a celebration of female friendships. George writes funny and heartwarming fiction, something we all need these days. #ewgc

I adore Lisa See! #ewgc

I am delighted that @macmillanaudio.bsky.social has made Xochitl Gonzalez’s LAST NIGHT IN BROOKLYN available on @libro.fm. I have fallen in love with her novels on audio and can’t wait to start this one. #ewgc

Just downloaded it! #ewgc

I am so looking forward to reading Kim Michelle Richardson’s standalone novel, THE MOUNTAINS WE CALL HOME, featuring the indomitable book woman Cussy Lovett. #ewgc

I am charmed by this one. #ewgc

I am haunted by WESTWARD WOMEN by Alice Martin. Set in the early 1970s, young women across the country are suddenly leaving their homes and headed West, forgetting their homes and families, never to be seen again. Great on audio. #ewgc @netgalley.bsky.social

Awesome cover! #ewgc

In THE MOONSHINE WOMEN by Michelle Collins Anderson, three sisters take over their father’s moonshine business in Prohibition-era Ozarks. This is a moving story of reinvention, sisterhood, and love. #ewgc

EDMONIA by Brianne Baker is an impressive work of biographical fiction celebrating the life of the first Black-Native American sculptress to achieve international renown. This compelling debut bristles with a feverish energy and is almost impossible to put down. #ewgc

Read or listen to it. It was so much more than I expected. #ewgc

Yes! That’s wonderful. #ewgc