March New Releases We're Excited For!
March brings Spring and good reads to enjoy in the Spring sunshine! Our book buyers breakdown the new releases they are the most excited about!
Here are our Fiction and Nonfiction New Releases!
Modern Poetry: Poems by Diane Seuss
Seuss won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry in 2022, so I guess you could say she’s already pretty well vetted. I’m excited for this collection of “modern” poetry, titled tongue-in-cheek, full of ballads, fugues, folk songs and more.
Out March 5th!
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
In real life, Croft is the translator of enigmatic author Olga Tokarczuk, so this novel about a group of translators in search of a missing renowned writer is, too, a bit tongue-in-cheek. Also an examination of art, celebrity, and the power of language.
Out March 5th!
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translated by Anne McLean
I would be remiss to not include this posthumously published novel by the great Garcia Márquez. Does it really matter what it’s about? No, no it does not. Themes, as one may imagine, include love, sensuality, freedom, regret, and self-transformation.
Out March 12th!
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
I’ve never thought of myself as religious, but this is Robinson--one of modern times’ greatest thinkers--and I will read anything she writes. Robinson approaches the book more as a work of literature; you can take it from there, if you want to.
Out March 12th!
Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom by Grace Blakeley
On a different note! This book appeals to me, as someone who has been known to yell, “eat the rich!” at appropriate moments. Blakeley exposes the cracks in capitalism as a means of showing the way to better democratize our economy and offer freedom for everyone.
Out March 12th!
The Tree Doctor by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Appropriate for the first day of spring, this racy, literary novel follows a woman tangled in a torrid affair with an arborist over the pandemic while away from her family tending to an ailing parent. Sex, gardens, fidelity, life and death, and the Japanese concept of transience.
Out March 19th!
Secrets of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Montgomery, returns to her beloved creature in this book that reaffirms the fact that this animal is one of the most intelligent and complex. She offers stories about the animals, the scientists, and the conservationists. Will make you think before ordering it again!
Out March 19th!
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
I’m so excited to read this novel by the author of Young Skins, a story collection I adored. Barrett returns to small town Ireland in this offering. In it, two outsiders struggle as their worlds collapse into chaos and violence.
Out March 19th!
Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story by Kristine S Ervin
Ervin’s mother was murdered when Ervin was 8 years old. From then on the author struggled with the search for justice, with coming of age without her mother, and with learning who her mother truly was. Honest, poetic, and heart-wrenching.
Out March 26th!
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
A feel-good mystery in a quaint English village is a little outside my wheelhouse, but--the title alone! A wonderful premise, delivered with dual narratives beginning in 1965 and in present day, promises the perfect break from my usual, well, darker reads.
Out March 26th!
Here are our Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Children's New Releases!
The Prisoner's Throne: A Novel of Elfhame Volume 2 by Holly Black
I am a huge Holy Black fan, and this is the next in a duology about the fae.
Out March 5h!
Kindling by Traci Chee
I’m a big fan of fantasy novels especially standalone ones so this one is 100% for me!
Out March 5th!
I Am Book by Joren Cull
A perfect story to teach the little ones about loving themselves.
Out March 5th!
Partly Cloudy by Deborah Freedman
The two little bunnies use science and imagination to figure out a mystery in the clouds.
Out March 5th!
No Cats in the Library by Lauren Emmons
I would let this cat in the library.
Out March 5th!
All Are Welcome: Wherever You Go by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated Suzanne Kaufman
This book is for everyone in this book all are welcome.
Out March 12th!
You're Going to Love This Book! by Jory John, illustrated by Olivier Tallec
You’re going to love this book trust me.
Out March 12th!
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
I’m a big thriller fan so I’m excited to check this one out.
Out March 19th!
Icarus by K Ancrum
Another thriller.
Out March 26th!
Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets by Ryan T Higgins
More Penelope, the better.
Out March 26th!
ABOUT THE BOOKSELLERS
Despite spending decades on the East Coast, Llalan--our book buyer--remains a stalwart Midwesterner. And although she has an MA in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College in Boston, she prefers the life of a Bookstore Lady. Llalan loves literary fiction, nature writing, and craft beer.
Jordan, our YA, middle grade, and children's book buyer, has a fraternal twin sister. She has never been on an airplane--the farthest she has ever traveled was New Jersey by train. She is an avid K-Pop Collector and owns over 500 K-Pop albums!