Amanda Lee Koe

2 months ago | audible.com | Amanda Lee Koe |Sher Lee |Julia Donaldson |Leigh Bardugo

Whether you’re terrified of snakes or call one a beloved pet, there’s no denying that humans have been alternately fascinated, frightened, and beguiled by snakes for millennia. Now, the iconic reptile reigns over the Chinese lunisolar calendar once again as we mark the Lunar New Year on January 29, ushering in the Year of the Snake.

Dec 2, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Amanda Lee Koe |Liz Moore |Richard Wright

"Don't go into the woods" takes on unsettling new meaning in Moore's blend of domestic drama and crime novel. Many years after her older brother, Bear, went missing, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from the same sleepaway camp he did, leading to dark, bitter truths about her wealthy family. One morning in 1975 at Camp Emerson—an Adirondacks summer camp owned by her family—it's discovered that 13-year-old Barbara isn't in her bed.

Dec 2, 2024 | arlingtonmagazine.com | Jennifer Rothschild |Gu Byeong-Mo |Chi-Young Kim |Amanda Lee Koe

Jólabókaflóð is an Icelandic word that translates as “Christmas Book Flood.” Icelanders typically give and receive books as holiday presents, leading to a large stack of books to enjoy at the end of the year. Whether you’re hoping to be gifted a book flood, or treating yourself, we have some wonderful new releases to read as 2024 draws to a close. The following information is provided courtesy of the Arlington Public Library.

Nov 6, 2024 | bookweb.org | Weike Wang |Michael Idov |Ella Baxter |Amanda Lee Koe

Nov 06 2024 The December 2024 Indie Next List Preview Printer-friendly versionHere are the 25 Indie Next List and 6 Now in Paperback picks on the December 2024 Indie Next List flier. The December title list is also viewable as a collection on Edelweiss and on the Indie Next List page as an Excel file alongside PDFs for the month’s flier and shelf-talker templates.

Sep 13, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Amanda Lee Koe |Elias Khoury |Lily Tuck |John Sayles

Ali Smith. Pantheon, $28 (272p) ISBN 978-0-593-70156-0Smith (How to Be Both) delivers an ingenious speculative novel in which two children come to terms with the mysteries of their unnamed country, which carries a whiff of post-Brexit England. The narrator, a 16-year-old boy named Brice, accompanies his younger sister, Rose, to see off their mother after she’s forced to leave for work in a far-off city. Upon returning to their house, the siblings find it encircled with a red line.