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10 Questions for Christine Feehan

Jan 14, 2025 | booklistonline.com | John Charles

First published January 14, 2025 (Booklist Online). Christine Feehan is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Carpathian series, the GhostWalker series, the Leopard series, the Shadow Riders series, and the Sea Haven novels, including the Drake Sisters series and the Sisters of the Heart series. She also writes standalone thrillers set in the California backcountry. 1. Who is Christine Feehan when she is at home? I like to think I’m always myself wherever I go.
Is It Real? The Loch Ness Monster

Jan 1, 2025 | booklistonline.com | Candace Fleming

Mar. 2025. 160p. illus. Scholastic/Focus, paper, $8.99 (9781339037936). Grades 3-7. 001.944. REVIEW. First published January 1, 2025 (). Fleming approaches the Loch Ness monster question with a well-organized collection of evidence for readers to evaluate, practical ways of doing so, and an attitude of skepticism.
10 Questions for Sonora Reyes

Dec 16, 2024 | booklistonline.com | John Charles

First published December 17, 2024 (Booklist Online). Born and raised in Arizona, Sonora Reyes is the author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School and The Luis Ortega Survival Club. They write fiction full of queer and Latinx characters in a variety of genres, with current projects in both kidlit and adult categories. Sonora is also the creator and host of the Twitter chat #QPOCChat, a monthly community-building chat for queer writers of color.
10 Questions for Katie Holt

Dec 12, 2024 | booklistonline.com | John Charles

First published December 13, 2024 (Booklist Online). Katie Holt is a New York City resident but a Tennessee native. She studied English with a concentration in creative writing at NYU and fought with every professor to prove that romance novels were worthy of their time. She’s a Nora Ephron fanatic, Swiftie, and warm chocolate chip enthusiast. Not in My Book is her first novel. 1. Who is Katie Holt when she is at home?
Shelf Care #38: With a Little Help from Our Friends

Nov 26, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Susan Maguire |James B. Comey |Marianne Cronin |Eddie Winston

First published November 26, 2024 (Booklist Online). On this episode of Shelf Care: The Podcast, host Susan Maguire talks to two of her Friends, the co-chairs of the annual book sale at her local branch library. They talk about being picky about donations, pricing, layout, and the treasures they found at the sale. Then, Susan chats with new Books for Youth Associate Editor Kelly Ferreira about what they’ve been reading and loving lately.
By Pascale Lacelle.

Nov 1, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Pascale Lacelle

Nov. 2024. 544p. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry, $21.99 (9781665939300). Grades 9-12. REVIEW. First published November 1, 2024 (Booklist). In this riveting sequel, Emory is reunited with best friend Romie, whom she believed to be dead. The girls are in the world of the Song of the Drowned Gods, and they have reached the Wychwood. They’re given shelter by the locals but held at arm’s length from any of the community’s rituals.
By Janet Evanovich.

Nov 1, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Janet Evanovich

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How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?

Nov 1, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Anna Montague

Read by Cynthia Nixon. Oct. 2024. 9hr. HarperAudio, DD, (9780063353695). REVIEW. First published November 1, 2024 (). Magda is comfortably established in her New York City psychology practice, preparing for her seventieth birthday, and, suddenly, grieving the loss of the most important person in her life, her best friend Sara. In the pages of Sara’s journal, Magda discovers that her friend had been planning a road trip for the two of them.
By Allen Eskens.

Nov 1, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Allen Eskens

Feb. 2025. 320p. Little, Brown/Mulholland, $29 (9780316566315); e-book, $14.99 (9780316566339). REVIEW. First published November 1, 2024 (Booklist). Library patrons know her as “The Sweater Lady.” To Serbians, she’s “The Night Mora.” Her friends call her Hana Babic. But when this quiet librarian fled Bosnia 30 years ago, she was Nura Divjak, a woman running from war and hiding a deadly secret.
This Is the Year

Nov 1, 2024 | booklistonline.com | Gloria Muñoz

Jan. 2025. 304p. Holiday, $18.99 (9780823458363). Grades 9-12. REVIEW. First published November 1, 2024 (). Julieta “Juli” Villarreal wants nothing more than to leave Earth. She’s grieving the death of her twin sister, Ofelia, who was killed in a hit-and-run, and life in Florida has been miserable in the face of climate disaster.