Current Newsletter: Read This Next! September: What Booksellers Want Everyone to Read

Bookstores with reviews in this week's newsletter:

• Catherine Pabalate, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Charlie Monroe, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Adam Fall, Underbrush Books in Rogers, Arkansas
• Angela Redden, Reading Rock Books in Dickson, Tennessee
• Amanda Grell, Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Charlie Marks, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
• Joshua Lambie, Underground Books in Carrollton, Georgia
• Morgan Holub, E. Shaver, bookseller in Savannah, Georgia
• Jamie Southern, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Kala Saxon, M Judson, Booksellers in Greenville, South Carolina
• Jackie Manginelli, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
• Stephanie St. John, E. Shaver, bookseller in Savannah, Georgia
• Raegyn Oliver, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee
• Monie Henderson, Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi
• Morgan DePerno, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Wendy, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Book Buzz Feature: The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
I wrote The Pairing to be a bit of every decadent thing. I wanted it to overflow with flavors and pleasures and lush details. This is a love story about things that taste better together. Food and drink, art and sex, gender and transformation, laughing and crying, pleasure and need, European travel and bisexuals, falling apart and coming back together. It’s about maximalism, about soul mates who needed time apart to grow into the perfect partners for each other. It’s quite a bit about being slutty abroad. And I had the time of my life drowning myself in cookbooks, art history lessons, and French poetry so I could write it. –Casey McQuiston, Letter to Readers

Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature:
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Juliet is Puerto Rican, lesbian, and mostly just trying to figure herself out. She hopes that an internship with Harlowe Brisbane, renowned feminist author, will help. In a new city, all the way across the country from everything and everyone she knows, Juliet has a chance to learn about herself. Her inner thoughts are snarky and amusing, but also honest and relatable. Juliet Takes a Breath is a wonderful coming-of-age story for the modern era.
― Wendy, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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