Current Newsletter: Reading goals and resolutions.

Bookstores with reviews in this week's newsletter:

• Mekhala Villegas-Rogers of Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg, Florida
• Mary Patterson, The Little Bookshop in Midlothian, Virginia
• Tyler de Bose, McIntyre’s Books in Pittsboro, North Carolina
• Baldwin & Co. in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Preet Singh, Eagle Eye Book Shop in Decatur, Georgia
• Thomas Wallace, Reading Rock Books in Dickson, Tennessee
• Fiona McPherson, Givens Books Little Dickens in Lynchburg, Virginia
• Mikey LaFave, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia
• LeeAnna Callon, Blue Cypress Books in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Makayla Summers, Main Street Reads in Summerville, South Carolina
• Adah Fitzgerald, Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina
• Stephanie St. John, E. Shaver Bookseller in Savannah, Georgia
• Katlin Kerrison, Story on the Square in McDonough, Georgia

Book Buzz Feature: Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson
I love having a space to dump all the silly things running through my brain. I feel like living in my head is like sharing an apartment with five other personalities at any given time, and being a writer means not having to ignore them aggressively (and possibly vent about them to my therapist), but instead write them down, free them into the world, so to speak. Writing means the stories running through my head and the ideas that wake me up in excitement in the middle of the night aren’t just for me, but something I can share with everyone, in a sense, and that is just very cool to me.
― Lana Ferguson, Interview, Nerd Daily

Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature:
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
The Grace Year is the year that all girls in the county must take before they are married off in order to burn off their magic. Tierney isn’t looking forward to this year, especially when she finds out she’s going to be married when she comes back. This book is advertised as a mixture of Lord of the Flies and The Handmaid’s Tale. That is a fairly accurate description, but it also made it hard for me to see it as anything else. I enjoyed the story and was kept on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed how things that you thought at the beginning were carefully planted to reveal an overarching truth in a beautiful and meaningful way. I feel like The Grace Year has the potential to be just as impactful as The Handmaid’s Tale.
― Kaitlin Kerrison, Story on the Square in McDonough, Georgia

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