ALL THE BOOKS PUBLISHING THIS WEEK (5.14.24)
Happy #pubday, everyone!!
Happy Wednesday, everyone! Apologies, I’m a day late with this week’s #pubday post. Just getting back into town after a few days off, and I’m feeling rested and recharged and ready to gear up for Summer Reading Season…aka my favorite time of the year. Hoping to get my “Summer Reading Guide” out to all of you in the next week, so definitely be on the lookout for that, it’s going to save you a lot of time next time you’re in the bookstore or library.
As for this week’s new releases, a lot of exciting books publishing. Of the books featured today, I’ve read Emma Rosenblum’s VERY BAD COMPANY and thought it was…fine. As someone who really had a lot of fun with her dirty rotten scoundrel soap that was last year’s BAD SUMMER PEOPLE, I had high expectations here, but found the book to be a bit down the middle and very reminiscent of the author’s previous book. Definitely read a few more books before you pick up a copy of her latest.
High on my #tbr list here? Miranda July’s ALL FOURS, which is receiving fantastic reviews and is kinda giving me Lisa Taddeo/Big Swiss vibes…excited to hopefully check that one out soon. And, I’ve been listening to a lot of romcoms on audio lately (just finished Emily Henry’s FUNNY STORY and Yulin Kuang’s HOW TO END A LOVE STORY), so I think I might prioritize Christina Lauren’s PARADISE PROBLEM next. It sounds delightful, and I’m in the mood for something light and escapist.
More info on many of the books publishing this week below.
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Thanks, and Happy Reading!!
ALL FOURS by Miranda July: A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, checks into a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in an entirely different journey.
Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.
APRIL MAY JUNE JULY by Alison B. Hart: April, May, June, and July Barber don’t have much in common anymore. An upcoming family wedding will place the four siblings in the same room for the first time in years. But shortly before, when April spots their father, who went missing while serving overseas a decade ago, their reunion becomes entirely more complicated.
While the siblings’ search for the truth about their father forces them back into each other’s lives, it also intensifies their private dramas. April loves her husband, but seeks excitement outside their marriage.