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May 30, 2023

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published May 30, 2023. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in May 2023.

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Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land

by Mari Carlson

In the epic novel "Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land", intertwined people are encouraged to embrace a future that “exists in the present.” In Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Perez’s coming-of-age novel "Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land", the... Read More

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Gutted

by Erin Nesbit

A troubled woman is fast to accept the vicious shortcomings of her new love in the startling psychological thriller "Gutted", the first book in a series. In Anna Madorsky’s exciting thriller "Gutted", a troubled woman enters into a... Read More

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The Empty Kayak

by Michele Sharpe

When a detective’s best friend’s ex disappears, their friendship is tested, in the serpentine thriller "The Empty Kayak". In Jodé Millman’s propulsive thriller "The Empty Kayak", a drowning investigation leads to legal wrangling.... Read More

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Pirate & Penguin

by Danielle Ballantyne

A pirate searching for a parrot and a clumsy penguin collide in this lively tale about friendship. When a penguin falls aboard his ship, a lonely pirate mistakes it for a parrot; he paints it, tries to teach it to speak, and feeds it... Read More

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Daddy Boy

by Michele Sharpe

In nuanced, swirling prose, Emerson Whitney’s gutsy memoir "Daddy Boy" takes a complex route through kink, trans identity, and storm chasing to locate their past, present, and future selves. Switching between Whitney’s... Read More

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Unbroken

by Erin Nesbit

Award-winning Gitxsan journalist Angela Sterritt is “holding … pens of healing” in "Unbroken", a thought-provoking memoir about advocating for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Highway 16 in Vancouver is known as the... Read More

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Hey, Hun

by Erika Harlitz Kern

Emily Lynn Paulson’s eye-opening memoir "Hey, Hun" exposes the underbelly of the multilevel marketing industry. As a stay-at-home mother who abandoned her career for her husband and children, Paulson was disillusioned, lonely, and... Read More

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The Light at the End of the World

by Karen Rigby

Siddhartha Deb’s robust novel "The Light at the End of the World" explores India across four timelines, drawing forth the country’s agonizing secrets, linked dangers, and unexpected residents. In a feverish, near apocalyptic future,... Read More

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