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Bookstores with reviews in this week's newsletter:

• Nancy McFarlane, Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina
• Jan Blodgett, Main Street Books in Davidson, Georgia
• Amber Brown, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Michelle Whittaker, Fonts Books in McLean, Virginia
• Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Jennifer Jones, Bookmiser in Marietta, Georgia
• Damarius Johnson, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Suzanne Lucey, Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina
• Ginger Kautz, Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, North Carolina
• Jessica Nock, Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina
• Beth Seufer Buss, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Rachel Watkins, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia
• Kristen Iskandrian, Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama
• Ashton Ahart, Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina
• Michelle Cavalier, Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs, Louisiana
• Gray Koesters, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky
• Kelly Justice, Fountain Books in Richmond, Virginia
• Chelsea Bauer, Union Ave Books in Knoxville, Tennessee
•  Sophia Dean, Old Town Books in Alexandria, Virginia
• Vania Stoyanova, Brave + Kind in Decatur, Georgia
• Doron Klemer, Octavia Books in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Hannah DeCamp, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia

Book Buzz Feature: The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch
Show of hands—who’s had a rough couple of years? It’s a mark of just how brutal life’s been that I know your hand went up. Life’s been hard. It’s been cruel. And in the summer of 2022, I’d had it. I was tired of being sad and feeling crushed by the continued crap life heaped on us all. So, I set out to recapture joy by writing a rom-com. A silly, irreverent, whimsical rom-com about how you spend your life chasing nostalgia even when you know those moments will never be quite the same; about not just surviving, but living, and doing that while being unapologetically queer.― Sara Raasch, Letter to indie booksellers

Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature:
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
You don’t see teen mothers in YA much, and I am so grateful Acevedo has introduced us to Emoni, a seventeen-year-old who is a loving mother, a devoted granddaughter, and an amazing cook. Readers will warm immediately to her story of juggling school, family, romance, and her culinary passion. Sprinkled with magical realism and brimming with heart, With the Fire on High is a dish everyone should dig into!
― Hannah DeCamp, Avid Bookshop in Athens, Georgia

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