Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, July 17, 2025
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Current Newsletter: What to read for Shark Week!
Bookstores with reviews in this week's newsletter:
- Kat Baltisberger, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Morgan DePerno, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Stephanie St. John, E. Shaver Bookseller in Savannah, Georgia
- Jill Hendrix, Fiction Addiction in Greenville, South Carolina
- Jen Minor, Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Candice Conner, The Haunted Book Shop in Mobile, Alabama
- Jessica Nock, Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina
- Lana Repic, E. Shaver Bookseller in Savannah, Georgia
- Julia Paganelli Marin, Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Mandy Martin, Novel in Memphis, Tennessee
- Kathy Clemmons, Sundog Books in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
- Joanna Shaheen, Tombolo Books in St. Petersburg, Florida
- Ashton Ahart, Page 158 Books in Wake Forest, North Carolina
- Suzanne Carnes, The Underground Bookshop in Carrollton, Georgia
- Caleb Masters, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Doron Klemer, Octavia Books in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Andrea Richardson, Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia
- Rae Ann Parker, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee
- Morgan DePerno, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Candice Huber, Tubby & Coo’s Mid-City Book Shop in New Orleans, Louisiana
Book Buzz Feature: The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
If you talk about witches nowadays and you ask somebody to picture a witch, they’d probably say a pointy hat, a broom, a black cat. They are no longer considered malevolent.
Witches in Central Mexico are a bit different from the traditional European image of the witch. They are evil. They’re intent on causing harm to their neighbors, to the community. They often can shape-shift. I wanted to go towards those [versions] as opposed to having something like the modern archetype.
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Interview, People
Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature:
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
This adorable graphic novel about a shape-shifting selkie and a teen lesbian who hasn’t fully accepted her queerness is heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time. This is a great book for young queer people with a diverse cast of characters and a lovely sapphic romance that you can easily devour in one sitting. Can’t wait to get this into the hands of young readers!.
― Candice Huber, Tubby & Coo’s Traveling Book Shop in New Orleans, Louisiana
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