The Spellshop  by Durst - 3/5 Stars - Adult. A cozy fantasy about a librarian on the run to protect her magical books.

Luminous Beings by Arnold - 2/5 Stars - YA. Graphic Novel. A group of teenagers try to find a missing person,  and win some money, all while zombie squirrels are attacking Earth.

Make Me a Liar by Lander - 3/5 Stars - YA. Sci-Fi & Mystery. When a teen girl that can transfer her consciousness to other bodies is charged of a crime her body committed, she must investigate to find the truth.

Ash's Cabin by Wang - 4/5 Stars - YA. Graphic Novel. After having enough with humanity, Ash escapes to the woods and tries to live on their own. Relatable. 

Spooky Lakes by Rutherford - 5/5 Stars - NonFiction. This colorful nonfiction book filled with all original artwork is stunning, educational, and creepy, all at once!

The Cat I Never Named by Sabic-El-Rayess - 3/5 Stars - YA. Biography. A heartfelt story of a Muslim teen trying to survive the Bosnian genocide in the 1990s.

No DNFs this month!

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells by Greenlaw - 3/5 Stars - Adult. Magical realism about a woman returning home to the mountains to face her past.

Archival Quality by Weir - 4/5 Stars - YA Graphic novel. A girl faces her anxiety and fears while working at a haunted museum.

Treasure in the Lake by Pamment - 3/5 Stars - YA Graphic Novel. Two friends discover a lost city at the bottom of a lake.

When the World Tips Over by Nelson - 5/5 Stars. A family is torn apart by loss, but reunited again by a mystery girl with rainbow hair.

Your Lonely Nights are Over by Sass - 3/5 Stars. YA Horror. Scream meats Mean Girls in this LGBTQ+ horror novel.

It Won't Always Be Like This by Gharib - 3/5 Stars. YA Graphic Memoir. A young girl battles with trying to find her place in a divided family.

Magic Lessons by Hoffman - 3/5 Stars.  Adult Fantasy.The prequel to Practical Magic!

This Day Changes Everything by Underhill - 4/5 Stars. YA Romance. Two teens meet by chance while visiting NYC for the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

No DNFs this month!

The Blood Years by Arnold - 5/5 Stars. YA Historical Fiction. A Jewish teen girl navigates growing up in Czernowitz (modern day Ukraine) during WWII and the Holocaust. 

A Fate Inked in Blood by Jensen - 4/5 Stars. Adult Fantasy based on Norse Mythology. A woman trapped in arranged marriages tries to control her own fate.

Looking for Smoke by Cobell - 4/5 Stars. YA Mystery. exploring the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement. 

Sky's End by Gregson - 4/5 Stars. YA Fantasy. Conrad enters the trials and begins training as a Hunter to earn back his family status.

Four Eids and a Funeral  by Abike-Iyimide - 4/5 Stars. YA Romance. Two friends (now enemies) work together to save their community Muslim center.

Give Me a Sign by Sortino - 3/5 Stars. YA Romance set against the backdrop of a summer camp for children who are deaf and blind.

Onyx Storm by Yarrows - 4/5 Stars. Adult Fantasy. Book three in the Empyrean series!

Kindling by Chee - DNF

Some Kind of Hate by Littmann - 5/5 Stars. YA Realistic Fiction. This powerful book takes a look at how  extremist groups can spread hate like wildfire. 

Where the Library Hides by Ibanez - 3/5 Stars. YA Historical Fantasy. Book two in the Secrets of the Nile Duology, this time we're hunting for the lost library of Alexandria.

Chaos Theory by Stone - 5/5 Stars. YA Romance. A beautiful, and painful look, at mental health and relationships.

Into the Sunken City  by Thiru - 3/5 Stars. YA Dystopian. This book is an underwater treasure hunt through the sunken remains of the Western United States. Not for those scared of drowning.

Just Do this One Thing for Me by Zimmerman - 3/5 Stars. YA Mystery. A trio of siblings is left to fend for themselves after their con-woman mother goes missing.  

This Woven Kingdom by Mafi - 4/5 Stars. YA Fantasy. Book 1 in a romantic trilogy about stolen kingdoms, and hidden queens. 

Where the Heart Should Be - 3/5 Stars. YA Historical Romance Novel in Verse set against the backdrop of the potato famine in Ireland.

All the Colors of the Dark by Whitaker - 3/5 Stars. Adult Mystery.  When girls start going missing in 1975, an unlikely hero breaks hearts.

I Feel Awful, Thanks by Pickle - 2/5 Stars. YA Graphic Novel. A magical look at how we treat  mental health.

Rebel Witch by Ciccarelli - 4/5 Stars. YA Romantasy. Book two in the Crimson Moth duology proves that love is deadly.

Annihilation by VanderMeer - 3/5 Stars. YA Dystopian. A group of women travel into  a land that time forgot, and none will return.

Bright Red Fruit by Elhillo - 4/5 Stars. YA Novel in Verse. Greek Mythology, Toxic Relationships, and Family all tie this story together. 

Sunrise on the Reaping by Collins - 5/5 Stars. YA Dystopian. The second prequel to the Hunger Games tells Haymitch's story.

The Wild Huntress by Lloyd-Jones - 5/5 Stars. YA Fantasy. Based on Welsh mythology, a huntress, a price, and a trickster all enter a deadly hunt with an ulterior motive.

Visitations by Egbert - 5/5 Stars. YA Graphic Memoir. Corey must grapple with family, religion, mental health, and find what he believes.

The Sunbearer Trials by Thomas - 3/5 Stars. YA Fantasy. The first book in this duology combines mythology and a hunger-games style trials. 

OMFG, Bees! by Kracht - 3/5 Stars. Adult Non-Fiction. A mini, sarcastic, illustrated how-to guide to the way of the honeybee!

How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Keith - 3/5 Stars. YA Biography in Verse. A black, gay teen's story of self discovery. 

Brownstone by Teer - 4/5 Stars. YA Graphic Novel. A teen girl spends a summer living with her dad for the first time ever and tries to fit in. 

Yellowface by Kuang - 4/5 Stars. Adult Fiction. A white author steals and publishes the final manuscript of her Asian best friend after she dies. 

The Last Bookstore on Earth by Braun-Arnold - 4/5 Stars. YA Dystopian. After the almost end of the world, one girl tries to survive in an abandoned bookstore. 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Chbosky - 2/5. YA Realistic Fiction.

A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants by Hirsch - 4/5. Non-Fiction.

Trail of the Sun Queen by Tuli - 3/5. Adult Romantasy. Book 1. 

Our Infinite Fates by Steven - 4/5. Adult Romance & Magical Realism.

Upon a Starlit Tide by Woods - 5/5. YA Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Retelling of a Fairy Tale. 

For She is Wrath by Varga - 3/5. YA Fantasy - Romance.

Trashed by Backderf - 2/5.  Graphic Novel. 

Aisle Nine by Cho - 3/5. YA Horror-Dystopian.

Legendborn by Deonn - 4/5. YA Fantasy. Book 1. 

Never Whistle at Night by Hawk - 3/5. Adult Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology.

My Friends by Backman - 5/5. Adult Realistic Fiction - Coming of Age.