To make things easier to navigate, I thought I would aggregate all of my reviews for books released within a month. For books that are published this month and I have yet to read (listed below), I will add them to this post as soon as I write a review.
Paper Names
Susie Luo
An unexpected act of violence brings together a Chinese-American family and a wealthy white lawyer in this propulsive and sweeping story of family, identity and the American experience.
Publication Date: May 2
Tell Me Everything
Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly takes readers behind the shiny silver-screen façade and reveals just how good an actress she really is.
Publication Date: May 2
Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley
Ten years after the events of Firekeeper’s Daughter, Warrior Girl Unearthed is an exploration of identity, family, and reclamation in Native communities coupled with a riveting mystery.
Publication Date: May 2
Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1621
T.J. Newman
An edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside—and the extraordinary rescue operation to save them.
Publication Date: May 30
Once More with Feeling
Elissa Sussman
A former pop star finds herself back in the spotlight—along with an old flame from her past—in this friends-to-lovers meets enemies-to-lovers story.
Publication Date: May 30
Reviews to Come:
Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
The Forgotten Girls: A Memoir of Friendship and Lost Promise in Rural America by Monica Potts
The Garden of Lost Secrets by Kelly Bowen
Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane
A History of Burning by Janika Oza
Hula by Jasmin ‘Iolani Hakes
In the Blood: How Two Outsiders Solved a Centuries-Old Medical Mystery and Took On the US Army by Charles Barber
Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
Lucky Girl by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler
The Night Flowers by Sara Herchenroether
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” by Héctor Tobar
A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining by Rachel E. Cargle
Rogue Justice by Stacey Abrams
Swamp Story by Dave Barry
The Trouble with White Women by Kyla Schuller
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
Who’s Your Founding Father: One Man’s Epic Quest to Uncover the First, True Declaration of Independence by David Fleming
Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir by Rachel Louise Snyder
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
