Most Anticipated Releases!

{ this post will be updated as more information comes out about each book listed. A list of the dates that it has been updated can be found at the bottom }

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

So Taylor Jenkins Reid is possibly one of my favourite authors so I how I just found out that she is coming out with a new book is beyond me. Apparently it has been on goodreads for (as far back as I can tell) at least 7 months, and I just found out that it existed…

Here is the synopsis that I got from goodreads:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six... Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever. Malibu: August 1983. It's the day of Nina Riva's annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas: Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one of a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer: and their adored baby sister, Kit. Together the siblings are a source of fascination in Malibu and the world over--especially as the offspring of the legendary singer Mick Riva. The only person not looking forward to the party is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband. Oh, and maybe Hud--because it is long past time for him to confess something to the brother from whom he's been inseparable since birth. Jay, on the other hand, is counting the minutes until nightfall, when the girl he can't stop thinking about promised she'll be there. And Kit has a couple of secrets of her own--including a guest she invited without consulting anyone. By midnight the party will be completely out of control. By morning, the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames. But before the first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play, and the loves and secrets that shaped this family's generations will all come bubbling to the surface. Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night they have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind.

Malibu Rising: goodreads

pre-order: Book Depository

Publication Date: 27 May 2021

She’s Too Pretty To Burn by Wendy Heard

Dubbed a sapphic psychologically tale inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray.

An electric romance set against a rebel art scene sparks lethal danger for two girls in She’s Too Pretty to Burn, an expertly plotted YA thriller by Wendy Heard. The summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art. They’re artists first, best friends second. But that was before Mick. Delicate, lonely, magnetic Mick: the perfect subject, and Veronica’s dream girl. The days are long and hot–full of adventure–and soon they are falling in love. Falling so hard, they never imagine what comes next. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect . . . one stalker. This is a summer they won’t survive. Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray, this sexy psychological thriller explores the intersections of love, art, danger, and power. Christy Ottaviano Books

She’s Too Pretty to Burn: goodreads

Pre-order: Book Depository

Publication date: 30 Mar 2021

Tales from The Umbrella Academy 1: You Look Like Death by Gerard Way

When 18-year-old Klaus gets himself kicked out of the Umbrella Academy and his allowance discontinued, he heads to a place where his ghoulish talents will be appreciated–Hollywood. But after a magical high on a stash stolen from a vampire drug lord, Klaus needs help, and doesn’t have his siblings there to save him.

Collecting issues #1-6 of the first Umbrella Academy spin off miniseries!

Tales from The Umbrella Academy: goodreads

Pre-order: Book Depository

Publication date: 30 Mar 2021

untitled by Monica Robinson

Working title: Ferrying the dead

In this desert gothic, lesbian retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice, Quinn attempts to evade the ferry (wo)man trying to drag her to the land of the dead, discovering the secrets of the desert abyss, the ghost of memory, and an abandoned motel in the process.

announcement on twitter:

(ferrying the dead): not available at this time on goodreads

Pre-order: not available at this time for pre-order

Publication date: not announced

If you would like to help fund Monica’s “desert gothic, lesbian retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice”, then you can do so below on ko-fi.

Whoever You Are, Honey by Olivia Gatwood

Spoken word poet and author of the collection LIFE OF THE PARTY Olivia Gatwood’s WHOEVER YOU ARE, HONEY, about a lonely young woman’s obsession with a seemingly perfect couple next door, which takes a turn when she discovers the woman might not be who she seems—a piercing examination of the culture of Silicon Valley, the myth of perfection, and the ubiquity of the male gaze, to Clio Seraphim at Dial.

Whoever You Are, Honey: goodreads

Pre-order: not available at this time for preorder

Publication date: early 2022

Untitled (Alex Stern #2) by Leigh Bardugo

Untitled (Alex Stern #2): goodreads

Pre-order: not available for preorder at this time

Publication date: no publication date has been released yet

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

Krista Marino at Delacorte Press has acquired, at auction, Victoria Lee’s A Lesson in Vengeance. Pitched as The Secret History meets Genuine Fraud and The Craft, it’s the story of Felicity Morrow, a senior returning to school after her girlfriend’s tragic death, only to meet a new student and teenage literary prodigy who transferred to research the school’s bloody history, and recruits Felicity into a murderous experiment of their own. For publication in 2021; Holly Root and Taylor Haggerty at Root Literary represented the author in the deal for North American rights.

A Lesson in Vengeance: goodreads

Pre-order A Lesson In Vengeance: victorialeewrites.com

Publication date: 3 August 2021

Untitled by Jenna Clare

Dubbed as an asexual new adult contemporary which is described as I WAS BORN FOR THIS meets LET’S TALK ABOUT LOVE meets DAISY JONES AND THE SIX

goodreads: not available at this time on goodreads

Announced on Twitter:

Pre-order: not available for preorder at this time

Publication date: no publication date has been released yet

Project Red by Sasha Alsberg

goodreads: not available at this time on goodreads

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Pre-order: not available for preorder at this time

Publication date: no publication date has been released yet

I’ll Fly Away by Rudy Francisco

In his stunningly intimate, highly anticipated follow up to Helium, Rudy Fransico has created a collection of poems that savor the day-to-day. Treating it as worship, turning it into an opportunity to plant new seeds of growth. Language so often fails us, but Fransico has found his way around this as he creates his own words for the things our language cannot give name to. "Felenter (Noun) Definition: Someone who finds joy in things that people believe to be mundane." I'll Fly Away Uses fascinating metaphors to convey common emotional states. These poems are an act of remembrance, and an act of believing that you dear reader, are a celebration waiting for the lights to come up.

goodreads: I’ll Fly Away

Preorder: Button Poetry

Publication date: 8, December 2020

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Liv Atterson is an Indiana based writer, where she is currently finishing a General Studies Degree and plans to continue to get her Bachelor’s in English and Art History. She is an avid believer that you can never own too many books just too few shelves. When she is not reading or writing she can be found studying and drinking her body weight in tea of coffee. She is currently working on her debut book.

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updated:

1, September 2020 Tuesday

26, October 2020 Monday

9, December 2020 Wednesday

4, April 2021 Sunday

26, April 2021 Monday