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This isn’t my rabbit, but I love this bookish picture.
There are so many amazing books being published throughout the rest of 2021!
Toronto’s public library system is pretty good at getting new releases, so my fingers are crossed that I’ll be able to request, and probably even read, all of these books by the end of the year.
If nothing else, I hope to be in a comfortable position in the waitlist for the really popular ones on this list before Christmas rolls around.
1. So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
Release Date: September 7
Why I Want to Read It: This will be my first retelling of Little Women. I can’t wait.
2. The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
Release Date: September 14
Why I Want to Read It: It’s a queer vampire romance that playfully acknowledges the creepiness of a 100+ year old vampire dating a teenage girl. I do enjoy this sort of thing on occasion and am not making fun of it or anything. It’s just nice to see some nuance in the trope.
3. The Hill We Climb and Other Poems by Amanda Gorman
Release Date: September 21
Why I Want to Read It: I loved the poem she wrote for President Biden’s inauguration and can’t wait to read more.
4. The $16 Taco: Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification by Pascale Joassart-Marcelli
Release Date: October 5
Why I Want to Read It: There are many restaurants here in Toronto that will take an inexpensive dish from one ethnic group, add a few unusual ingredients, and jack up the price so much that only wealthy (and generally white) folks can buy it. I’m curious to see what this author has discovered about this practice in general.
5. Cackle by Rachel Harrison
Release Date: October 5
Why I Want to Read It: Most books about witches are not at all scary these days. The blurb hints that this won’t be a traditional “witches are terrifying” tale either, though, so I look forward to seeing what angle it does take.
6. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide by Cecily Wong
Release Date: October 12
Why I Want to Read It: I have some health conditions that limit my diet. I’m as adventurous as my body will allow, but I love reading about foods I can’t actually have just as much as I do the ones I can eat.
7. Bright Lights, Prarie Dust: A Memoir by Karen Grassle
Release Date: October 19
Why I Want to Read It: I grew up watching reruns of Little House on the Prairie and enjoy going back to that world.
8. Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott
Release Date: October 19
Why I Want to Read It: As you’ve probably noticed, I love reading about food.
9. Noor by Nnedi Okorafor
Release Date: November 9
Why I Want to Read It: Ms. Okorafor is on my shortlist of must-read authors.
10. Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood Jane Eyre retelling. Ethiopian
Release Date: November 9
Why I Want to Read It: Jane Eyre is one of my all-time favourite classic novels. I can’t wait to read this retelling of it.
Great list! I love the sound of Cackle, and I’d like to give The Lost Girls and So Many Beginnings a try, too.
Thank you. I hope you like those books!
I’m excited for The Lost Girls too!
That’s awesome.
Ooh I didn’t know about Noor. I’ve seen The Lost Girls on several lists today and it’s definitely going on my wishlist.
Happy reading!
I love reading about food too, so those books on your list definitely intrigue me. 🙂
Sweet. 🙂
Cackle looks like a good read!
Genesis @ Whispering Chapters
I’m glad you think so!
Ooo, great list! I’m also looking forward to The Lost Girls and So Many Beginnings!
Cool!
Cool stuff–both Foodie books are going straight to my TBR–thanks. The Little Women retelling sounds worth a look as well.
Yay! Enjoy.
I hope you love them all! I forgot about Amanda Gorman’s book. I really should have put that on my list.
Thank you! I hope you like Gorman’s book.
I am very curious about The Lost Girls!
Hope you like it!
Oooh, I’d heard about Noor, but didn’t realize it was being published this year. And the $16 Taco sounds like a really interesting look at gentrification! Sounds like a neat read.
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So glad you think so. 🙂
I didn’t know about Noor! Adding it my TBR right now.. checking the library too. haha
I hope you enjoy them!
Cool. Hope you like it! And thanks.
Great list. I don’t read much non-fiction but I’m curious about the food book.
Thanks. I hope you like it.
As someone who loves food and travel but has an array of ridiculous allergies that Gastro Obscura might be a ‘must-buy’.
Sorry to hear about your long list of allergies. I feel like we might have discussed this before?!
Hope you like that book!
I love the $16 Tacos title! So catchy! I hope it’s good.
Thank you!
Two of those look like books I’d enjoy. So Many Beginnings sounds fabulous, and I’d love to read Gastro Obscura, too.
Awesome!
I hope you enjoy the books you have listed here. And hopefully that we can all find time to read all the books we’re anticipating!
Thank you!
None of these are on my radar, Lydia, but I am going to check a couple of them out. I hope you enjoy them all.
Thanks. I hope you do, too.
Oh, that rabbit is just so freakin’ precious!!!
I’m totally adding “Yummy: A History of Desserts” by Victoria Grace Elliott to my TBR.
Here’s my Top Ten Tuesday list this week.
I’m so glad you agree! Hope you like Yummy.
I’m interested in So Many Beginnings too! It looks really good
Yay! Enjoy.
I love the sound of The Lost Girls, added it to my TBR so thanks for the tip 🙂 Hope you’ll enjoy all of these!
You’re welcome. Happy reading!
The Hill We Climb should be on my list, too. What a wonderful poem.
Wasn’t it, though? I hope you enjoy the rest of her poems, too.
When you visited my blog you mentioned the review your wrote of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary. I can’t find that review on your page. Can you send me the link? Thanks. My blog
It’s here, but I’ll also put this in your comment section as well: https://lydiaschoch.com/the-last-chance-mission-a-review-of-project-hail-mary/
The Lost Girls sounds like an interesting spin on that trope!
I know, right?!
I just saw Cackle the other day and thought it looked like fun! Within These Wicked Walls has also been catching my eye lately.
I hope you like them!
Cackle looks interesting!
For sure!
I have Within These Wicked Walls in my TBR as well. Great list!
Yay! Happy reading!
So Many Beginnings sounds fabulous!
So glad you think so.
I really want to read So Many Beginnings! I think it looks amazing. And I love the cover for Cackle — will be looking forward to hearing more about the book!
Happy reading!
I love the foodie books on your list, especially the $16 Taco!
I hope you enjoy your reads when you can read them.
Here’s my post: https://readbakecreate.com/?p=441
Yay! Thanks. You, too.
I think So Many Beginnings sounds great! I have not read a retelling of Little Women before either! Now I want to 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome. I hope you like So Many Beginnings if you like it.
Great list – I hope you get to read and enjoy all of these.
These are the books I am most excited about reading in the next few months!
Thank you!
Within These Wicked Walls sounds so good, I also want to pick that one up. Hope you enjoy these!
Thanks. You, too!
The Lost Girls looks amazing! Great list 🙂
I’m glad you agree .Thanks.
The Lost Girls is on my TBR as well, and I am really excited for Nnedi Okorafor’s new book:-) Awesome list!
Thank you. Happy reading!
I’m really excited for Cackle too. I love those witchy reads. 🙂
Yay! Glad to hear it.
I’m intrigued by the LITTLE WOMEN reboot, but nervous, too. LITTLE WOMEN is one of my favorite all-time books. I’ll be interested to see what this author does with it. I hope we both love it!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Fingers crossed it will be good. Happy TTT!
Noor sounds and looks incredible. So does The Lost Girls. I am adding them to my list.
That’s awesome. 🙂
Some interesting books there. I hope you can read them all.
Thanks for visiting my TTT earlier.
You’re welcome. And thanks.
Gastro Obscura and Yummy sound great! I like books that are about niche things like that. And I didn’t know Amanda Gorman had a book coming out! I’m going to add these to my TBR
I hope you enjoy all three of those books.
Looks like a great list! Hope you enjoy each one. 🙂
Thanks.
The cover for Crackle looks intersting!
I’m glad you think so.
Ahhhh so many I need to look into! Great list 😀
Yay!
I can’t wait for So Many Beginnings either!! And I hadn’t heard about Gastro Obscura, now I’m excited for that as well! Great list!
Thank you. Happy reading!
Your list is awesome, partly because I am super excited for most of these too, but ALSO because I did not know of Noor and I added it to my TBR so fast, so THANK YOU! I hope you enjoy all of these!!
You’re quite welcome! Happy reading. 🙂
I can’t wait for Noor and The Lost Girls – they sound so good!
Awesome!
Cackle sounds really interesting and I love the cover of it, I hadn’t heard of it before!
Yay! Hope you like it.
Aw, fun! I didn’t realize Karen had a book coming about Little House. That’s certainly going to be all the nostalgia for MANY people. 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting Finding Wonderland last week, Lydia.
You’re welcome. I hope you like that Little House book if you read it.
Great list!
Thank you!
Such great picks! I’m looking forward to that retelling of Little Women as well.
Thank you. Hope you like that book!