Hey Y’all! I hope you’re doing well! July was one heck of a month and August has been following in its footsteps (unironically). Any other way, we are here!

We sure are…we have made it to August!

This is one heck of a pub month so we are going to get into it. Be sure to double check the dates as things could definitely change cause… *shrug*!

This is quite the list!
  • Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee *adult* 8/1
  • Sam(ira)’s (Worst) Best Summer by Nina Hamza *MG* 8/1
  • Drop Dead by Lily Chu *adult audiobook* 8/1
  • Daughter Of Fire by Sofia Robleda *adult* 8/1
  • You Shouldn’t Be Here by Lauren Thoman *adult* 8/1
  • Not What She Seems by Yasmin Angoe *adult* 8/1
  • If I Loved You Less by Aamna Qureshi *adult* 8/2
  • Guardians Of Dawn: Ami by S. Jae-Jones *sequel* 8/6
  • Pupposites Attract 1 by Hono Natsuna *adult* 8/6
  • Stay Angry, Little Girl by Michelle Jing Chan & Madeleine L’Engle *PB* 8/6
  • There Is A Rio Grande In Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr. *adult* 8/6
  • House Of Bone And Rain by Gabino Iglesias *adult* 8/6
  • Morgana And Oz Volume One by Miyuli 8/6
  • The Crossbow Of Destiny by Brandon Hoang *MG* 8/6
  • Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia *adult* 8/6
  • HoverGirls by Geneva Bowers 8/6
  • The Girl With No Reflection by Keshe Chow 8/6
  • The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark *adult* 8/6
  • The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong Vol. 2 8/6
  • Moko Magic: Carnival Chaos by Tracey Baptiste *MG* 8/6
  • Five-Star Stranger by Kat Tang *adult* 8/6
  • And So I Soar by Abi Dare *adult* 8/6
  • It Happened To Anna by Tehlor Kay Mejia 8/6
  • If We Were Perfect by Ana Huang *adult re-release* 8/6
  • The Empire Wars by Akana Phenix 8/6
  • Mama’s Chicken And Dumplings by Dionna L. Mann *MG* 8/6
  • Cast In Atonement by Michelle Sagara *adult* 8/6
  • The House Where Death Lives edited by Alex Brown 8/6
  • The Seventh Veil Of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia *adult* 8/6
  • A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher *adult* 8/6
  • A World Of Hurt by Mindy Meija *adult* 8/6
  • The Mind’s Mirror: Risk And Reward In The Age Of AI by Daniela Rus & Gregory Mone *adult* 8/6
  • The Kill List by Nadine Matheson *adult series* 8/6
  • Burdens by Seraya *adult* 8/6
  • Who’s In Charge? By Stephanie Allain & Jenny Klion, ill. By Marissa Valdez *PB* 8/6
  • Daydreamer by Rob Cameron *MG* 8/6
  • Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay *Adult Anniversary Edition* 8/6
  • We Are Big Time by Hena Khan *MG* 8/6
  • Second Tide’s The Charm by Chandra Blumberg *adult* 8/6
  • The Truth According To Ember by Danica Nava *adult* 8/6
  • The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho *adult* 8/6
  • Tension by C. Monet *adult series* 8/6
  • This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings 8/6
  • Stand Your Ground by Roxane Gay *adult* 8/7
  • Promised To A Street King by Tatum James *adult* 8/9
  • Allure by Iesha Bree *adult series* 8/13
  • Kisses, Codes, And Conspiracies by Abigail Hing Wen 8/13
  • The Maid And The Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko 8/13
  • Read At Your Own Risk by Remy Lai *MG* 8/13
  • Frequent Fliers by Noue Kirwan *adult* 8/13
  • All Food Is Good Food by Molli Jackson Ehlert & Fanny Liem *PB* 8/13
  • Ghost Smith by Nicki Pau Preto *series* 8/13
  • The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao *adult* 8/13
  • The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed *adult* 8/13
  • The Dark We Know by Wen-yi Lee 8/13
  • Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang *MG* 8/13
  • Tiffany’s Griffon by Maddi Gonzalez & Magnolia Porter Siddell *MG* 8/13
  • Collided by Lauren Asher *adult* 8/13
  • Trick-Or-Treating In The City by Tiffany D. Jackson, ill. By Sawyer Cloud *PB* 8/13
  • Never Saw Me Coming by Tanya Smith *adult* 8/13
  • Secret Society Of Rebel Girls: Nina And The Mysterious Mailbox by Marti Dumas *MG* 8/13
  • Day Of The Dead: A Celebration Of Life by Polo Orozco, ill. By Mirelle Ortega *PB* 8/13
  • Mina’s Matchbox by Yoko Ogawa *adult* 8/13
  • Ryker’s Last Salvation by Sherelle Green *adult audiobook* 8/13
  • Sports Superheroes: Stephen Curry by Josh Bycel & Rich Korson; ill. By Damion Scott *MG* 8/13
  • Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley *adult* 8/13
  • The Italy Letters by Vi Khi Nao *adult* 8/13
  • Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings In Russian by Sunsunsun *adult* 8/13
  • Holly Horror: The Longest Night by Michelle Jabes Corpora *sequel* 8/13
  • The Most Perfect Persimmon by Hannah Chung *PB* 8/13
  • That Beauty Is A Tramp 1 by Hal Osaka *adult* 8/13
  • Never The Right Time by Reese Ryan *adult* 8/16
  • The Science Of Friendship by Tanita S. Davis *MG* 8/20
  • Prince Of The Palisades by Julian Winters 8/20
  • Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield 8/20
  • The Cottage On Pelican Bay by Brenda Jackson *adult* 8/20
  • The Secret Dead Club by Karen Strong *MG* 8/20
  • Something Like Right by H.D. Hunter 8/20
  • Bad Witches by H.B. Akumiah *adult* 8/20
  • You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto *adult* 8/20
  • There Are Rivers In The Sky by Elif Shafal *adult* 8/20
  • A Taste Of Home by Richard Ho & Sibu T.P *PB* 8/20
  • She Who Knows: Firespitter by Nnedi Okorafor *adult novella* 8/20
  • Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up 1 by Mitsuki Mii *adult* 8/20
  • I Wanna Do Bad Things With You vol. 1 by Yutaka *adult* 8/20
  • Dreaming On Purpose by Ariane Hunter *adult* 8/20
  • Playing Ball by Vernon Davis *adult* 8/20
  • Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson *adult* 8/20
  • Romancing On Jeju by Kyun-Joo Park *adult* 8/20
  • The Last Party by A.R. Torre *adult* 8/20
  • Falling Wisteria by Laila Ibrahim *adult* 8/20
  • Keepers Of The Stones & Stars by Michael Barakiva 8/20
  • 2040 by Pedro Domingos *adult* 8/20
  • Signal To Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia *adult* 8/20
  • Unexpected by Lala Thomas *sequel* 8/20
  • The Volcano Daughters by Gina Maria Balibrera *adult& 8/20
  • ‘Til Heist Do Us Part by Sara Desai *adult* 8/20
  • Kingdom Of Dust by Lisa Stringfellow *MG* 8/20
  • Drown Me With Dreams by Gabi Burton *Sequel* 8/20
  • A Banh Mi For Two by Trinity Nguyen 8/20
  • Desire by Kay Shanee *adult series* 8/20
  • Smoke Signals by Danielle Brooks *adult* 8/23
  • Marriage And Masti by Nisha Sharma *adult series* 8/27
  • Knives, Seasoning, And A Dash Of Love by Katrina Kwan *adult* 8/27
  • Amari And The Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston *MG Final* 8/27
  • Jaden Powers And The Inheritance Magic by Jamar J. Perry *MG* 8/27
  • The Sticky Note Manifesto Of Aisha Agarwal by Ambika Vohra 8/27
  • Homemade Love by J. California Cooper *adult* 8/27
  • Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan *MG* 8/27
  • Tales From Cabin 23: Night Of The Living Dead by Hanna Alkaf *MG* 8/27
  • With Love, Echo Park by Laura Taylor Namey 8/27
  • Star Wars The High Republic: Beware The Nameless by Zoraida Cordova 8/27
  • The Everybody Experiment by Lisa Moore Ramee *MG* 8/27
  • I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram *adult* 8/27
  • Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldivar 8/27
  • Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay 8/27
  • The Talk by Darrin Bell *adult* 8/27
  • Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes To Bat For Latinos by Nathalie Alonso, ill. By Rudy Gutierrez *PB* 8/27
  • Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia 8/27
  • Twin Flames by Olivia Abtahi 8/27
  • Surrender by Kimberly Brown *adult series* 8/27
  • Embrace by Mya *adult series* 8/27
  • Passion For The Heist by K’Wan *adult* 8/27
  • The Mechanics Of Memory by Audrey Lee *adult* 8/27
  • Bridge Across The Sky by Freeman Ng 8/27
  • We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde *UK Release* 8/29
  • Reclaim Me by JL Seegars *Adult series* 8/31
Whew, this is quite a list!

There are so many books coming out and I love that for all of us (though maybe not for our library holds & bank accounts)! I’ve gotten quite a few early copies and the titles are:

  • Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee *adult*
  • Second Tide’s The Charm by Chandra Blumberg *adult*
  • The Truth According To Ember by Danica Nava *adult*
  • The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho *adult*
  • Tension by C. Monet *adult series*
  • This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
  • Allure by Iesha Bree *adult series*
  • Kisses, Codes, And Conspiracies by Abigail Hing Wen
  • The Maid And The Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko
  • Read At Your Own Risk by Remy Lai *MG*
  • Frequent Fliers by Noue Kirwan *adult*
  • Kingdom Of Dust by Lisa Stringfellow *MG*
  • Drown Me With Dreams by Gabi Burton *Sequel*
  • A Banh Mi For Two by Trinity Nguyen
  • Desire by Kay Shanee *adult series*
  • Marriage And Masti by Nisha Sharma *adult series*
  • Knives, Seasoning, And A Dash Of Love by Katrina Kwan *adult*
  • Surrender by Kimberly Brown *adult series*
  • Embrace by Mya *adult series*

Of these, I have read:

  • The Truth According To Ember by Danica Nava *adult*
  • The Friend Zone Experiment by Zen Cho *adult*
  • Tension by C. Monet *adult series*
  • This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings
  • Allure by Iesha Bree *adult series*
  • Currently Reading: Second Tide’s The Charm by Chandra Blumberg *adult*
I’ve been reading a lot!

So many amazing books are coming out and I can’t wait to get into them! What about you? Are there any books you’re excited about? Are there any that I missed by authors of color? Let me know here in the comments or on social media on Instagram @bookishgirlmagic (I do the occasional lives & posts), Twitter @bookishgrlmagic (I’m remain quite random on there but still a good time), Threads @bookishgirlmagic (I’m posting on there a little more there) and Clubhouse @bookishgrlmagic where you can find me mostly in book centered clubs/rooms (mostly on Tuesdays and Fridays) to chat with me. Oh and please subscribe to this blog if you haven’t already because it makes me feel like I’ve gotten to sit in the A/C and read! And to those who are subscribed, thank you thank you thank youuuuu, I really truly appreciate y’all! Stay Cool out there folx! I’m sending bookish love always and wishing you a happy summer & reading!

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I’m reader who has a fierce love for books written by authors of color & belief in the importance of supporting them! My mission is to amplify their voices and work so this generation and all the others after them will have literature that will reflect them.

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