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Whether your summer consists of chilling in your back garden and getting some Vitamin D or going on a world-class expedition and hiking up a mountain, we hope you’re taking advantage of the hot weather (at least for those of us in the UK). Above all, we hope everyone is keeping safe.
You know the drill, below are new releases for this month that we are champing at the bit to read:
Title: Luster
Author: Raven Leilani
Genre: Fiction; Contemporary
Our thoughts: A coming of age story with a strong, BLACK and FEMALE lead! Add to that promises of a darkly comic and sexually charged story and we are hooked.
Just your typical girl meets boy. With a family. Moves in with said family. Befriends boy’s wife. Becomes a role model to boy’s adopted daughter. You know, typical stuff…
Title: Where Dreams Descend
Author: Janella Angeles
Genre: Fantasy; Young Adult
Our thoughts: With magical feats, romance and intrigue, this book has the potential to be mind-blowing!
Talk about a role reversal! Instead of making people disappear, in this book magicians are the ones mysteriously disappearing. To survive, three magicians must reckon with their secrets before it’s too late.
Title: The Death of Vivek Oji
Author: Akwaeke Emezi
Genre: Fiction; Contemporary
Our thoughts: Nothing but pure love for this authentic African story which holds so much promise. As Nigerians and mystery enthusiasts, this book is definitely an addition to the want to read shelf.
When the body of a woman’s son turns up at her doorstep wrapped in colourful fabric, there are many unanswered questions. Why he die? How did he die? Who was he? We embark on a journey to discover the answers to these questions and find out the truth behind the death of Vivek Oji.
Author: Mauro Guillen
Genre: Non-Fiction; Business; Economics
Our thoughts: The blurb of this book gives some interesting trends that are set to culminate in 2030. It’ll certainly be intriguing to understand the basis of these trends and see how much we agree or disagree with Mauro’s reasoning.
With so many dynamic changes in the world today, Mauro challenges readers to think laterally about the future and how things have/are changing. This book walks through specific examples to illustrate what this means for us as people living in a global village.
Title: This is Your Brain on Food
Author: Uma Naidoo
Genre: Non-fiction; Health; Psychology
Our thoughts: We all know that we should eat healthier or make better food decisions but more often than not, we don’t. Will this explain why eating pizza, chicken wings and {insert pretty much any food} makes me feel so good?
This book focuses on the science of how food affects our mental health using specific examples. It can hopefully be a motivator not just to make better food choices but to also understand why.
Title: All the Right Mistakes
Author: Laura Jamison
Genre: Fiction; Contemporary
Our thoughts: In a world where we constantly compare our lives or ask “what if?”, this seems like a relevant but also intriguing read.
When one friend writes an advice book and uses the key life “mistakes” of her four friends as scenarios, it becomes wildly popular. They can’t help but feel hurt whilst also wondering what their lives would look like if they had followed the advice given. (Looking around at my friends like, y’all better watch it. Only joking! Or am I?)
Other books that caught our interest but did not quite make the list:
- With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
- The Mother Code by Carole Stivers
Feel free to let us know in the comments below if you are excited about any of the books mentioned above or any other books coming out this month.
