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July 2020 Can’t Wait Book List!

6/25/2020

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Pin July 2020 Can't Wait Book List
After wading through hundreds of upcoming titles, I have narrowed the list of July New Release Books to these eight exciting titles.

I flipped through book review catalogs, book blogs and library chat forums to ensure that I found the most interesting and original new books.

​I try to include a variety of Fiction, Non-Fiction and even Young Adult books. This month’s selections include a dark fairy tale, a cutesy romance, and zombie horror, to name a few. Hopefully there is something for everyone!

I exclude sequels and anything that will not have broad appeal. 


July 07, 2020

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

Girl Serpent Thorn
Young Adult Fantasy

There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch. But for Soraya, who has lived her life hidden away, apart from her family, safe only in her gardens, it’s not just a story.

As the day of her twin brother’s wedding approaches, Soraya must decide if she’s willing to step outside of the shadows for the first time. Below in the dungeon is a demon who holds knowledge that she craves, the answer to her freedom. And above is a young man who isn’t afraid of her, whose eyes linger not with fear, but with an understanding of who she is beneath the poison.

Soraya thought she knew her place in the world, but when her choices lead to consequences she never imagined, she begins to question who she is and who she is becoming...human or demon. Princess or monster.
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One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

One to Watch
Contemporary Romance

Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devoted family, legions of Insta followers--and a massively broken heart. Like the rest of America, Bea indulges in her weekly obsession: the hit reality show Main Squeeze. The fantasy dates! The kiss-off rejections! The surprising amount of guys named Chad! But Bea is sick and tired of the lack of body diversity on the show. Since when is being a size zero a prerequisite for getting engaged on television?

Just when Bea has sworn off dating altogether, she gets an intriguing call: Main Squeeze wants her to be its next star, surrounded by men vying for her affections. Bea agrees, on one condition--under no circumstances will she actually fall in love. She's in this to supercharge her career, subvert harmful anti-fat beauty standards, inspire women across America, and get a free hot air balloon ride. That's it.

But when the cameras start rolling, Bea realizes things are more complicated than she anticipated. She's in a whirlwind of sumptuous couture, Internet culture wars, sexy suitors, and an opportunity (or two, or five) to find messy, real-life love in the midst of a made-for-TV fairy tale. In this joyful, razor-sharp debut, Bea has to decide whether it might just be worth trusting these men--and herself--for a chance to live happily ever after.

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Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay

Survivor Song
Horror

In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. But unlike rabies, the disease has a terrifyingly short incubation period of an hour or less. Those infected quickly lose their minds and are driven to bite and infect as many others as they can before they inevitably succumb. Hospitals are inundated with the sick and dying, and hysteria has taken hold. To try to limit its spread, the commonwealth is under quarantine and curfew. But society is breaking down and the government's emergency protocols are faltering.

Dr. Ramola "Rams" Sherman, a soft-spoken pediatrician in her mid-thirties, receives a frantic phone call from Natalie, a friend who is eight months pregnant. Natalie's husband has been killed—viciously attacked by an infected neighbor—and in a failed attempt to save him, Natalie, too, was bitten. Natalie's only chance of survival is to get to a hospital as quickly as possible to receive a rabies vaccine. The clock is ticking for her and for her unborn child.

Natalie’s fight for life becomes a desperate odyssey as she and Rams make their way through a hostile landscape filled with dangers beyond their worst nightmares—terrifying, strange, and sometimes deadly challenges that push them to the brink.
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July 14, 2020

Mother Land by Leah Franqui

Mother Land
Contemporary Fiction
 
When Rachel Meyer, a thirtysomething foodie from New York, agrees to move to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband, Dhruv, she knows some culture shock is inevitable. Blessed with a curious mind and an independent spirit, Rachel is determined to learn her way around the hot, noisy, seemingly infinite metropolis she now calls home. 

But the ex-pat American’s sense of adventure is sorely tested when her mother-in-law, Swati, suddenly arrives from Kolkata—a thousand miles away—alone, with an even more shocking announcement: she’s left her husband of more than forty years and moving in with them. Nothing the newlyweds say can budge the steadfast Swati, and as the days pass, it becomes clear she is here to stay—an uneasy situation that becomes more difficult when Dhruv is called away on business. 

Suddenly these two strong-willed women from such very different backgrounds, who see life so differently, are alone together in a home that each is determined to run in her own way—a situation that ultimately brings into question the very things in their lives that had seemed perfect and permanent . . . with results neither of them expect.


July 21, 2020

Daughters of Foxcote Manor by Eve Chase

Daughters of Foxcote Manor
Historical Mystery
 
An isolated forest estate.
A family with a terrible secret.
The discovery that changes everything.

England, 1970. On the one-year anniversary of the Harrington family's darkest night, their beautiful London home goes up in flames. Mrs. Harrington, the two children, and live-in nanny Rita relocate to Foxcote Manor, ostensibly to recuperate. But the creeping forest, where lost things have a way of coming back, is not as restful as it seems. When thirteen-year-old Hera discovers a baby girl abandoned just beyond their garden gate, this tiniest, most wondrous of secrets brings a much-needed sunlit peace, until a visitor detonates the family's tenuous happiness. All too soon a body lies dead in the woods.

Forty years later, London-based Sylvie is an expert at looking the other way. It's how she stayed married to her unfaithful husband for more than twenty years. But she's turned over a new leaf, having left him for a fresh start. She buried her own origin story decades ago, never imagining her teenage daughter would have a shocking reason to dig the past up--and to ask Sylvie to finally face the secrets that lead her back to Foxcote Manor. 


Pull of the stars by Emma Donaghue

Pull of the Stars
Historical Fiction
 
In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two outsiders—Doctor Kathleen Lynn, on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney.

In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other’s lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work.


South of the Buttonwood Tree
​by Heather Webber

South of the Buttonwood Tree
Magical Realism
 
Blue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood, Alabama, she's happened across lost wallets, jewelry, pets, her wandering neighbor, and sometimes, trouble. No one is more surprised than Blue, however, when she comes across an abandoned newborn baby in the woods, just south of a very special buttonwood tree.

Sarah Grace Landreneau Fulton is at a crossroads. She has always tried so hard to do the right thing, but her own mother would disown her if she ever learned half of Sarah Grace's secrets.

The unexpected discovery of the newborn baby girl will alter Blue's and Sarah Grace's lives forever. Both women must fight for what they truly want in life and for who they love. In doing so, they uncover long-held secrets that reveal exactly who they really are--and what they're willing to sacrifice in the name of family.


July 28, 2020

Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

Deal with the Devil
Science Fiction
 
The United States went belly up 45 years ago when our power grid was wiped out. Too few live in well-protected isolation while the rest of us scrape by on the margins. The only thing that matters is survival. By any means. At any cost.

Nina is an information broker with a mission: to bring hope to the darkest corners of Atlanta. She and her team of mercenary librarians use their knowledge to help those in need. But altruism doesn’t pay the bills—raiding vaults and collecting sensitive data is where the real money is.

Knox is a bitter, battle-weary supersoldier who leads the Silver Devils, an elite strike squad that chose to go AWOL rather than slaughter innocents. Before the Devils leave town for good, they need a biochem hacker to stabilize the experimental implants that grant their superhuman abilities.

The problem? Their hacker’s been kidnapped. And the ransom for her return is Nina. Knox has the perfect bait for a perfect trap: a lost Library of Congress server. The data could set Nina and her team up for years...

If they live that long.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


Instagram July 2020 Can't Wait Book List
Summaries from Goodreads

I am most excited about Girl, Serpent, Thorn, One to Watch, Survivor Song, and Deal with the Devil. What upcoming titles are you most excited to read?

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14 Comments
Kalin link
6/26/2020 07:01:55 am

One to Watch sounds like a really fun, easy read and Daughters of Foxcote Manor is definitely the genre I'm pulled toward most. What surprised me was how much I wanted to learn more about Survivor Song! I normally don't read horror but the description really grabbed my attention. Thanks for sharing!

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Alison Kelly
7/2/2020 03:02:13 pm

Paul Tremblay is really starting to gain a following. I can see why, Survivor Song sounds amazing!

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Jodie Paterson link
6/26/2020 07:25:35 am

South if the buttonwood tree sounds really intriguing, will have to give it a read! Thanks for sharing.

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Alison Kelly
7/2/2020 03:02:52 pm

Let me know if you read it. Would love to know if you enjoy it!

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Jenny in Neverland link
6/26/2020 01:10:02 pm

Thank you for these recommendations! Survivors Song sounds RIGHT UP MY STREET so I'll definitely be looking out for that one xxx

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Alison Kelly
7/2/2020 03:03:20 pm

You and me both! Let me know what you think of it!

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Raji link
6/27/2020 07:49:32 pm

Daughters of Foxcote Manor sounds really interesting - historical mysteries are always fun reads. Thanks for sharing!

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Alison Kelly
7/2/2020 03:03:53 pm

I have been into moody historical mysteries lately, it does sound really good!

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I'm All Booked Up link
7/8/2020 02:13:13 pm

We can't wait to read Girl Serpent Thorn

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Alison Kelly
7/14/2020 01:49:48 pm

I know! I was so sad that my request to read it on NetGalley was rejected! BOOOOO!!!!!

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Isabelle Vita NYC link
7/13/2020 12:14:09 pm

Thanks for this list of recommendations! South of the Buttonwood Tree seems really interesting based on your description.

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Alison Kelly
7/14/2020 01:51:00 pm

I am loving magical realism right now and this book is getting great reviews. Hopefully, it lives up to the hype!

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Mrs d link
7/13/2020 11:13:52 pm

This is a great list, I hadn’t heard of any of those books and have now added all of them to my reading list. Thank you for sharing!

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Alison Kelly
7/14/2020 01:51:31 pm

I hope you find a new book you love!

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