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Happy October, book lovers! Enjoy this giant stack of new releases. 📚🖤
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (October 3) Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani (October 3) Because I Was a Girl edited by Melissa de la Cruz (October 3) Ally by Anna Banks (October 3) Cast No Shadow by Nick Tapalansky and Anissa Espinosa (October 10) The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe (October 10) Berserker by Emmy Laybourne (October 10) The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz (October 17) The Innocence Treatment by Ari Goelman (October 17) The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (October 17) Meant to Be by Julie Halpern (October 24) My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff (October 31) The Wicker King by K. Ancrum (October 31)
HOORAY IT'S NEW BOOK TUESDAY! 🎉 We have so many new books coming out this week—which one would you pick up first?
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Grab Because I Was a Girl edited by Melissa de la Cruz for amazing feminist stories from some of your favorite authors. 💥
Start Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani if you love magical graphic novels about Indian-American identity, feminism, and more. ✨
Pick up Ally (or start with book 1 in the series, Nemesis) by Anna Banks if you like action, adventure, and mythology. 💯
Don't miss Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore is you love stunning prose, gorgeous book covers, and magical stories. 💜
Get Your Face on the Cover of a Book!
Your photo could appear on the cover of @authormelissadelacruz‘s upcoming BECAUSE I WAS A GIRL anthology! All you have to do is Tweet or Instagram a selfie at @FierceReads with the hashtags #BecauseIWasAGirl and #contest in the caption and YOU could end up on the cover of a book!
This contest ends 4/30 and is open to residents of US/Canada only. Full rules here.
Weekly Fierce Reads Recap
Hi friends! How was everyone’s week? We’ve been busily sharing fun new things with all of you. But, just in case you missed something, let’s do a quick recap.
New Books: Three new books came out this past week: 1. A Lie for a Lie by Robin MacCready 2. Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller 3. Sad Perfect by Stephanie Elliot
Cover Reveal: The paperback of The Lovely Reckless by @kamigarcia has a new cover!!! It’s 🔥 and we love it.
Book Announcement: The Huffington Post announced our upcoming collection of essays written by woman and girls about the many obstacles they’ve faced throughout their lives simply because of their gender. The collection will be called Because I Was a Girl and will be edited by Melissa de la Cruz! (We are SO excited about this extra special project and we hope you are too!!!)
Fun Bonus Stuff: Author Jennifer Mathieu has launched @moxiegirlsfightback, a kickass Tumblr that’s 100% mandatory for every feminist we know.
eDeals: We also have a few eBooks on sale! Make sure you check those out.
And now, for a really cute gif just in case you has a really bad week (or even if you had a good week -- this is really for everyone):