Page 16 of posts filed: Release Week

Release Week: 27 December 2022

Posted on 2022-12-27 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

Pretty quiet release week to close out 2022.

PICKS:

• Grime: A Novel By: Sibylle Berg, translated by Tim Mohr, read by Kwame Augustine for Random House -- "Rochdale is a town in post-industrial Britain, but it could be anywhere on the digitalized, environmentally-decimated planet: a place devoid of hope, where poverty, violence, and squalor are the near-future consequences of decisions being made at this very moment. Grime is the dazzling multi-voice story of four teenagers haphazardly brought together by

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Release Week: 20 December 2022

Posted on 2022-12-20 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

• The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida By: Shehan Karunatilaka, read by Shivantha Wijesinha for HighBridge -- "Winner of the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war."

• X: A Novel By: Davey Davis, read by Kai Rubio for HighBridge -- "The world is ending, and down-and-out sadist Lee spends their days working for a big corporation and their nights wandering the streets of Brooklyn listening to true crime podcasts. But everything

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Release Week: 13 December 2022

Posted on 2022-12-13 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

• Desert Creatures By: Kay Chronister, read by Gail Shalan, Thom Rivera, and Samara Naeymi for Dreamscape -- "Nine-year-old Magdala and her father have been exiled from their home; they flee through the harsh landscape of the American West, searching for refuge. As violence pursues them, they join a handful of survivors on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Las Vegas, where it is said that vigilante saints reside, bright with neon power. Magdala, born with a clubfoot, is going to be healed. But when

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Release Week: 6 December 2022

Posted on 2022-12-06 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

“Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up.”

PICKS, BACKLIST EDITION:

• My Darkest Prayer: A Novel By: S. A. Cosby (2019), read by Adam Lazarre-White with an introduction read by the author, for Macmillan -- "Whether it's working at his cousin's funeral home or tossing around the local riffraff at his favorite bar, Nathan Waymaker is a man who knows how to handle the bodies. A former marine and sheriff's deputy, Nathan has built a reputation in his small Southern town as a man who can help when

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Release Week: 29 November 2022

Posted on 2022-11-29 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

• The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel By: Marcel Theroux, read by the author for Simon and Schuster -- "A mesmerizing novel about a North Korean boy whose life is irrevocably changed when he stumbles across a mysterious Western book—a guide to Dungeons & Dragons."

• Alone with You in the Ether: A Love Story By: Olivie Blake, read by Robb Moreira and Sura Siu, with cameos by Olivie Blake, Tim Campbell, Eliza Foss, John Pirhalla, Steve Wagner, Emma Paige West, and Dion Alexander, for Macmillan -- "Two

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Release Week: 22 November 2022

Posted on 2022-11-22 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

A quiet week heading into Thanksgiving in the US...

PICKS:

• All Your Children, Scattered By: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse, translated by Alison Anderson, read by Nene Nwoko for Tantor -- "Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse's debut novel follows three generations torn apart by the genocide against the Tutsis, as they try to reconnect with one another, rebuild broken relationships, and find their place in today's world. Blanche returns to Rwanda after building a life in Bordeaux with her husband and young son, Stokely

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Release Week: 15 November 2022

Posted on 2022-11-15 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

• Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight Narrated by: Amin El Gamal, Kim Staunton, Dele Ogundiran, Tony Tambi, Tamika Katon-Donegal, and Jamie Lincoln Smith for Recorded Books -- "From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora."

• Into Shadow: Where the Truth Lies By: Tomi Champion-Adeyemi

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Release Week: 8 November 2022

Posted on 2022-11-08 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

• Novelist as a Vocation By: Haruki Murakami, translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen, read by Kotaro Watanabe for Random House -- "A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels, from the beloved and best-selling author of 1Q84 and Norwegian Wood."

• High John the Conqueror: A Novel By: Tariq Goddard, read by the author for Watkins -- "When children start going missing in a rural town, the investigation takes twists and turns into the strange world of privilege

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Release Week: 1 November 2022

Posted on 2022-11-01 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

• Saha: A Novel By: Cho Nam-Joo, translated by Jamie Chang, read by Kahyun Kim for Blackstone -- "This haunting account of a neglected housing complex in the shadows of Town: a former fishing village bought out by a massive conglomerate. Town is prosperous and safe―but only if you’re a citizen with “valuable skills and assets,” which the residents of Saha Estates are not. Disenfranchised and tightlipped, the Saha are forced into harsh labor, squatting in moldy units without electricity."

• The Cloisters

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Release Week: 25 October 2022

Posted on 2022-10-25 at 12:00 by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

PICKS:

• The Passenger By: Cormac McCarthy, read by MacLeod Andrews and Julia Whelan for Random House -- "The story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God."

• The Winter Garden By: Nicola Cornick, read by Emma Craig for Harlequin -- "Sweeping across generations from the 1600s to the present day and inspired by the true story of the leader of the infamous Gunpowder Plot."

• Sign Here By

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