Debbie Macomber’s favorite recent reads
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by Jane Smiley, is mash-up of a Western, a serial killer mystery and a feminist erotic romp.
by Shelby Van Pelt, is a noir story about an octopus.
Original source: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1142209963/book-review-jane-smiley-shelby-van-pelt-remarkably-bright-creatures
NPR’s A Martínez talks to writer Jason Reynolds, who is ending his term as the national ambassador for young people’s literature. The Library of Congress appointed him to the post three years ago.
Original source: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/13/1142418939/jason-reynolds-literature-ambassador-young-people
in 2015 to critical acclaim. The novel re-contextualized contemporary issues of race providing a historical framework in a not-so-post-racial America.
Original source: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/14/1142246532/author-ashley-hope-perez-on-book-bans-out-of-darkness
appeared on reading lists as a recommendation for ambitious young readers ready to face disquieting aspects of the American experience. It began facing bans in 2021.
Original source: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/14/1142428557/ashley-hope-perez-on-out-of-darkness-book-ban