Lauren Karcz Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Author, mom, and linguist, with a side of Broadway, baking, and Stevie Nicks. Still here.
The Summer of Impossibilities
Rachael AllenLauren KarczTHE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBILITIES by @rachael_allen is out today! I loved this book -- 4 narrators, summer mischief, complex families, f/f romance, Journey singalongs! It's a delight. https://t.co/Dyoqh2d8zw
Hardcover, 2020
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fire Next Time
James BaldwinLauren KarczLongest book was Solutions and Other Problems (Allie Brosh). Shortest was The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin).
Paperback, 1992
$14.00Member price:$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Gravity of Missing Things
Marisa UrgoLauren KarczI had an early read of this one (which is out today!) and I loved it. Super suspenseful and complex. Check out The Gravity of Missing Things asap! https://twitter.com/Marisa_Urgo/status/1533474701665779713
Paperback, 2022
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Wish in the Dark
Christina SoontornvatLauren Karcz@YATLlive A Wish in the Dark, by Christina Soontornvat, was my fave MG read this year. (And maybe my fave read of the year?)
Paperback, 2021
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
Melissa FebosLauren Karcz@jeannakadlec Best book I read this summer was Body Work, by Melissa Febos. Excellent essay collection about memoir writing.
Paperback, 2022
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
One Last Stop
Casey McQuistonLauren Karcz@LJSilverman1 For YA -- Jessica Goodman's thrillers were slump-busters for me, as was Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy. For adult -- Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder and One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston.
Paperback, 2021
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightbitch
Rachel YoderLauren KarczFave MG: A Wish in the Dark (Christina Soontornvat) Fave YA: Today Tonight Tomorrow (Rachel Lynn Solomon) Fave adult fic: Nightbitch (Rachel Yoder) Fave adult nonfic: How To Write an Autobiographical Novel (Alexander Chee)
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Real Life
Brandon TaylorLauren KarczFor anyone else who loved / was quietly destroyed by REAL LIFE, by Brandon Taylor, or APARTMENT, by Teddy Wayne, I recommend checking out MILK FED, by Melissa Broder.
Paperback, 2021
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Apartment
Teddy WayneLauren KarczFor anyone else who loved / was quietly destroyed by REAL LIFE, by Brandon Taylor, or APARTMENT, by Teddy Wayne, I recommend checking out MILK FED, by Melissa Broder.
Paperback, 2021
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Happy Hour
Marlowe GranadosLauren Karcz@evansquilliams Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
Paperback, 2021
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book