Hey, everyone!
Can we all be shocked that there’s no non-fiction in this post? I’m definitely a little proud of myself. We have a middle grade graphic novel, a f/f novella, a cozy fantasy, and an Austen inspired anthology.
Have you received any great recommendations lately? Share them in the comments!
Bea Wolf
This was recommended in the SBTB Podcast Patreon Discord by Clay, and I desperately wanted to share it. Clay mention that this middle grade graphic novel is cute and funny, and that she’s given it successfully as a gift several times.
A modern middle-grade graphic novel retelling of Beowulf, featuring a gang of troublemaking kids who must defend their tree house from a fun-hating adult who can instantly turn children into grown-ups.
Listen! Hear a tale of mallow-munchers and warriors who answer candy’s clarion call!Somewhere in a generic suburb stands Treeheart, a kid-forged sanctuary where generations of tireless tykes have spent their youths making merry, spilling soda, and staving off the shadow of adulthood. One day, these brave warriors find their fun cut short by their nefarious neighbor Grindle, who can no longer tolerate the sounds of mirth seeping into his joyless adult life.
As the guardian of gloom lays siege to Treeheart, scores of kids suddenly find themselves transformed into pimply teenagers and sullen adults! The survivors of the onslaught cry out for a savior—a warrior whose will is unbreakable and whose appetite for mischief is unbounded.
They call for Bea Wolf.
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The Guy Sure Looks Like Plant Food To Me
Obsessed! A f/f novella inspired by one of my favorite musicals.
From the best-selling author of Heartless Heathens, TGSLLPFTM is a killer rom-com, feel-good, magical short story about fated love blooming in the most unexpected of places.
I’VE GIVEN HER SUNSHINE
I’ve given her dirt
She’s given me much more
Than I ever deserved.
I’m begging her sweetly
I’m down on my knees
Oh, please,
KILL FOR ME
TGSLLPFTM Is a novella inspired by Roger Corman’s The Little Shop of Horrors
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Ladies in Waiting
This really slid under the radar! It’s a short story collection featuring Austen’s side characters from well-known authors, especially in romance.
Celebrate Jane Austen’s classic novels with this short story anthology starring forgotten characters as they experience their own happy endings.
In honor of her 250th birthday, eight authors have come together with wildly imaginative reboots of the lives of several of Jane Austen’s minor characters. Written with plenty of love and wit, these clever stories star everyone from Pride and Prejudice’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of Sense and Sensibility’s Eliza Williams and much more. Blurring genres and taking us across the oceans, Ladies in Waiting is a heartfelt celebration of Jane Austen and her timeless masterpieces.
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Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife
Cozy fantasy had a moment of retiree plots, where an adventurer would hang up their gear to settle down somewhere (often with plans to open up a small business). If you’ve been searching for me, try this one.
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There is at least one missing word, if not more, in the description of Rexipes For An Undead Afterlife:
“When he’s forced into retirement, he’s faced with *a new to forge* a future guided not by obligation, but by passion.”
(Emphasis added by myself.)
@Amy E: Unfortunately, this is a recurring issue with Goodreads. Our book copy pulls from the GR entry and GR apparently hates colons and removes the wording directly after the punctuation. I’ve fixed the entry.
Bea Wolf is amazing. Full stop.
There are a lot of 250th Birthday anthologies for Jane Austen, with more to come closer to her birthday next month.
I was disappointed with Ladies In Waiting, the stories focused on a variety of minor characters (which was great), but I found the execution to be generally shallow, and lacking an understanding of both Regency times and Jane Austen’s books. But YMMV!
First two are on my TBR; I’ve heard mixed things about the Austen tribute.
I just read the Little Shop inspired book last week! The descriptions of the plant eating were a little ewwww, but it was fun, and definitely delivers on the feels like the inspiration source!