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July Reads I'm Looking Forward To

Some fantastic books are coming out next month. There have been quite a few that I have been lucky enough to read about as ARCs through Netgalley and some that I am looking forward to release date. All book covers are clickable and will take you to their Goodreads profiles.


The first books are those I have not read and am looking forward to:

Author: T.J.Newman

Publication Date: Jul. 6, 2021

Publisher: Avid Reader Press/Simon Schuster

Pages: 304


143 passengers. 1 pilot. 1 family taken hostage. The passengers don't know that the pilot has to make the hardest choice of his life: crash the plane and save his family or allow his family to die to save his passengers.



Author: Sara Ackerman

Publication Date: Jul. 27, 2021

Publisher: Mira

Pages: 368


Historical fiction based on the Women's Air Raid Defense (WARDs). After the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of women was gathered to help replace men in the warzone. In order to ward off attack, these brave women guide pilots to blacked-out landing strips and also keep track of unidentified planes flying overhead.


Author: Kristin Harmel

Publication Date: Jul. 6, 2021

Publisher: Gallery Books

Pages: 384


Set during World War II, Yona, a young German woman who was kidnapped as a child whose captor has recently passed away, uses her knowledge of the forest she grew up in to help save Jewish refugees from the Nazis. She teaches them to survive in the forest to avoid capture and in return, they teach her about caring for others. Yona's secret is betrayed and her worlds collide when she is forced to escape to a nearby German-occupied village and her life is forever changed. As with all Kristin Harmel historical fiction, this book is based on actual events with fictional characters.


Author: Grady Hendrix

Publication Date: Jul. 13, 2021

Publisher: Berkley Books

Pages: 352


Lynnette Tarkington is what Hollywood refers to as a "final girl" - the girl who is left standing after a horrific event in horror movies, only her horror really happened. Over the past ten years, Lynnette has gathered with other survivors and a therapist to attempt to piece their lives back together. When one of their members goes missing, Lynnette thinks someone has discovered the group and is coming to finish off the survivors. Will the Final Girls defeat their stalker or will this be the last support group meeting?


Author: Jennifer Chiaverini

Publication Date: Jul. 27, 2021

Publisher: William Morrow

Pages: 352


Famous Women's Suffragette Alice Paul has returned home to New Jersey to recover from her work in Great Britain. Although she has come home to rest, her work isn't done. In an effort to further women's rights in America, Paul organizes a march down Pennsylvania Avenue during the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, a staunch anti-suffragist. Alice Paul joins forces with other famous suffragists Maud Malone and Ida B. Wells to help get the 19th Amendment passed and women the right to vote.


These are the books I was lucky enough to receive ARCs for. I am linking to their Goodreads profiles as well as my reviews.


Author: Karin Tanabe

Publication Date: Jul. 20, 2021

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Pages: 384


My Review


A well-bred New York wife is recruited by the FBI to befriend her Russian ex-boyfriend, who they believe is a higher up in the Russian government. As an intelligent woman who had previously worked at the United Nations then made to be a stay-at-home mother, this was a much-needed reawakening of purpose.


Author: Kristin Miller

Publication Date: Jul. 20, 2021

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Pages: 288


My Review


The lives of three women become entwined when one's fiance goes missing shortly before the wedding. One of those women has been previously believed of killing her husbands and people now wonder if she has struck again.


Author: Amanda Skenadore

Publication Date: Jul. 27, 2021

Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp

Pages: 384


My Review


Mirielle West is a 1920s socialite who goes to the doctor when an odd patch of skin appears on her hand only to be diagnosed with leprosy. People who were diagnosed with leprosy were sent away to leper colonies despite their status in life. Mirielle must learn to live with her illness and decide what is best for her life.








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