Reading Skywards – Your Friendly Bookshelf

Hello friends! With so many books coming out every week, I am bringing you a list of 5 new releases that I want to read. Let me know which books interest you or if I am missing a new release you are excited about… We can always grow our TBR!.

I tried to pick books that made me curious and at the same time were different genres, so hopefully one of these books catches your attention.

200 Monas: A Novel by Jan Saenz
LITERARY FICTION

Arvy Keening is just trying to get through the week. Tantalizingly close to leaving her college years at Westheimer University behind, all she has to do is pass her finals, pack up her life, and ship off to San Francisco for a prestigious Big Pharma internship. The problem? Arvy just found 200 hits of Molly in her dead mother’s closet. And when two drug dealers come to collect what they are owed, they reveal that the pills are not Molly, but Mona—a rare pharmaceutical that induces intense orgasms. The dealers give Arvy an ultimatum: Sell 200 Monas in 48 hours or die. .

A Far-Flung Life: a Novel by M.L. Stedman
HISTORICAL FICTION

A Far-flung Life is a tale about family and belonging, fate and time. It is about people trying to do their best, and each, for private reasons, seeking shelter from the storm of life.

No Matter What by Cara Bastone
ROMANCE FICTION

After a traumatic accident threatens the foundations of their happy marriage, a couple tries to rebuild and find their way back to each other—and themselves—in this tender, slow-burn romance by the bestselling author of Ready or Notand Promise Me Sunshine.

You with the Sad Eyes: a Memoir by Christina Applegate
MEMOIR

Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny, You with the Sad Eyes unveils a side of Christina Applegate we’ve never seen, forever cementing her formidable and iconoclastic legacy. 

Lady Tremaine: a Novel by Rachel Hochhauser
FOLKLORE FICTION

As if Bridgerton met Circe, and exhilarating to its core, Lady Tremaine reimagines the myth of the evil stepmother at the heart of the world’s most famous fairy tale. It is a battle cry for a mother’s love for her daughters, and a celebration of women everywhere who make their own fortunes.

So there you have it! This is my short list of books that caught my attention released this week. Let me know if any of these made it to your TBR or if you pre-ordered or you are getting ready to get it!.