In this indie author (independently published books) recommendation list, we cover new releases due to come out, or that have recently been released. This is an ongoing series where we give indie authors a moment in the spotlight! This episode we have a mix of contemporary fiction, YA, Speculative fiction, romance and fantasy.

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Books we talk about in today's episode are:

• Poison heart - Mae Pierce
• The Masks We Wear - B.D.Carpenter
• Serpents of Sky and Flame - Rebecca F. Kenney
• Cats out of the Bag - L.Caroline
• Falling for Fables - Jenna Wolfheart
• Fate of the Sun King - Nisha J Tuli
• Herald - Robert J Hayes

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It's important to read diversely all year round but for Pride month we are bringing you a little list of recommendations as a place to start. This list has got everything from graphic novels to short story collections to fantasy and romance!

Books discussed in today's episode are:

• Proud - Juno Dawson
• Mooncakes -Suzanne Walker
• The Tea Dragon Society - K.Oneil
• The Girl from the Sea - Molly Knox Ostertag
• Gender Queer: A Memoir - Maia Kobabe
• Transmogrify! - An anthology with a variety of authors
• The Dos and Donuts of Love - Adiba Jaigirdar
• She Is a Haunting - Trang Thanh Tran
• The Sins on Their Bones - Laura R. Samotin

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For once the Lazy Book Lovers haven't been so lazy! We've been making our way through our tbr lists so that's why we're bringing you a two part reading update. In part 2, Toni's romance kick continues with a little sprinkling of fantasy and Tali is bringing you some more thrillers.

Books discussed in today's episode are:

Toni's reads:

• The Light That Blinds Us
• The Ex Talk
• The Hating Game

Tali's reads:

• None of This Is True
• The Sins on Their Bones
• The Centre

Connect with us:

• Subscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerds
• Join our next buddy read on Storygraph here, which will be A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton!
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