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Title: Bits of String too Small to Save

Author: Ruby Peru

Narrator: Ruby Peru

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 17 minutes

Release date: October 15, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

It’s not that ElizabethAnn doesn’t want to live in the postmodern police state of No Oaks, where acrid refuse bins punctuate well-swept plasti-lawns and endless rows of ticky tacky. She simply doesn’t realize her hot-rod driving grandma has groomed her to break the space-time continuum and dive headlong into a forested dystopia called Bumblegreen, which she must single-handedly save from a sweeping blight. That’s all. In Bumblegreen, innocent ElizabethAnn will embark upon a search for one-hundred imprisoned, non-gendered sorcerers whose powers can rebuild this over-engineered, technology-driven queendom, all because she and Grandma are desperately in search of a home: a real home. You see, there are those who would put brilliant, eccentric Grandma in a home. That kind of “home.” Most importantly, dear reader, if the trauma of happy, dumb animals turning into confused, neurotic people doesn’t irk you overmuch … and if you’re interested in the fates of an assortment of characters who somehow always feel out of place … well then Bits of String Too Small to Save may be the coming-of-age/ adventure/ mystery/ bad-ass-grandma/ dystopian/ magical realist/ fantasy/ illustrated novel you’ve been waiting for. Yes. I really think that might be the case. This novel, this creative explosion, this daring exploration of misfit-hood has been lauded by John Berendt (author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), caused Kirkus Reviews to proclaim Ruby Peru an “Indie Author to Watch,” and was named “Distinguished Favorite” by the New York Big Book Award. Its audiobook was a finalist for the 2022 Deanna Tulley Multimedia prize. Thriller author Sarah Lovett has said, 'Peru's narrative boggles and seduces.' So, there's that.

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Title: [German] - Ein anderes Leben (Ungekürzte Autorinnenlesung)

Author: Caroline Peters

Narrator: Caroline Peters

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 27 minutes

Release date: October 15, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Wer war Hanna? Diese Frau, die so oft aus der Rolle fiel, immer mit Gedichten im Kopf, über die sie den Haushalt vergaß, die ihren Platz suchte zwischen Familie, den Erwartungen an sie und dem Wunsch, Dichterin zu werden - und nur selten für sich sein konnte? Viele Jahre nach Hannas Tod blickt die Tochter zurück auf das Leben ihrer Mutter, auf die eigene Kindheit im Rheinland der Siebziger und Achtziger, in der Hanna dafür sorgt, dass der Alltag immer etwas anders ist als üblich. Ein Leben zwischen Bürgerlichkeit und Boheme: mit Champagner und Puschkin am Sonntagmorgen im Bett, Besuche nach der Schule in der Institutsbibliothek, wo die Mutter arbeitet und mit verschüchterten Studenten flirtet, Pokern unterm Weihnachtsbaum, abenteuerliche Fahrten in der Ente - bis sich Hanna eines Tages entscheidet, Mann und Tochter zu verlassen und ihr Leben allein von vorn zu beginnen. Mit großer Einfühlsamkeit und Leichtigkeit erzählt Caroline Peters von den Fragen einer Tochter an die verstorbene Mutter und an sich selbst - und davon, was es heißt, eigene Wege zu gehen. Ein sehr persönliches Buch, kraftvoll, berührend und von hinreißendem Humor.

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Title: The Five Petal Knot

Series: #2 of Witching World

Author: Lucia Ashta

Narrator: Sasha Higgins

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Release date: October 15, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

A prodigy pygmy owl. A possessive firedrake. A booby-trapped castle. Gargoyles come to life. Who said magic would be ordinary? No one can access magic like Clara, but her powers are unpredictable and dangerous. She has to learn how to control them. When she falls into one of the castle's many traps before she can, becoming a prisoner of the merworld, there's only one person who can save her. And he's already fighting for his own life. But that's not the worst of their problems. An immortal count, with a heart fueled by darkness, intends to claim the souls of everyone within Irele Castle. The castle and all its creatures come alive to defend it, but will it be enough to defeat the Count's army of gruesome creatures and save Clara before it's too late?

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Title: Where There's a Will

Author: Cara Lopez Lee, Mark Dumas

Narrator: Eric Fox

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 14 hours 28 minutes

Release date: October 9, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

World War II hero Will Miner is close with his grandson, seventeen-year-old musician Dylan Mercer. So when Dylan’s best friend dies, he runs away to Grandpa’s to hide from his memory and his future. Dylan escapes choosing between college and rock-and-roll, disappears into the stories of eighty-one-year-old Grandpa Will, and discovers a surprise: before Will became a hero, he was a young rebel. Will’s tales of the circus, Route 66, riding the rails, and fighting a war, reveal he’s hiding his own losses. Where There’s a Will takes readers under the surface of one hot Tennessee summer, as grandfather and grandson spill secrets and discover a true bond between men.

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Title: Faceless: Legends of Abreia Volume 1

Series: #1 of Legends of Abreia Box Sets

Author: Kenley Davidson

Narrator: Vanessa Moyen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 23 hours 44 minutes

Release date: October 8, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Bodyguard. Mage. Princess. Spy. The Five Thrones have always been at peace, but rumors have begun to grow. Whispers of armies, of unrest, and of a masked knight murdering mages in cold blood. To determine the truth of these rumors, a simple bodyguard must become a spy, and test her skills against an sinister assassin while staying one step ahead of a rival king… While a sheltered princess must accept an arranged marriage with an enigmatic prince who wants nothing to do with her… They’ve sworn to sacrifice their lives to save their kingdoms, but even that may not be enough. Now, it is only through magic and subterfuge that war can be avoided, and only if they’re willing to risk a far different fate than they ever imagined… Falling for the enemy. Faceless contains the first three books of Legends of Abreia, a complete fantasy romance series for readers who love warring kingdoms, strong, sassy heroines, and epic enemies-to-lovers romance! - Book 1 - The Faceless Mage - Book 2 - The Unseen Heir - Book 3 - The Hidden Queen

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Title: Sundered: Legends of Abreia Volume 2

Series: #2 of Legends of Abreia Box Sets

Author: Kenley Davidson

Narrator: Vanessa Moyen

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 27 hours 18 minutes

Release date: October 8, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Fugitive. Traitor. Assassin. Queen. The specter of war looms over the Five Thrones. The King of Garimore prepares his armies for conquest while the world watches and waits. But in the shadows, rebellion is growing, and unlikely allies begin to gather. A defiant princess trapped in a marriage of convenience with the heir to the tyrant’s throne… A fugitive prince locked in a reluctant alliance with a gorgeous enemy assassin… Together, they may hold the key to the king’s defeat, but only if they can learn to trust one another in time. Bonds will be tested. Hearts will be broken. And by the choices of a destined few, the fate of the world will be forever changed. Sundered contains the last three books of Legends of Abreia, a complete fantasy romance series for readers who love warring kingdoms, strong, sassy heroines, and epic enemies-to-lovers romance! - Book 4 - The Captive Throne - Book 5 - The Uncrowned Prince - Book 6 - The Sundered Blade

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Title: Love Can't Feed You: A Novel

Author: Cherry Lou Sy

Narrator: Becca Q. Co

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 26 minutes

Release date: October 8, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

A beautiful, tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own burning desires Love Can't Feed You is a stunning, heartbreaking, and compressed look at coming of age, shifting notions of home, and the disintegration of the American dream. It asks us: What does it mean to be of multiple cultures without a road map for how to belong?         After a harrowing flight, Queenie, her younger brother, and their elderly Chinese father arrive in the United States from the Philippines. They’re here to finally reunite with Queenie’s Filipina mother, who has been working as a nurse in Brooklyn for the past few years—building a life that everyone hopes will set them up for better prospects. But her mother is not the same woman she was in the Philippines: Something in her face is different, almost hardened, and she seems so American already.   Queenie, on the cusp of adulthood, has big dreams of attending college, of spending her days immersed in the pages of books. But there is not enough money for her and her brother to both be in school, so first she must work. Queenie rotates through jobs and settles, tentatively, into her new life, but her brother begins to withdraw and act out, and her father’s anger swells. As the pressures of assimilation compound, and the fissures within her family deepen into fractures, Queenie is left suspended between two countries, two identities, and two parents.

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Title: [Spanish] - Esta cuerpa mía

Author: Uri Bleier

Narrator: Raquel Martínez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Release date: October 3, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

«En el momento de la siesta de Dios, las putas somos la luz de la vela.» Con el nombre de Leonardo a cuestas y una estética andrógina, la protagonista llega a Tijuana, estafada por un grupo de tratantes. Bautizada como Mónica y cobijada por Rosy, una especie de madre adoptiva, se siente plena y aprende los trucos del que será su mundo: un lugar lleno de traiciones, felicidad,euforia y adicciones. Un par de años después, Mónica pasará de la seguridad de los hoteles y posadas a la hostilidad de la calle y de la Jungla, el lugar más sórdido y desconocido de Tijuana. Con la cuerpa reseca y la voz de su madre en mente, consigue lamerse las heridas y volver a casa. El regreso será un viacrucis y la llegada una bendición. También, será el verdadero inicio. Estacuerpa mía es una novela honesta y desparpajada, llena de humor y de música, de amor y sororidad, pero con espacio para el dolor y el odio. Está llena de drogas, peligro e hipocresías; de inyecciones de aceite, lentejuelas y tacones altos; de sexo en las esquinas, hoteles y espacios virtuales. Uri Bleier escribe una novelaque huele a calle, sabe a playa y suena a cumbia; una historia que su personaje monta a galope con toda su fiereza y ternura. «Uri Bleier investiga, escucha, cucharea y rebaña cada voz, cada personaje, cada escena. Puro venenito dulce y amargo.» -Sabina Urraca

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Title: The Mighty Red: A Novel

Author: Louise Erdrich

Narrator: Marin Ireland

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 27 minutes

Release date: October 1, 2024

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.43 of Total 7

Ratings of Narrator: 4.8 of Total 5

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • A FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION ''[A] sweeping, tender-hearted epic.'' —Harper's Bazaar In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people’s lives. History is a flood. The mighty red . . . In Argus, North Dakota, a collection of people revolve around a fraught wedding.  Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe, an impulsive, lapsed Goth who can't read her future but seems to resolve his.  Hugo, a gentle red-haired, home-schooled giant, is also in love with Kismet. He’s determined to steal her and is eager to be a home wrecker.   Kismet's mother, Crystal, hauls sugar beets for Gary's family, and on her nightly runs, tunes into the darkness of late-night radio, sees visions of guardian angels, and worries for the future, her daughter’s and her own. Human time, deep time, Red River time, the half-life of herbicides and pesticides, and the elegance of time represented in fracking core samples from unimaginable depths, is set against the speed of climate change, the depletion of natural resources, and the sudden economic meltdown of 2008-2009. How much does a dress cost? A used car? A package of cinnamon rolls? Can you see the shape of your soul in the everchanging clouds? Your personal salvation in the giant expanse of sky? These are the questions the people of the Red River Valley of the North wrestle with every day. The Mighty Red is a novel of tender humor, disturbance, and hallucinatory mourning. It is about on-the-job pains and immeasurable satisfactions, a turbulent landscape, and eating the native weeds growing in your backyard. It is about ordinary people who dream, grow up, fall in love, struggle, endure tragedy, carry bitter secrets; men and women both complicated and contradictory, flawed and decent, lonely and hopeful. It is about a starkly beautiful prairie community whose members must cope with devastating consequences as powerful forces upend them. As with every book this great modern master writes, The Mighty Red is about our tattered bond with the earth, and about love in all of its absurdity and splendor. A new novel by Louise Erdrich is a major literary event; gorgeous and heartrending, The Mighty Red is a triumph.

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Title: [Spanish] - Cross my heart: Atraviesa mi corazón

Author: Roxy Sloane

Narrator: Mireia Chambó, Benjamín Figueres

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Release date: September 25, 2024

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

OXFORD, INGLATERRA. LA CIUDAD DE LOS CAPITELES DORMIDOS, DE LOS OSCUROS SECRETOS... Y DEL DESEO. Vine aquí con una misión: descubrir la verdad sobre lo que le sucedió a mi hermana; cueste lo que cueste. Hasta que lo conocí: Anthony St. Clair. El futuro duque de Ashford. Un enigma imprudente... y mi mayor tentación. Saint es mi llave de entrada a un mundo sensual de riqueza y privilegios, pero hay algo perverso que acecha tras los muros tapizados de hiedra. Y esta gente está dispuesta a matar por proteger esos secretos. Para ellos, la lealtad lo es todo... pero ¿acabará siendo mi ruina? TRILOGÍA THE OXFORD LEGACY: CROSS MY HEART (Atraviesa mi corazón) BREAK MY RULES (Rompe mis reglas) SEAL MY FATE (Sella mi destino) Los lectores caen rendidos ante Cross My Heart: 'Dark Academia  Spicy  Misterio Oh, Dios mío, este libro era todo lo que necesitaba. Un Dark Academia alrededor de un crimen y sociedades secretas. ¿Cómo no vas a querer leer este libro?'.  '¡No esperaba que este libro fuera tan fuerte! Me enganché desde el primer capítulo. Tessa es una protagonista ruda a la caza de quién causó la muerte de su hermana. Saint es HOT y los dos juntos tienen una química explosiva. Los giros del guion son perfectos y el final te volará la cabeza'. '¡Deja lo que estás haciendo y lee este libro si eres fan de la Dark Academia más spicy!'. 'Si eres fan de la Dark Academia mezclada con romance, escenas calientes y misterio, este libro calmará tu sed'. '¿Protagonista femenina en busca de la verdad, un profesor HOT, sociedades secretas? ¡SÍ, POR FAVOR! ¡Qué gran comienzo para una serie y también qué gran final para el primer libro! ¡No puedo esperar a saltar directamente al libro 2 para ver qué pasa'.