Spill the (Iced) Tea: Hot Books for National Iced Tea Month

Spill the (Iced) Tea: Hot Books for National Iced Tea Month

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Summer officially beings June 20th, but until then, join us in reading our top tea-themed picks for National Iced Tea Month. Grab your favorite tea, and remember to bring a fan, because it’s getting “hotter’n the devil’s armpits out there!”     The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Our first pick takes place in the home of iced tea itself, South Carolina. When Patricia Campbell joins a book club to escape the stress of caring for her mother-in-law and the mundanity of her everyday life, she discovers a dark secret that has been lurking in …

Karen McManus Reveals Conclusion to One Of Us Is Lying Trilogy

Karen McManus Reveals Conclusion to One Of Us Is Lying Trilogy

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Fans of Karen M. McManus will be happy to know that the author has confirmed a deal with Delacorte to release two new thrillers over the next couple of years. This includes the final book in the One of Us Is Lying trilogy, One of Us Is Back,  expected summer 2023, and a stand-alone thriller set for publication in summer 2024.     McManus released the first novel of the series, One of Us Is Lying, back in 2017, and it quickly rose through the ranks of the New York Times bestseller list. For people new to the McManus fandom, …

Water for Elephants and Activism: 15 Years Later

Water for Elephants and Activism: 15 Years Later

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On May 26th of 2006, Sara Gruen published her third novel, Water for Elephants. This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of the book and the tenth anniversary of the film adaptation.     The story–written during National Novel Writing Month–was met with unprecedented success and took the contemporary literature world by storm. The book was added to recommended reading lists for Advanced Placement exams while simultaneously banned from schools for its explicit sexual content and brutal descriptions of animal abuse. Just five years later, the book was adapted for film with a star-studded cast.   Although this novel falls under …