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All the Books!

All the Backlist! June 9, 2023

All the Books!

Book Riot

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

This week Vanessa shares two backlist favorites by authors with new books out this week. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Translation State by Ann Leckie Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to all the Backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

0:15.0

I'm your host, Vanessa Diaz. This is episode 417.5, airing on June 9th.

0:21.0

And I am back. We'll back to this episode or back to the show.

0:25.0

I'm on here every five weeks or so, but I'm also back on the main show next week.

0:30.0

But I do want to just go ahead and call out that my audio quality is probably not what it usually is.

0:35.0

Because I'm still traveling, still dealing with some family things.

0:38.0

I want to say a quick thank you to everybody who's reached out to offer some very kind words of support.

0:42.0

But yeah, you know, we're all human. We're doing our best doing the thing as best we can.

0:47.0

And for me, that means recording in a sort of closet situation in San Diego.

0:52.0

I'm on a very, very busy street, which funnily enough kind of is a good backdrop for one of the books I'm going to tell you about today.

1:00.0

But before I get into my picks for this week, let's go ahead and hear from our sponsor.

1:05.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Daniel Steele's new hardcover happiness.

1:12.0

Though a best-selling author of gripping thrillers, Sabrina Brooks lives a quiet life in the Brookshears until a mysterious letter arrives declaring that she's ear to an estate outside London.

1:22.0

The trip to see the manor stirs up memories of her emotionally distant father in his secrets, determined to sell the estate quickly.

1:28.0

Sabrina is surprised by how much she loves roaming the gardens and exploring the historic manner, especially with the handsome estate attorney Grace and Abbott.

1:36.0

Soon, Sabrina begins to wonder what life would be like as Lady Brooks, but is she brave enough to choose a different path.

1:43.0

Steele has sold a billion copies of her books worldwide.

1:47.0

Happiness is an uplifting novel about an author who, to her surprise, inherits a grand estate near London.

1:53.0

It's an unforgettable story about inner strength following your joy and the rejuvenating power of love.

2:00.0

Happiness is available wherever books are sold.

2:02.0

Thanks again to Daniel Steele's new hardcover happiness for sponsoring this episode.

2:07.0

Today's episode is brought to you by a harvest of ash and blood from a claimed author, DJ Moley.

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