Top Five August 2017 Releases.

Wow! Another month has gone by and I have done nothing productive with my life. I guess that's summer for ya! If you're going back to school this year, best of luck to you! Personally, I'm excited to have more books to read for school. Anyways, here are five books coming out this month that will make the impending doom of school a little less hard.

1.  The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne.

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Cyril Avery is not a real Avery: or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do, if eccentric, Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redomptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, achored only by his heartfelt friendship with the more glamorous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. He will spend his lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from. 

Why this book is on my radar: 

• written by John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. (super tearjerking read. Kind of tears you apart inside)
• The Heart's Invisible Furies comes out August 22nd.

• Set in Post WWI Ireland.

2.  Depression and Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim.

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Sabrina Benaim is one of the most-viewed performance poets of all time, whose poem "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" has over 5 million views. This book explores themes of mental health, love, and family and is a documentation of struggle and triumph, and a celebration of daily life and living.

Why it's on my radar: 

• I suffer with depression, so seeing it represented in books by other mentally ill people is really exciting.
• The cover is goregous??? Like seriously look how pretty this book  is. 
• Depression and Other Magic Tricks comes out tommorow! August 8th.

3.  Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo.

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She will become one of the world's greatest heroes, but first, she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law- risking exile- to save a mere mortal. Alia Keralis is no ordinary girl and with this single brave act, Diana may have doomed the world. 

Why its on my radar: 

• Wonder woman is freaking awesome.
• Strong female characters. 
• Wonder Woman: War Bringer, will be out August 29th. 

4. Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney C. Stevens.

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Self discovery dosen't always need to have a "coming out" Billie McCaffrey is the tomboy daughter of the town's preacher, but when she starts to question her sexuality, she dosen't want anyone slapping a label on it before she herself can understand it. 

Why it's on my radar:

• LGBT teen fiction is literally my favorite thing ever.
• I can identify with the character as a queer woman who grew up in a very religious household.
• Dress Codes for Small Towns comes out August 22nd.

5.  A Torch Against the Night by Sabbah Tahir.

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I won't give you guys a synopsis since not everyone has read the first book, but A Torch Against the Night is the well awaited sequel to An Ember in the Ashes, which captivated everyone when it was released about a year ago.  This book will be out August 30th. 

And there you have it friends! I hope you enjoy these books this August, and come back next week for my review of The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the People's Temple by Jeff Guinn.