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December 17, 2025

DIY Project Titles

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Modern Knifemaking for Beginners by Laura Zerra– Zerra covers what metals are best for knife making and how to make a knife, using her time outdoors as the basis for information. 

Creepy Embroidery by Carrie Violet– Violet provides patterns for simple embroidery based on the concept of death and the afterlife. 

Crafting the Wheel of the Year by Claire Gelder and Deb Bowen– Over a dozen craft projects inspired by the magical celebration of each of the eight seasons.

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December 11, 2025

Upcoming Cookbooks

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The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Cookbook by America’s Test Kitchen– America’s Test Kitchen presents a new collection of recipes for those who try to eat an anti-inflammatory diet.

Eat Yourself Healthy by Jamie Oliver– Oliver has put together a cookbook that brings joy and energy into healthy eating. 

Of Course It’s Good by Jessica Secrest– Secrest’s first cookbook focuses on inexpensive, easy, and flavor filled options that are meant to feed a family.

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December 11, 2025

Family Centered Fiction

Family Centered Fiction

Like Family by Erin O. White– A story of a group of close knit couples living in Radclyffe, New York navigating life and aging.

Lucky Seed by Justinian Huang– Worrying about being punished in the afterlife if the family bloodline doesn’t continue, the matriarch asks her nephew to start a family in hopes of a baby boy eventually inheriting the fortune. 

Next Time Will Be Our Turn by Jesse Q. Sutanto– When her grandmother brings her girlfriend to the family’s Chinese New Year celebration, Izzy is told the story of her grandmothers move to America at a young age and the love she found there.

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November 26, 2025

Nature Related Non-Fiction

Non Fiction

The Breath of the Gods by Simon Winchester– Winchester provides a history and understanding of what wind is, how it works, and its impact on the environment.

Growing Papaya Trees by Jessica Hernandez– Hernandez explains the climate crises impact on Indigenous communities and how following their example can help mitigate some of the issues related to climate.

Shade is a Place by MaKshya Tolbert– Tolbert’s poetry collection reflects on literal trees and shade as well as walking by herself and with others.

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November 19, 2025

New Fantasy Novels

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Fallen City by Adrienne Young– In an attempt to create an alliance between their two cities, Luca and Maris find love, only to be separated in the event of an execution.

Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree– In an attempt to find peace after suffering burnout, Fern moves to Thune, only to end up being roped into a road trip with goblins where they are chased by a bounty hunter.

A Heart of Crimson Flames by A.K. Milford– A court of young women must confront their pasts while a war happens in the background.

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November 12, 2025

New Fiction

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Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck– Stuck in her hometown and hoping to leave, a young woman becomes interested in the single father who just moved next door. 

The White Hot by Quiara Alegria Hudes– In a fit of rage, a woman abandons her family, including her young daughter, to go on a journey intended to last a few days but instead goes for several years.

Palaver by Bryan Washington–  In the weeks before Christmas, an estranged mother and son reconnect in Tokyo.

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