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New YA Books Releasing May 12

05.12.2020 by Jen Ryland // 5 Comments

New YA books are here and and there are some great ones this week. If you can, support authors and booksellers by checking these my list of new YA Books Releasing May 12!

New YA Books Releasing May 12

New YA Books Releasing May 12

Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert

By the Book by Amanda Sellett – a girl looks for romantic advice from the pages of her favorite 19th century novels – um … yes!

Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves

Empress of Flames (The Girl Kind #2) by Mimi You

The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar – an f/f romance!

House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess

Private Lessons by Cynthia Salaysay – a young pianist faces harassment from her teacher

Say Yes Summer by Lindsey Roth Culli – hooray for summer rom coms!

Summer of Impossibilities by Rachael Allen – four girls deal with romance and friendship on a lake during the summer

Terraformer by Colleen Houck – sci-fi dystopian

Any of these on your list? I’m about to read Say Yes Summer and I’m going to try By the Book as well! Looking for more new May releases – find them here!

In addition to Amazon, I’m trying the Bookshop program – order books from them and a percentages of your purchase will go to support indie bookstores! (I will also receive a percentage of the sale at no cost to you.) For your convenience, I have lists set up for each new release week! Check out my lists here!

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Over 12 years of book blogging and reviewing, I have read over 1500 books. A fair and honest reviewer who loves book discussions, I'm here to help you find a book you'll love to read AND give you a place to talk about it and ask questions.
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5 Comments
czai
6 years ago

By the Book is totally on my wishlist!! To be honest, I never even read its synopsis, I just saw that involves books. Books about readers are an automatic to-read for me!

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Jen Ryland
6 years ago
Reply to  czai

lol – it’s romantic advice from 19th century novels so I am in!!!

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Tanya @ Girl Plus Books
6 years ago

By the Books sounds so adorable… and has such a cute cover. 🙂

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Jen Ryland
6 years ago
Reply to  Tanya @ Girl Plus Books

That is totally a “me” book!!!

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Jenea’s Book Obsession
6 years ago

By the Book is one I’m hoping that my library will carry.

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