#booksky Kirkus snippets about tinyurl.com/3vcpj4vm: Susie Hara's tale of Haight Ashbury events reverberating decades later. "Engrossing ... Each character’s recollection assists in reconstructing an extremely fateful day. A compelling story of young woman finding out new facts about her identity."

#booksky #queerYA #dogs I'm posting this cause it's fun to get a shout out. Get Squirrels Fall From Trees here (and in many non-zon places): www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZYMGZYJ

#Booksky # Blackhistory #Mixedrace Happening Wed Jan 7 at 6pm at the San Francisco Public Library. I've seen Alison and Alix in conversation before, and they are great hosts/readers with a lot to say on an interesting topic. sfpl.org/events/2026/...

#Booksky #JoanOfArc PW review of Lombardi's #JehanneDarc: "Readers of historical fiction that captures not just what happened in the past but how it felt to live it will relish this exploration of the well-known story.” PW's comps: #NicolaGriffith Hild, #HilaryMantel. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVH5GM65

#Booksky #MixedRace #AfricanAmericanHistory Cíara Emmanuel interviews Alison Hart. “It's a way for me to almost build a cosmology.” Starry-eyed and visionary, Alison Hart still keeps both feet on the ground. Read the interview here tinyurl.com/4873zy9v Buy book here www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

#Booksky "Librarians seeking rural settings, stories of friendships and enemies, and lives alongside animals will relish the dovetailing of perspectives. Readers seeking stories about mustering one’s courage will love how Cass steps up." D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review www.amazon.com/dp/1963221095

#Booksky Review from Mountain Democrat: "River of Light" shines bright #WendySchultz "takes readers on [Fresno Bakersfield's] journey through [the turmoil of] her formative years to young adulthood." More at mumblerspress dot com www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXL5KRL

#booksky #queerscifi A thoughtful, positive review from C0smic Occurrence! This month...I found myself lost in the life of an artist with severe imposter syndrome...A contender for my favorite book of the year so far. Full review: www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/c... Get at: www.amazon.com/dp/B09GR7PH2B

#booksky #womensfiction Mumblers is thrilled: our first ever review from Foreword: "A woman gathers her courage to invite a bestselling author to visit her struggling town in Jan Stites’s gentle novel Becoming Felicity....Cass is an endearing heroine with deep emotions." www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKP6L24

It's always worth listening to Timothy Snyder.

#Booksky #MixedRace #HistoricalFiction Interview with Alison Hart: mixedauntie.substack.com/.../alison-h.... A taste: "When Alison Hart’s Ancestors speak, she doesn’t just listen. She weaves their messages into lushly evocative fiction that honors lineage and history." www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

#booksky #JoanOfArc PW review gems: '[A] fascinating,...harrowing look at the life of the epochal seer and soldier [that] interrogates and illuminates the mind of this girl...facing uncertainty over whether “the jammed voices filling her ears” are “not madness but God.”' www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVH5GM65

#booksky #WendySchultz “[Young Fresno represses an unusual gift] until an urgent need invites her to own her powers. An original, charming, memorable page-turner that will leave you feeling tender-hearted and full of hope.” —Tarn Wilson, In Praise of Inadequate Gifts www.amazon.com/dp/1963221001

Dropping today on Militantly Mixed! www.militantlymixed.com/the-in-betwe... "I’m joined by brilliant OG Mixed Cousin Alison Hart, who shares her stunning new novel and dives into creativity, identity and writing from a Mixed-race perspective." bookshop.org/a/56052/9781... amzn.to/3XgnR1j #booksky

#booksky Another strong Goodreads review "I was delighted by this positive novel... It had a surprising depth and I couldn’t put it down wanting to find out what happened... Stites is great at making you care and empathize with [characters] and their predicaments."—Tom www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKP6L24

#booksky #WendySchultz Praise for a recent Mumblers Press book: "River of Light is the extraordinary story of Clare, a girl born with a unique gift the ones she loves most have always suppressed.” —Tim Reaume, author of Jade Jaguar www.amazon.com/dp/1963221001 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/river-of-l...

#booksky #bookbirthday "Becoming Felicity" is Jan Stites' tale of a kennel owner, a young immigrant and a dog. Of books, libraries, and an endangered small town. And trouble–a whole lot of trouble. Order at bookstore or bookshop.org/.../becoming... www.amazon.com/dp/1963221095

#Booksky Pub date is fast approaching, but it's not to late for you to claim a FREE ARC of Becoming Felicity in exchange for an honest review. booksirens.com/book/XL4RD6A... Kirkus: A heartwarming portrait of small-town life. Foreword: A woman’s confidence grows from the unlikeliest of places

#MixedRaceStories #BerkeleyCA #Booksky If you're in Berkeley CA or nearby, catch Alison Hart Reading from The In-between Sky at Pegasus Books Downtown at 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704, Wednesday Oct 29th at 7PM. www.amazon.com/dp/1963221052 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

#Booksky #JoanofArc Alternate cover! "Lombardi dramatizes events and complex states of mind with such swift richness that readers will feel fully immersed in the life of this saint-to-be. An exhilarating novel"—Publishers Weekly www.amazon.com/dp/1963221079 bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/jeha...

#Booksky #MixedRaceStories Alison Hart's The In-Between Sky is #6 in the IngramSpark rankings for African American & Black History! Well done, Alison! Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1963221052 B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-in-bet...

#booksky A ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review! "BECOMING FELICITY is a feel-good novel [and] a call to remember a sweet dream of social justice, a balm that provides a respite from the horrors of today's news for readers of conscience and heart. Peggy M Preorder@ www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... or bookshop dot org

#booksky #Mixedrace #familysaga New praise: “Equal parts heartbreakingly beautiful and beautifully heartbreaking, ... Alison Hart lays bare how trauma and resilience echo across time.” —Sharon Bially, Veronica's Nap, BookSavvy PR www.amazon.com/dp/1963221052 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

#booksky #bookbirthday #mixedrace #familysaga Launch time! Luisa Smith of Book Passage says “The In-between Sky [is a] captivating story from the first page. Hart's prose seamlessly weaves together scenes of rich historical detail and emotional depth.” www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... and bookshop.org

bookshop.org/p/books/beco... A dynamite review of Becoming Felicity. Thank you, Kate! “This is such a joyous novel. ... It’s a relatable, heart-warming and heart-tugging book with so many real, core moments. ... You know when a book just connects? This book. This is the book." --Kate #booksky

#booksky More early praise: “This poignant chain of one family’s story reveals the long threads that both connect and confine us. A deeply American tale of history and heartache.” —Alix Christie (Gutenberg’s Apprentice) Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...

Highly positive reader review for Becoming Felicity: "Jan Stites does a fantastic job in writing this book... I enjoyed how realistic the characters were and how the story worked. The overall feel worked well. I enjoyed how everything was told." -Kathryn www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKP6L24 #booksky

#booksky We have a giveaway in its last three days. Scroll down www.librarything.com/ner to find free review copies of Jehanne Darc by @chrisblue.bsky.social (“Exhilarating novel illuminating the mind of France’s young girl saint.”—Publishers Weekly) and Becoming Felicity by Jan Stites.

#booksky On sale Sep 27: “A novel that spans from 1852 Virginia to 1990s San Francisco. The forms of racism change, but daily anxieties echo across time and place. Once you open this book, you won’t put it down.” —Sharon D. Coleman, poet & educator Kindle pre-orders: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

"Looking [on NetGalley] for a light weekend read, I ... hit on Becoming Felicity. What a wonderful surprise! ... there is so much here to be enjoyed [it] enters the realm of literature. Jan Stites is an author I will look for again." -- Anne Preorder: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-f... #booksky

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (My Parents' Marriage: A Novel") praises Alison Hart's THE IN-BETWEEN SKY: "Weaving Native and African American spiritual thought into an immediately immersive multi-generational family saga, Hart ushers us into a world of complicated betweens." bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

New! Buy at Rainbow Book Fair (NYC) May 10 or via bookshop.org, Barnes&Noble, Kobo or Amazon "Bold, lyrical reimagining of the Joan of Arc story."—Kirkus Reviews (GET IT) "Exhilarating novel illuminating the mind of France’s young girl saint."—Publishers Weekly (Editor's Choice) #booksky #JoanofArc

Mumblers Press's releases Chris Lombardi's JEHANNE DARC on May 6. Publishers Weekly: "Exhilarating novel illuminating the mind of France’s young girl saint." An Editor's Pick! PREORDER: Bookshop.org or Amazon.com Full review: www.pressreader.com/.../20250317... #JehanneDarc #JoanofArc #MagicRealism