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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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Totally Psychic
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Brigid Martin
Emily
, October 17, 2023
Totally Pyschic is a middle grade story about a girl named Paloma who can see ghosts. The story follows Paloma as she moves across the country away from her super famous abuela who is a professional medium. In her new home, Paloma starts a social media account where she does live ghost readings to help people get closure with their loved ones. I think that this story was absolutely adorable. I loved the ghosts and Paloma’s interaction with them; it definitely made me see ghosts in a new light.I really enjoyed seeing Paloma’s journey of moving across the country and having to adapt to a different place. I will say that at first, her mom and sister were absolutely unbearable, but the further the story went on, the better they got. I thought the writing was really simple and easy to read which is perfect for middle grade. The plot kept me invested and there wasn’t a dull moment in this book
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Garden of the Cursed 01
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Katy Rose Pool
Emily
, July 16, 2023
I honestly don’t know how to express how much I love this book. I loved everything- the plot, characters, writing style, magic system; I loved it all. Essentially the main character, Marlow, is a curse breaker, but she used to live a different life before. One day, the guy she used to have feelings for, Adrius Falcrest, comes back into her life asking her to help him with a curse. So Marlow takes on the case, but she is also trying to find her missing mother at the same time. This book is definitely like a fantasy/ mystery with some romance added in. There’s second chance romance and the fake dating trope which is done so well. The way Adrius pines after Marlow had me giggling because it was so cute. My only complaint with the book was that I honestly did not really know what the setting was. It took me like the whole book to figure out if Caraza was a city or country, and then I couldn’t figure out what time period it was supposed to be because there was no phones and stuff, but there were cameras. So overall I still gave it a 5 star, but there were only some minor issues for me.
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Kismat Connection
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Ananya Devarajan
Emily
, July 09, 2023
This book follows the story of two Indian American teens named Madhuri and Arjun. Essentially they get their fates read and they can either choose to accept their fate or fight against it. Madhuri chooses to fight against her fate at first, while Arjun accepts it. This book definitely did a great job of demonstrating what it’s like to be a teen, especially one who grew up with Indian culture. Though Madhuri annoyed me at times with her constant fight against fate, I understand where she was coming from. With Arjun, honestly I was just mostly sad for everything he had to go through with his parents and his relationship with Madhuri. But overall he was a great character. This book did some romance, but it was not super heavy on it . It definitely leaned more towards a coming of age story than anything else, which is perfectly fine. If you want a cute, coming-of-age Desi romance, then this book is for you!
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