The BookBoundSociety November BOTM

Today I felt like showing you the beautiful books we’re reading next month with the BBS! You get to see some unedited photos because the books don’t need me to edit the photos for them to be absolutely gorgeous!

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Wild Beauty, by Anna-Marie McLemore

Synopsis :

Love grows such strange things.

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, the lush estate gardens that enchant guests from around the world. They’ve also hidden a tragic legacy: if they fall in love too deeply, their lovers vanish. But then, after generations of vanishings, a strange boy appears in the gardens.

The boy is a mystery to Estrella, the Nomeolvides girl who finds him, and to her family, but he’s even more a mystery to himself; he knows nothing more about who he is or where he came from than his first name. As Estrella tries to help Fel piece together his unknown past, La Pradera leads them to secrets as dangerous as they are magical in this stunning exploration of love, loss, and family.

Magical realism // LGBTQIA+ rep // Latinx rep

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Dear Martin, by Nic Stone

Synopsis :

Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can’t escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates.

Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out.

Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it’s Justyce who is under attack.

Contemporary // Police brutality // Race relations 

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I’m hoping you guys will be able to join us in November and read these amazing and powerful books!

That’s it for today, I’ll see you soon, have a nice day guys 🌻