Booklist – Vol 122 No7 March 2026 – Booklist (1)

Former real-world cheerleader Rae, having sacrificed her way out of her favorite book series, is once again trying to find a way to get back to our world, and will have to manipulate the story she knows well to accomplish her goals. She begins to feel that the way to get home is to unravel the love story that she finds herself in, and the most direct way to achieve that end is to get The Emperor to sponsor a tournament where the last person standing will be queen.

Rae is delightfully flawed, not always the most perceptive, and there is a lot more going on than she is able to acknowledge. The richness of the story pro- vides multiple entry points for fans of fantasy and adventure, with a terrific fantasy tale and the meta layer of Rae’s story. The series is cat- nip for genre readers. —Emily Whitmore The Blood Year Daughter.

By G. G. Silverman. Apr. 2026. 222p. Creature, paper, $18.95 (9781951971410); e-book, $9.99 (9781951971427). Silverman gives voice to the brutal, tragic, and transformative experiences of woman- hood in her debut story collection. In the title story, sisters are categorized by their respective years, blood ver- sus milk, a distinction that shapes how society values and treats them.

Ghosts at- tempt to speak in a feminist retelling of Bluebeard; a woman tries to build a hus- band from slaughterhouse feathers, stone, air, and silk; assaulted women are consumed by snakes and transssform (as the author’s spells it) into a single entity capable of delivering long- denied “Justisss.” In one standout, “And the First Shall Go Last,” a young girl takes pride in the “firsts” she achieves, only to see them stripped away by men who sexualize and victimize her. The story’s use of second- person narration pulls the reader into fears that are deeply familiar to AFAB readers.

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I wish you all happiness and success, and I offer tremendous thanks for your support. As a dedicated library patron myself, I have a deep appreciation for all of you and all that you do and for the essential and remarkable services libraries provide to their communities. March 2026 Volume 122, Issue 7 Letter from the Publisher / George Kendall On the Cover Illustration from Honeybird Blue, by Taunya English, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, and published by Harper.

Honeybird Blue received a starred review in this issue’s Spotlight on the Environment. Illustration © 2026 by Raissa Figueroa.

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