Hi everyone. I'm rincey and i am one of
the contributing editors over at book riot.
I am back to do another new release
Tuesday video and today I'm talking
about books that come out on Tuesday, 
May 1st. The first book that I have for you
guys is not that bad: dispatches from 
rape culture, which is an
essay anthology edited by Roxane Gay.
This is one of those books that I know
is on a lot of people's most
anticipated lists for this year.
If you haven't heard of it,
Roxane Gay collects essays that discuss
what it means to live in a world where
women have to measure the harassment,
violence and aggression that they face
on a regular basis, and where they are
routinely second-guessed, blown-off,
discredited, besmirched, belittled, mocked,
shamed, gas-lit, insulted, bullied, all for
just speaking out. Essays in this
collection come from a bunch of
different people including actors like
Ally Sheedy and Gabrielle Union. And it
covers a wide range of topics and
experiences. From the exploration of rape
culture embedded within the refugee
crisis to first-person accounts of child
molestation. I imagine that this book is
going to be extremely difficult and
obviously trigger warnings for topics
like abuse and sexual abuse and assault
and rape and all of those different
things because I have a feeling that
this essay collection is not going to
hold back. But this is a book that's
going to be like super important to just
talk about all of these different ideas
and topics that are often ignored by the
wider culture. And again that's not that
bad edited by Roxane Gay. Next I have our
sponsor for this video and that is
adjustment day by Chuck Palahniuk, which
is also out today. In his first novel in
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does what he does best: skewers the
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Smug geriatric politicians bring the nation
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So this book is Chuck Palahniuk
at his best, writing
in the mode of Fight Club and survivor
and skewering American culture and
politics. Palahniuk's books have obviously
sold millions of copies. We all know
Fight Club and that his books have been
adapted and he is quite well known and
well loved by lots of different people.
So if you are a fan of Chuck Palahniuk,
then you have a new book to pick up and
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Next I have a court of a frost and a
star light by Sarah J Maas. This is a
companion novel that falls into the
court of thorns and roses series. This
companion novel is narrated by Feyre
and Rhysand. I have no idea if I'm pronouncing those
names correctly. And this book bridges
the events of a court of wings and ruin
as well as the upcoming books in the
series. Feyre, Rhys and their close-knit
circle of friends are all busy
rebuilding the Night Court.
But winter solstice is finally here and
with it a well-earned reprieve. Yet even
the festive atmosphere can't keep these
shadows of the past from looming. As fear
navigates her first winter solstice as
the high lady, she finds that those tears
to her have more scars than she
anticipated that will have a
far-reaching impact on the future of the
court. So if you are fan of the court of
thorns and roses series and you weren't
aware that there was a companion novel
coming out. Or maybe you forgot about it
because that happens to me a lot of
times with series, you can go ahead and
pick up a court of frost and starlight,
which is out today. The next book at that
I have for you guys is all summer long
by Hope Larson. This is a middle
grade graphic novel. 13 year old
bina has a long summer ahead of her.
She and her best friend Austin usually do
everything together but he's off to
soccer camp for a month and he's been
acting kind of weird lately anyway.
So it's up to Bina to figure out how much
fun she can have on her own. At first
it's a lot of guitar playing, boredom, and
bad TV. But things look up when she finds
an unlikely companion in Austin's older
sister who loves music just as much as
Bina does. But then Austin comes home
from camp and he acts even weirder than
he was before he left. So this book
follows Bina and Austin as they learn
how to rise above their growing pains
and re-establish their friendship.
So if you are a fan of Hope
Larson or you just like graphic novels
or specifically middle grade graphic
novels or you just enjoy coming-of-age
stories, this sounds like a really great
one to pick up. And again that's all
summer long.
The next book that I have is a Welcome
to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo. First
before we start let's just talk about
how great this cover is. I really love
it a whole lot. When the army officer
Chike is ordered to kill civilians, he
knows that it's time to leave his post.
As he travels towards Lagos with his
junior officer Yẹmi and into the heart of
a political scandal involving Nigeria's
Education Minister, Chike becomes the leader
of a new platoon. A band of runaways who
all share his desire of a different kind
of life. Among them are Fineboy, a
fighter with the rebel group who dreams
of becoming a radio DJ; Isoken, a 16
year old girl whose fathers thought to
have been killed by rebels; and the
beautiful Oma who is escaping a wealthy
and abusive husband. So Welcome to Lagos
is being described as a high-spirited
novel about aspirations and escape, as
well as innocence and corruption. Full of
humor and heart it offers a provocative
portrait of a modern-day Nigeria and
this marks the debut of this author here
in the United States. So if that sounds
interesting to you, then you can pick up
Welcome to Lagos. Next I have the poppy
war by  R. F. Kuang. This is an epic
historical mystery fantasy that is
inspired by the bloody history of
China's 12th century and filled with
treachery and magic. When Rin aced the
Keju, the Empire wide test to find
the brightest youth to learn at the
academies, it was a shock to everyone.
To the officials who couldn't believe that
a war orphan could pass a test without
cheating, to Rin's guardians who believed
that they'd finally be able to marry her
off and further their criminal
enterprise. And to Rin herself who
realized that she was finally getting out
of a life of servitude and despair that
made up her daily existence. That she
got into Sinegard, the most elite school
of the group, was even more surprising.
But surprises aren't always good.
Because being a dark-skinned,
peasant girl from the south is not a
good thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the
outside to by her rival classmates for
her color, poverty, and gender, Rin
discovers that she possesses a lethal
and unearthly power. An aptitude for the
nearly mythical art of shamanism.
Rin learns that the gods long thought dead
are very much alive and that mastering
control over these powers could mean
significantly more than just surviving
school. So this is a like I said epic
historical military fantasy book. It's
getting comparisons to Ken Liu's grace of
King series as well as N.K. Jemisin. So if
you are a fan of either of those authors,
then you should definitely pick up the
Poppy Wars. And the final book that I
have for you guys is the map of salt and
stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar. 
This book follows the story of two girls
living 800 years apart: a modern-day
Syrian refugee seeking safety and a
medieval adventurer apprentice to a
legendary map maker. In the summer of
2011 just after Nour loses her father to
cancer, her mother moves Nour and her
sisters from New York City back to Syria
in order to be closer to their family.
In order to keep her father's spirit as
they moved to this new place, Nour tells
herself their favorite story: the tale
of Rawiya, the 12th century girl who
disguised herself as a boy in order to
become an apprentice to this famous mapmaker.
But this area that Nour's parents
knew is changing and it isn't long until
the war reaches her quiet neighborhood.
When a stray shell destroys Nour's house
and almost takes her life, she and her
family are forced to choose: stay and risk
more violence or flee across seven
countries across the Middle East and
North Africa in search of safety along
the very root that Rawiya and the famous
map maker took 800 years ago in their
quest to see the world. As Nour's family
decides to take the risk, their journey
becomes more and more dangerous until
they face a choice that could separate
the family forever. So this book is
getting comparisons to the Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini. And so if you are a
fan of that book, then you will probably
be a fan of this one
as well. Or if you just are interested in
the Syrian refugee crisis, then this one
obviously would be a really great one to
pick up as well. And again that's called
the map of salt and stars. So those are
all of the books that I have for you
guys in this video. Definitely leave a
comment down below letting me know what
you plan on picking up this Tuesday,
whether it's one of these books or
another book coming out today. There are
a lot of really interesting books coming
out today. So definitely let me know in
the comments if you plan on picking up
something else. Otherwise I will see you
guys again next Tuesday with a another
new release video. Bye.
