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 by  Tirzah Price   Oct 17, 2022 It’s spooky season, and what better way to celebrate than by diving into some rich paranormal YA comics and graphic novels? I admit that I am a big wimp when it comes to watching horror movies (I don’t like lots of gore, and jump scares get me every single time), I do love  reading  about creepy and paranormal things. I like that you can control the pace at which you read about scary stuff, and for whatever reason reading about it — and looking at pictures of creepy things — isn’t as scary to me as watching a movie. These books promise both thrills and chills, and they dive into a whole array of paranormal activity — witches, ghosts, selkies, werewolves, curses, extraordinary abilities, vengeful spirits, and all sorts of magic gone awry! From retellings of old classics to new spins on classic horror creatures and tropes, there’s something paranormal to satisfy every taste! But if you’re not into the scary stuff, don’t worry! Not ...

 by  Isabelle Popp   Oct 17, 2022 ‘Tis the season to read books with magical towns. Let’s be honest, I love a book with magic in general. But I’m especially drawn to tales of magical places. Magical families are perhaps more common in books that blend magic into “real” life. They can certainly be great, and there are numerous magical families among the books with magical towns I’ve chosen to highlight. But I have quibbles. Implications that magic is passed genetically aren’t always doing the best job at challenging the status quo, where power, wealth, and privilege are designed to flow along those same lines. If an author isn’t taking care to really push back against those ideas, they can reinforce the idea that it’s good to hoard power. Magical towns, on the other hand, crop up in unexpected places. They inject wonder into the humdrum world. They can give a broader range of people access to magic, and that’s what I like to see. Magical towns aren’t necessarily all quaint...

  Kelly Jensen   Sep 21, 2022 Fall is officially here, and with it, a bounty of new books for your towering TBR. Find here your ultimate guide to books hitting shelves in the final quarter of the year, including brand new books from beloved authors and new voices, standalones to series books, and fiction to nonfiction. There’s something here for every kind of reader, including those who are new to this exciting category of books. As always, this list of new fall 2022 YA books will not be comprehensive, especially as book publication dates are still periodically shifting. With continued  printing challenges  due to paper sourcing and COVID-19, as well as the still backlogged supply chain issues, this might be the reality for a bit. Use this list less as  definitive  this season and more as pretty accurate with some potential changes. Then  preorder  any book that strikes your fancy. This is more important now than ever before. All series books are ...