“We Are Not Like Them” by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza

Title: We Are Not Like Them
Author: Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
Publisher:  Atria Books
Year: 2021
Genre(s): contemporary
Part of a Series: No

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Summary: The book follows the aftermath of a police-involved shooting of a black teenager. Riley WIlson is the Black reporter covering the story for her TV station. Jen Murphy is the white woman married to one of the cops involved. The two women have been friends since childhood but this tragedy threatens to tear them apart as they both come to terms with racism and how it affects them as people and as friends.

“The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches” by Sangu Mandanna

Title: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Author: Sangu Mandanna
Publisher:  Berkley
Year: 2022
Genre(s): fantasy, romance
Part of a Series: No

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Why I read it: Once Upon a Book Club “Sweet Halloween” pick

Summary: Witches like Mika Moon have a lot of rules to follow, rules that guarantee that her life is a lonely one. But when she is summoned to serve as a tutor for three young witches, she starts to question the rules. Will her experience validate everything she’s been taught? Or will she come to realize she doesn’t have to live her life alone after all?