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Books for Sale!!

Scattered Showers: Hardcover, signed, like new, color illustrations $5

Ander & Santi Were Here: Hardcover, signed, like new $3

Cemetery Boys: Hardcover, signed, like new $3

Self-Made Boys: Hardcover, signed, like new $3

Beating Heart Baby: Hardcover, signed, like new $3

Icebreaker: Hardcover, signed, like new $3

A Marvellous Light: Hardcover, signed, like new $5

Ocean's Echo: Hardcover, like new $5

Covenant Vol 1: Paperback, like new $3

YA coming of age queer love story with trans rep, bi rep, mixed Filipino-Latino and mixed Korean-Japanese mcs. Explores internet friendship, nuanced relationship, a love for music that seeps out of the story without feeling cliche, and the smoochy scenes are written in such a sensory delightful way ahhh.

East Bay peeps! Come see me and FOUR other incredible speculative fiction authors talking about our books at Pegasus Books, 2349 Shattuck Ave. Weds. Oct 1 @ 7 PM.

Featuring Sarah Gailey, Annalee Newitz, Susanna Kwan and Lio Min.

For Part II, click here. Emma and the Love Spell by Meredith Ireland (MG) The Cuffing Game (YA) and Love in Focus (F/F Romance) by Lyla Lee Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min (YA) I Leave it Up To You by Jinwoo Chong (Litfic) Something Close to Nothing by Tom Pyun (Litfic)

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (August 5th, 2025)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

Girls of Dark Divine by E.V. Woods

The L.o.v.e. Club by Lio Min

The Whisperings by Joel A. Sutherland

Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina

A Beautiful & Terrible Murder by Claire M. Andrews

How We Play the Game by Alexis Nedd

Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz

D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.o.a.t. by Abby White

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oooh this is the true look into my psyche and also a way for me to peddle some of my fav novels (tbh i don't have a true top five but these are five of my favorites <3)

"For me, finding hope is not some philosophical exercise or sentimental notion; it is a prerequisite for my survival." - John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed

"Maybe that’s what people are supposed to do, sponge out the bad, wring out the suffering as much as we can, even if it stains our hearts and hands." - Nicola Dinan, Bellies

"Like you can love someone so much you want the world for them, but also hurt them because of how close you are. Bodies and hearts so entwined that every sudden movement leaves a bruise." - Lio Min, Beating Heart Baby

"Mere despair never tells the whole human story, as much as despair would like to insist. [...] virtuous cycles are also possible." - John Green, Everything is Tuberculosis

"Stop claiming we are ruining our / countries, families, friendships / & futures too. / When every day / we awaken to / build them / anew" - H. Melt, There Are Trans People Here

Lio Min’s Beating Heart Baby is a devastatingly romantic love story between two boys, and a love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rock

When artistic and sensitive Santi arrives at his new high school, everyone in the wildly talented marching band welcomes him with open arms. Everyone except for the prickly, proud musical prodigy Suwa, who doesn’t think Santi has what it takes to be in the band.

But Santi and Suwa share painful pasts, and when they open up to each other, a tentative friendship begins. And soon, that friendship turns into something more…

Review: Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min Rating: 4/5