Hi #EWGC, we are still unpacking from #ALAAC23, a real good time. Here's a sampling of Fall 23 titles that caught our attention. Our feelings were reinforced at our booth in Chicago, where they stopped attendees in their tracks. Available to read digitally, enjoy!

@HachetteLib GOODBYE EARL has such an authentic Southern-sisterhood vibe. Shades of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES. #ewgc

#EWGC Covers with fruit, perfect for LibraryReads, vote please! GOODBYE EARL is a funeral for all the “Earls” out there and a celebration of enduring sisterhood. THE APOLOGY is part ghost story and part family epic, told through the voice of an unforgettable centenarian.

Next on my list is THE WEAVER AND THE WITCH QUEEN by Genevieve Gornichec, coming out July 25 from Penguin Random House, and if I love this Norse fairy tale as much as I loved THE WITCH'S HEART I'll be right back here raving about it next month for #ewgc #bookstodon @bookstodon

Seven years after the epic ending of the #ShadesOfLondon trilogy, #VESchwab and Tor/Macmillan put readers back in that fantastical world, with a new generation of Antari with startling powers–but how will they use them, for good or ill? Love THE FRAGILE THREADS OF POWER! September 26, 2023. @ewgc #ewgc @bookstodon #bookstodon #fantasy #sff

Such a romp & so many red herrings! 100% recommend A MOST AGREEABLE MURDER by Julia Seales for Austen fans looking for a little light reading. June 27 from Penguin Random House. @ewgc #ewgc @bookstodon #bookstodon #JaneAusten #Austenmania

Alix E. Harrow's back with a nod to her roots! STARLING HOUSE is Kentucky southern Gothic, flipped Harrow-style, with a gutsy, indomitable heroine and unexpected ending. October 31, 2023 from Tor/Macmillan. #AlixEHarrow #AlixHarrow #Kentucky #southerngothic #StarlingHouse @ewgc #ewgc @bookstodon #bookstodon

Anyone doing #ewgc (Early Word Galley Chat) Masto-style today? Chat me up if so! @ewgc @nora

I have forgotten an entire trilogy even though I loved it and now a new #ARC is out and so I have to re-read the whole trilogy! By Tuesday if I want to recommend it in #ewgc #ShadesOfLondon #VESchwab #bookamnesia #bookstodon

The roundups of April's #ewgc are now posted on EarlyWord. https://www.earlyword.com/2023/04/12/galleychat-roundup-april-2023/

#ewgc is over already? Great chat. thanks everyone. Look for the roundup next week and remember that we are moving next month's chat to TUESDAY, May 2, to avoid conflict with LJ’s Day of Dialog on Thursday, May 4.

@HachetteLib love GOODBYE EARL #ewgc

If you haven't picked up ONE SUMMER IN SAVANNAH by librarian @terahsharris yet, what are you even doing with your life?!?
Request this heartwarming story about forgiveness and unconditional love here: http://netgal.ly/oqyJCD
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#EWGC @edelweiss_squad Explore these twisty, stinging thrilling new reads! And vote via @LibraryReads99 for your favorites.

Impoverished Bridget wanders onto the prairie and turns up in Dodge City, where she lands in a brothel, falls for women, and ends up an outlaw after a terrible betrayal and brutal crimes. LUCKY RED drops June 6 from Penguin Random House. @ewgc #ewgc @bookstodon #bookstodon

As an honorable Black sheriff of rural Charon County in Virginia, Titus Crown is caught at the crossroads of political turmoil while a pedophile mass murderer runs amok. ALL THE SINNERS BLEED, Macmillan, June 6. @ewgc #ewgc @bookstodon #bookstodon @macmillanlib@bird.makeup

LibraryReads votes for June titles are due by 5/1 - here are our suggestions! #ewgc https://www.edelweiss.plus/#catalogID=4801465&page=1

The alien abduction of young Francie turns into a buddy road trip in an RV, complete with a Las Vegas excursion and a quirky cast of characters who are mostly not who they appear to be. THE ROAD TO ROSWELL by Connie Willis is a true genre bender, and very funny. June 17 from Penguin Random House. @ewgc #ewgc @bookstodon #bookstodon @prhlibrary@bird.makeup

Historical Fiction fans! Journey back to pre-Civil War and experience the shaping of Abraham Lincoln's views and ascendancy to Presidency through the eyes of a young immigrant in THE HOUSE OF LINCOLN 🎩

Request it here: http://netgal.ly/KrWdA1
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From Sophie Irwin, author of A LADY'S GUIDE TO FORTUNE HUNTING, another romp of a Regency romance. In A LADY'S GUIDE TO SCANDAL, Eliza, Lady Somerset, inherits a fortune. While vacationing in Bath, Eliza may run afoul of a morality clause in her deceased husband's will while wresting control her life from her overbearing family. June 20 from Penguin Random House. @ewgc #ewgc @bookstodon #bookstodon @prhlibrary@bird.makeup