And it was a Best of 2022, according to Kirkus Reviews.

A record day for getting books into readers' hands! Hope they enjoy every word!

Proud of these Mumblers readers and authors!

Publisher Mike Karpa arranges books on a table for sale. Books include River of Light, In the Pocket of Dreams, The In-between Sky, and Becoming Felicity.

#booksky #MumblersPress Mumblers readers #AlisonHart, #MelindaMaxwell-Smith, #RaudseppaJaan kept the crowd happy at Stockton Miracle Mile Literary Crawl, with #MikeKarpa standing in for #JanStites. The after-party was so much fun.

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Kirkus snippets about tinyurl.com/3vcpj4vm: Susie Hara's tale of Haight Ashbury events reverberating decades later. "Engrossing ... Each character’s recollection assists in reconstructing an extremely fateful day. A compelling story of young woman finding out new facts about her identity."

News roundup from Foglifter magazine including Squirrels Fall From Trees winning Best YA at the SF Book Festival.

#booksky #queerYA #dogs
I'm posting this cause it's fun to get a shout out. Get Squirrels Fall From Trees here (and in many non-zon places):
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZYMGZYJ

#Booksky # Blackhistory #Mixedrace Happening Wed Jan 7 at 6pm at the San Francisco Public Library. I've seen Alison and Alix in conversation before, and they are great hosts/readers with a lot to say on an interesting topic.

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Jehanne Darc, Book One: From Domrémy to Orléans Amazon.com: Jehanne Darc, Book One: From Domrémy to Orléans eBook : Lombardi, Chris: Kindle Store

#Booksky #JoanOfArc PW review of Lombardi's #JehanneDarc: "Readers of historical fiction that captures not just what happened in the past but how it felt to live it will relish this exploration of the well-known story.” PW's comps: #NicolaGriffith Hild, #HilaryMantel.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVH5GM65

African American Irish Diaspora Network

#Booksky #MixedRace #AfricanAmericanHistory
Cíara Emmanuel interviews Alison Hart.
“It's a way for me to almost build a cosmology.” Starry-eyed and visionary, Alison Hart still keeps both feet on the ground. Read the interview here
tinyurl.com/4873zy9v
Buy book here
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

Becoming Felicity Becoming Felicity [Stites, Jan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Becoming Felicity

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"Librarians seeking rural settings, stories of friendships and enemies, and lives alongside animals will relish the dovetailing of perspectives. Readers seeking stories about mustering one’s courage will love how Cass steps up."
D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review
www.amazon.com/dp/1963221095

Image of Mountain Democrat review of "River of Light" including book cover showing two carp swimming in a yin/yang pattern.

#Booksky Review from Mountain Democrat: "River of Light" shines bright
#WendySchultz "takes readers on [Fresno Bakersfield's] journey through [the turmoil of] her formative years to young adulthood." More at mumblerspress dot com
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXL5KRL

From the QueerSFF community on Reddit: Gay Artists with Imposter Syndrome: Red Dot by Mike Karpa Explore this post and more from the QueerSFF community

#booksky #queerscifi A thoughtful, positive review from C0smic Occurrence!

This month...I found myself lost in the life of an artist with severe imposter syndrome...A contender for my favorite book of the year so far.
Full review: www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/c...
Get at: www.amazon.com/dp/B09GR7PH2B

Holiday cover of Foreword Reviews magazine shows a girl in a yellow raincoat under an umbrella amidst a crowd of umbrellas in a rainy city.

#booksky #womensfiction Mumblers is thrilled: our first ever review from Foreword: "A woman gathers her courage to invite a bestselling author to visit her struggling town in Jan Stites’s gentle novel Becoming Felicity....Cass is an endearing heroine with deep emotions."
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKP6L24

It's always worth listening to Timothy Snyder.

#Booksky #MixedRace #HistoricalFiction Interview with Alison Hart: mixedauntie.substack.com/.../alison-h....
A taste: "When Alison Hart’s Ancestors speak, she doesn’t just listen. She weaves their messages into lushly evocative fiction that honors lineage and history."
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

#booksky #JoanOfArc PW review gems:
'[A] fascinating,...harrowing look at the life of the epochal seer and soldier [that] interrogates and illuminates the mind of this girl...facing uncertainty over whether “the jammed voices filling her ears” are “not madness but God.”'
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVH5GM65

River of Light Amazon.com: River of Light: 9781963221008: Schultz, Wendy: Books

#booksky #WendySchultz “[Young Fresno represses an unusual gift] until an urgent need invites her to own her powers. An original, charming, memorable page-turner that will leave you feeling tender-hearted and full of hope.” —Tarn Wilson, In Praise of Inadequate Gifts
www.amazon.com/dp/1963221001

The In-Between Sky with Alison Hart This week on Militantly Mixed I’m joined by the brilliant Alison Hart, an OG Mixed Cousin who first appeared on Episode 24 back in 2018 with the release of her debu…

Dropping today on Militantly Mixed!
www.militantlymixed.com/the-in-betwe...
"I’m joined by brilliant OG Mixed Cousin Alison Hart, who shares her stunning new novel and dives into creativity, identity and writing from a Mixed-race perspective."
bookshop.org/a/56052/9781...
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Becoming Felicity Amazon.com: Becoming Felicity eBook : Stites, Jan: Kindle Store

#booksky Another strong Goodreads review
"I was delighted by this positive novel... It had a surprising depth and I couldn’t put it down wanting to find out what happened... Stites is great at making you care and empathize with [characters] and their predicaments."—Tom
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKP6L24

Two carp swirl in a blue river, creating a yin-yang sign.

#booksky #WendySchultz
Praise for a recent Mumblers Press book:
"River of Light is the extraordinary story of Clare, a girl born with a unique gift the ones she loves most have always suppressed.”
—Tim Reaume, author of Jade Jaguar
www.amazon.com/dp/1963221001
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/river-of-l...

#booksky #bookbirthday "Becoming Felicity" is Jan Stites' tale of a kennel owner, a young immigrant and a dog. Of books, libraries, and an endangered small town. And trouble–a whole lot of trouble. Order at bookstore or
bookshop.org/.../becoming...
www.amazon.com/dp/1963221095

Becoming Felicity by Jan Stites - Review Copy | BookSirens Join the review team for Becoming Felicity. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.

#Booksky Pub date is fast approaching, but it's not to late for you to claim a FREE ARC of Becoming Felicity in exchange for an honest review.
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Kirkus: A heartwarming portrait of small-town life.
Foreword: A woman’s confidence grows from the unlikeliest of places

#MixedRaceStories #BerkeleyCA #Booksky If you're in Berkeley CA or nearby, catch Alison Hart Reading from The In-between Sky at Pegasus Books Downtown at 2349 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704, Wednesday Oct 29th at 7PM.
www.amazon.com/dp/1963221052
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Cover of novel Jehanne Darc in alternate black background color instead of the red it was published in. The front panel features a painting from the 1500s of Joan of Arc leading an assault on Orleans.

#Booksky #JoanofArc Alternate cover! "Lombardi dramatizes events and complex states of mind with such swift richness that readers will feel fully immersed in the life of this saint-to-be. An exhilarating novel"—Publishers Weekly
www.amazon.com/dp/1963221079
bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/jeha...

#Booksky #MixedRaceStories
Alison Hart's The In-Between Sky is #6 in the IngramSpark rankings for African American & Black History! Well done, Alison!
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1963221052
B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-in-bet...

Becoming Felicity Amazon.com: Becoming Felicity eBook : Stites, Jan: Kindle Store

#booksky A ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review!
"BECOMING FELICITY is a feel-good novel [and] a call to remember a sweet dream of social justice, a balm that provides a respite from the horrors of today's news for readers of conscience and heart.
Peggy M
Preorder@
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
or bookshop dot org

The In-between Sky Amazon.com: The In-between Sky: 9781963221053: Hart, Alison: Books

#booksky #Mixedrace #familysaga
New praise:
“Equal parts heartbreakingly beautiful and beautifully heartbreaking, ... Alison Hart lays bare how trauma and resilience echo across time.”
—Sharon Bially, Veronica's Nap, BookSavvy PR
www.amazon.com/dp/1963221052
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The In-between Sky The In-between Sky - Kindle edition by Hart, Alison. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The In-between Sky.

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Launch time! Luisa Smith of Book Passage says
“The In-between Sky [is a] captivating story from the first page. Hart's prose seamlessly weaves together scenes of rich historical detail and emotional depth.”
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
and bookshop.org

Becoming Felicity Check out Becoming Felicity - <p>Sometimes the stories that save us aren't the ones we read--they're the ones we write ourselves.</p><p></p><p class="ql-align-justify">Cass Enger, a big-hearted kennel...

bookshop.org/p/books/beco...
A dynamite review of Becoming Felicity. Thank you, Kate!
“This is such a joyous novel. ... It’s a relatable, heart-warming and heart-tugging book with so many real, core moments. ... You know when a book just connects? This book. This is the book." --Kate
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The In-between Sky The In-between Sky - Kindle edition by Hart, Alison. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The In-between Sky.

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More early praise:
“This poignant chain of one family’s story reveals the long threads that both connect and confine us. A deeply American tale of history and heartache.”
—Alix Christie (Gutenberg’s Apprentice)
Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...