Happy New Year!
We’re welcoming 2025 with a variety of new reads that are eager to find a spot in your TBR. From fantasy and self-help to short stories, memoirs and more – we have an interesting selection of books for you to delve into.
Here are the books releasing this month:
Here is the third and final book in award-winner author Mica De Leon’s Seedmage Cycle series. The vengeful gods of Kayumalon are at war. The king is indisposed. Invaders have breached the northern borders. Kayumalon is ripe for the taking. Meet Kalem, Yin, Dakila and JinWun among others as you go on their final journey.
Unlike most productivity books, The Anti-Procrastinator is not a prescriptive roadmap to being more efficient in life. Instead, it will guide you to create your own manual to get things done through the power of self-awareness. By aligning your why with your values, your mission, and your action plan, you will minimize resistance and maximize results.
From mananangals to aswangs, engkantos to mambabarangs, oryols to andudunongs, and even the great Bakunawa – The Secret Lives of OFWs follows eight different stories of Filipino migrant workers who happen to be supernaturals. Forced to embark on their own migratory sojourns to seek a better life and provide for their loved ones, these stories delve into the struggles faced by OFWs and their families, and how even feared creatures of Philippine folklore are not spared from the hardships of the diaspora.
Juveniles and Other Stories is a collection of seven short fictions translation in English from Thai under the theme of ‘youth’- a tattered, confusing period of trials-and-errors, and the last taste of refreshing bliss before the vast blue sky we see yonder would turn into a suffocating ceiling once we learn of our limits. While the stories are meant for adults, most of the protagonists are young children.
This book is a captivating sequel to Matthew S. Friedman’s previous memoir, ‘Where Were You: A Profile of Modern Slavery’. As you read his powerful stories, you’ll be reminded of the immense suffering in the world, but you’ll also be uplifted by the sheer strength and determination of those who fight against it. It will ignite your passion, challenge you, and encourage you to take action toward bringing about meaningful change.
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Happy Reading, pals!
