July Book Haul! 📚 25 Books I'm Excited About! 👀

These books sound amazing; let's chat about them. Pull up a seat and join me! ☕️ xx

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MY BOOKS:

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Things mentioned:

Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella*
Real World by Natsuo Kirino
Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend by Lizzie Huxley Jones
Moth Keeper by K. O'Neill
Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
Nails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino*
Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe*
The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer
Tiny Moons by Nina Mingya Powles
Magnolia by Nina Mingya Powles
KNOCK OFF VIAGRA & JEJE... by Sang Young Park // Anton Hur*
TAKE MY VOICE by Serang Chung // Anton Hur*
TOWARDS 0% by Seo Ije // Rachel Min Park*
KYOKO & KYOJI by Han Junghyun // Emily Yae Won*
THE GREATEST GAMBLE... by Kwak Jaesik // Hyowon Yun*
WALK WITH A GODDESS by Ji-min Lee // Paige Aniyah Morris*
LIKE A BARBIE by Park Min-Jung // Clare Richards*
FOR THAT WHICH... by Park Wanseo //Soobin Kim*
No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben
A Sign of Her Own by Sarah Marsh*
Ghost River by Kris Johnson*
As She Appears by Shelley Wong
Lakiriboto by Ayodele Olofintuade*
Truth and Dare by So Mayer*
Goddesses and Heroines by Jean Menzies*

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WHO I AM

Hello, I'm Jen Campbell. I'm an award-winning poet and bestselling author of twelve books, spanning short stories, poetry, picture books, and nonfiction.

My books for adults include The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night, The Girl Aquarium, The Bookshop Book, and The Sunday Times bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series. My picture book trilogy Franklin and Luna, and my middle-grade book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers, are published by Thames & Hudson. I've won both an Eric Gregory Award and the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, and my books have been translated into twenty languages.

I've worked in the publishing industry for over fifteen years, initially as a bookseller, and now as a freelance editor, content creator and disability advocate. I review books online, in print and on the radio. I run a Youtube channel where I talk about books, the history of fairy tales, and the representation of disability and disfigurement. I also offer online writing workshops and editorial services, give talks at schools, publishing companies, universities and book festivals on a variety of topics, and I run a book club for TOAST clothing.

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This contains no sponsored content. Any books marked with * were kindly sent to me for review.

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[jenvcampbell]

Thanks for joining me! Let me know what book(s) you have bought recently, or have taken out from the library. xx

[CarinaZacharias]

"The wall" is a timeless classic. It's very slow, but it absolutely swollowed me up and spit me out at the end. Excited to hear how you will like it!

[PoliticalPars]

The Wall is a remarkably well written book that I remember even after more than a dozen years.

[irmgardgrimmeien]

Hi Jen, Marlene Haushofer‘s The Wall is one of the books that has impressed me immensly. I read it first when I was 25, again 15 years later.
Remarkable content.
A masterpiece in literature.
Greetings from Germany. 💁🏻‍♀️ Martha

[christinahagenauer]

The Wall was my favourite book of this year. I read it in April and still think about it.

[eyesonindie]

I just mentioned The Forest Brims Over in a video, and when I found the book I thought: "I bet Jen Campbell would be interested in this novel!" Ha! It does sound fantastic. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful stack of new books!

[timetoread]

I read Out a while ago and loved it, except for ya...all the weird stuff that happens towards the end. It didn't ruin the book for me, but definitely dimmed my enjoyment. I should also pick something else by her! So many lovely sounding things!!

[jillybeanh]

The forest brims over sounds really interest as I've put the vegetarian to one side for WIT month so may add this one to it!

[followthecrazycat]

Séance Tea Party is such a lovely book!! ❤ You'll love it!! I'm currently reading Waiting for Wednesday and I'm completely hooked!

[ghanshyamsingh]

Jen Is Hella Awesome!!! Yup, I said It...😍🥰😇😎💕👍

[emeline_]

I already wanted to get The Moth Keeper, and I'm now also interested in three new books: Bored Gay Werewolf (the parallel with What We Do in the Shadows made me want it even more), The Forest Brims Over, and The Wall! I might get some of these 3, also depending on if you end up recommending them at some point in the future after reading them.
Actually I've just caught up with the other comments and everyone seems to recommend *The Wall*, so I'm really intrigued now!

I enjoyed watching you mention Séance Tea Party, my friend Herenui gave it to me for my birthday, and she's the reason I found out about your channel a few years ago! It's a very cute graphic novel

[laurakuhlmann]

I watched the movie based on The Wall and was amazing. I didn't know there was a book as well

[jackiesliterarycorner]

Great Book Haul. The books you haul are always quite interesting.

[mradcaqbdb]

My copy of Claudia Pineiro’s A Little Luck finally made it to my local indie and I picked it up on Friday. It will be my first Women in Translation month read once I finish the two books I have on the go right now. While I was at the bookshop, I got to see a book I’m very excited about, Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle. It’s historical fiction about Italian Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi. The US cover is fantastic. I’m not familiar with Fremantle’s work, but the blurb sold me. I’ll be picking it up on release day, which is Tuesday. I’m now on book four of the Washington Poe series. I’m going to be sad when I’m caught up and I have to wait until next year for the next one to come out.

[broccolionrice]

I didn't know K O'neill had a new book out and now I'm super excited to get my hands on it!!

[sandeesandwich]

The Forest Brims Over reminds me of the children's book Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Won't Take a Bath Cure by Bruce Whatley about a girl who gets so dirty and Mrs. P-W recommends spreading sprout seeds over her thick layer of dirt.

[exlibrisa]

The Forest Brims over sounds INCREDIBLE. Immediately adding that to my tbr.

[valeusagi]

I want to read "The forest brims over", which has been translated also in Italian (my very first language). I loved the Vegetarian so i am very hyped for this!

[raccoon]

I really liked "The Wall" by Marlen Haushofer (actually plan on rereading it) and would like to add that it has a great movie adaptation from 2012 as well.

[azu_rikka]

I am very interested in what you think about The Wall. I attempted reading it a few weeks ago, and I DNF'd it because I got very bored. The protagonist mostly recounts her daily tasks and adds nature's changes. I didn't find the writing style beautiful or special.
There was too little self reflection or discussion about emotions and almost no existential or philosophical thoughts.
But I know lots of German speaking people who list this as one of their all-time favorite books...